Larry Baldock
| Larry Baldock | |
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| 1st Leader of the Kiwi Party | |
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Assumed office 5 January 2008 |
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| Deputy | Gordon Copeland |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for United Future list |
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In office 2002 – 2005 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 |
| Nationality |
 New Zealand
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| Political party | Conservative |
| Other political affiliations |
Kiwi Party (2008–2011) Future (2007–2008) United Future (2002–2005) |
| Religion | Evangelical Christian |
Larry Baldock (born 1954) is a New Zealand politician. He was a member of Parliament for the United Future New Zealand party from 2002 to 2005. Before entering national politics, he served on the Tauranga City Council, and was also previously involved with the evangelical Youth With A Mission organisation.
Baldock was elected to Parliament in the 2002 general election. Along with Murray Smith, Bernie Ogilvy, and Marc Alexander, Baldock failed to make it back to the 48th New Zealand Parliament in 2005, given United Future New Zealand's drop in electoral support to one-third the level at the previous general election. Like Smith, Ogilvy and Adams, Baldock is an evangelical Christian.
On 16 May 2007, his former colleague Gordon Copeland, then a United Future List MP, announced that he would be forming a new Future New Zealand party after expressing dissatisfaction with party leader Peter Dunne's support of the child-discipline bill. Baldock joined the new party.
After Copeland's announcement, Baldock held an inaugural party meeting in Tauranga, his city of residence, and stated that forty-five former members of the pre-merger Future New Zealand had attended, although the party had between sixteen and twenty members at that time. Former United Future List MP Bernie Ogilvy also joined Future New Zealand, as party secretary.
On 17 July 2007, the Future New Zealand website's Copeland Chronicle (June 2007) edition announced that "Future New Zealand" had achieved its five hundred member goal required for registration under the New Zealand Electoral Act 1993 as a viable political party. The newsletter also stated that Copeland and Baldock would now work on establishing a Board of Management and Board of Reference for the party.
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