David Carter (politician)
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The Right Honourable David Carter MP |
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| 29th Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office 1 February 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Lockwood Smith |
| 1st Minister for Primary Industries | |
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In office 14 December 2011 – 29 January 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Himself (portfolios merged) |
| Succeeded by | Nathan Guy |
| Minister for Local Government | |
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In office 3 August 2012 – 29 January 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Nick Smith |
| Succeeded by | Chris Tremain |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 19 November 2008 – 14 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Jim Anderton |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Minister for Primary Industries |
| Minister for Biosecurity | |
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In office 19 November 2008 – 14 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Jim Anderton |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Minister for Primary Industries |
| Minister of Forestry | |
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In office 19 November 2008 – 14 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Jim Anderton |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Minister for Primary Industries |
| Minister for Senior Citizens | |
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In office 31 August 1998 – 10 December 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Jenny Shipley |
| Preceded by | Robyn McDonald |
| Succeeded by | Lianne Dalziel |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party List |
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Assumed office 1999 |
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3 April 1952 Christchurch |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | National Party |
| Alma mater | Lincoln University |
| Occupation | Farmer |
David Cunningham Carter (born 3 April 1952) is a New Zealand National Party politician and currently Speaker of the House, having previously been a cabinet minister.
Carter attended St Bede's College in Christchurch, and has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree from Lincoln University. He has farmed sheep and cattle for over 30 years, and established the first commercial cattle-embryo transplant company in New Zealand in 1974.
Carter stood in the Lyttelton electorate in the 1993 election as a successor to Gail McIntosh, but was defeated by Labour's Ruth Dyson. Carter was first elected to Parliament in the 1994 by-election in Selwyn, replacing the resigning Ruth Richardson. In the 1996 general election he won the Banks Peninsula electorate against Dyson. In the 1999 election he was defeated by Dyson, but entered Parliament as a list MP. In the 2002 election, he failed to recapture the seat and remained a list MP.
From 1998 until the National Party's defeat in 1999 Carter was Minister for Senior Citizens, Associate Minister of Revenue, and Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control. At the very end of National's term in office, he was also Associate Minister of Education.
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