David Clark (New Zealand politician)
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The Reverend Dr David Clark MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Dunedin North |
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Assumed office 26 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Pete Hodgson |
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| Born | 5 January 1973 |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Katrina |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www |
David Scott Clark (born 5 January 1973) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for Dunedin North. He is the Opposition Spokesperson for Economic Development, Trade and Growth, as well as the Associate Spokesperson for Finance and Health. Previously he has been Opposition Spokesperson for Small Business and Economic Development.
Clark grew up in Beachlands, just south of Auckland, and was schooled in Auckland.
Clark undertook university study at the University of Otago and Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen. He completed degrees in German and theology before a PhD on the work of German refugee and existentialist thinker Helmut Herbert Hermann Rex.
Ordained in 1997, Clark is a Presbyterian minister. He was the celebrant at the civil union of MP Grant Robertson. He has also worked as a Treasury analyst and the warden of Selwyn College at the University of Otago.
Before his election to Parliament, Clark served as deputy chair of the Otago Community Trust.
After serving as chairman on the Labour Party Dunedin North electorate committee, Clark was selected by the Labour Party to replace the retiring Pete Hodgson in the electorate. He won the seat at the 2011 election securing 12,976 votes (44.25 percent), 3489 more than his closest rival.
Clark’s maiden parliamentary speech focused on his concern about rising inequality and his passion for social justice. In it, he argued that a more equal society will produce better outcomes, both socially and economically.
During his time as revenue spokesperson, he drew attention to difficulties the dated Inland Revenue computer system was creating for the organisation, and the small amounts that multinational companies were contributing to the tax base.
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