Jim Sutton
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The Honourable Jim Sutton CNZM |
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Sutton in 2007
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| Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 9 February 1990 – 2 November 1990 |
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| Prime Minister |
Geoffrey Palmer Mike Moore |
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In office 10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waitaki |
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In office 1984 – 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Jonathan Elworthy |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Timaru |
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In office 1993 – 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Maurice McTigue |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Aoraki |
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In office 1996 – 2005 |
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| Succeeded by | Jo Goodhew |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour Party list |
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In office 2005 – 1 August 2006 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 November 1941 Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
James Robert Sutton, CNZM (born 7 November 1941), generally known as Jim Sutton, is a New Zealand politician who was a Member of Parliament between 1984 and 1990 and again between 1993 and 2006. He has held a range of ministerial portfolios including Agriculture, Forestry, Rural Affairs, Biosecurity, and Trade Negotiations.
Sutton was born in Reading, Berkshire, England. He came to New Zealand while young, arriving in 1949. He attended Timaru Boys' High School before becoming a farmer. Sutton is married, and has three children.
He has held a number of offices in Federated Farmers, a nationwide agricultural association. He was also Director of Trustbank South Canterbury, chaired the New Zealand Aids Foundation, served as a board member of the Public Health Commission, and was Deputy Chair of both the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and Meridian Energy. His brother Bill Sutton has also been a Labour MP.
Sutton was appointed as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours List 2007 for public services as a member of parliament and Minister of the Crown
Sutton first stood for parliament in the election of 1981, becoming the Labour Party's candidate for the Waitaki electorate. He was unsuccessful against National's Jonathan Elworthy. In the 1984 election, however, he stood again, and won the electorate. Most rural electorates in New Zealand traditionally support the National Party, and so Sutton's victory as a Labour candidate was noteworthy.
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