Jim Anderton
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The Honourable Jim Anderton |
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Hon. Jim Anderton in 2010
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| 15th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
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In office 5 December 1999 – 15 August 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Wyatt Creech |
| Succeeded by | Michael Cullen |
| Leader of Progressive Party | |
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In office 2002–2012 |
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| Deputy | Matt Robson |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| 25th President of the Labour Party | |
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In office 1979–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Faulkner |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Wilson |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wigram (previously Sydenham) |
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In office 1984–2011 |
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| Preceded by | John Kirk |
| Succeeded by | Megan Woods |
| Majority | 8,548 |
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21 January 1938 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Political party |
Labour (1963–1989) (2011–) NewLabour (1989–1991) Alliance (1991–2002) Progressive (2002–2011) |
| Profession | Businessman |
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| Website | www |
James Patrick "Jim" Anderton (born 21 January 1938) is a New Zealand politician who led a succession of left wing parties after leaving the Labour Party in 1989. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002. In 2010, he ran unsuccessfully for the mayoralty of Christchurch. Anderton retired from Parliament at the 2011 election.
Jim Anderton was born on 21 January 1938 in Auckland. He undertook all his education there, attending Seddon Memorial Technical College and Auckland Teachers' Training College. He graduating as a qualified teacher, but spent only two years in a teaching role (at St Peter's College, Auckland) before moving on to work as a child welfare officer. In 1960, he became involved in organisation for a Catholic youth movement, and later worked as the secretary for the Catholic diocese in Auckland.
He later moved into business, working as an export manager for a textiles company before establishing a manufacturing company with the name 'Anderton Holdings ltd' in 1971.
His political career began when he was elected to the Manukau City Council in 1965, and again in 1974. He joined the Auckland Regional Authority in 1977. At the same time, he worked his way up the internal hierarchy of the Labour Party, which he had joined in 1963. He became the party's president in 1979, a year before his term with the Auckland Regional Authority ended. He was also a long-standing member of the party's policy council.
In the 1984 general election, Anderton stood successfully as the Labour candidate for Sydenham in Christchurch, becoming a member of the Fourth Labour Government. He soon came into conflict with the party's leadership, and became one of the most outspoken critics of Minister of Finance Roger Douglas. Douglas and his allies, Richard Prebble and David Caygill, were determined to implement radical reforms of the country's economic system, known unofficially as "Rogernomics". This involved a monetarist approach to controlling inflation, the removal of tariffs and subsidies, and the privatisation of state assets, all of which were regarded by Anderton as a betrayal of the party's left-wing roots, and an abandonment of the party's election platform.
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