Michael Woodhouse
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The Honourable Michael Woodhouse MP |
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| Minister for ACC | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Nikki Kaye |
| Minister of Immigration | |
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Assumed office 31 January 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Key Bill English |
| Preceded by | Nathan Guy |
| 1st Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety | |
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Assumed office 8 October 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Key Bill English |
| Preceded by | Simon Bridges (as Minister of Labour) |
| 4th Minister of Revenue | |
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In office 14 December 2015 – 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Key Bill English |
| Preceded by | Todd McClay |
| Succeeded by | Judith Collins |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
| Website | www |
Michael Allan Woodhouse (born c.1965) is a National member of the New Zealand Parliament.
Woodhouse was born and raised in South Dunedin, the fifth of nine children. He attended St Patrick's, St Edmund's and St Pauls High School, now Kavanagh College, which he left at the end of sixth form in 1982.
He worked for the National Bank of New Zealand in Dunedin and Wellington until 1987 when he embarked on a rugby sojourn to Scotland and England, playing for Dunfermline 1987/88 and Broughton Park in Manchester 1988/89. He returned to Dunedin where he studied Commerce and Accounting at Otago University, which he graduated from in 1993.
He worked at Taylor Mclachlan Accountants in Dunedin, Dunedin Hospital and ACC. Recently in 2005 he earned a masters in Health at the University of New South Wales in Australia.
Prior to his political career, Woodhouse was the CEO of Mercy Hospital in Dunedin from 2001 to 2008.
Woodhouse was convicted for drink-driving when he was 21 years old.
Woodhouse stood in Dunedin North in 2008 and, though he received 30.64% (9972) of the votes he was defeated by incumbent electorate Pete Hodgson who received 52.62% of the vote. He was still however elected to parliament through National's party list. In the 2011 election, Woodhouse reduced the majority from 7,155 in 2008 to 3,489 against David Clark. National also lost the party vote by 420 votes. Clark beat Woodhouse with an increased majority in the 2014 election.
A member of the Health and Transport & Industrial Relations Select Committees in the 49th Parliament, Woodhouse was elected as the National Party's senior whip on 20 December 2011. He is the head of the Parliamentarians for Arthritis group and is active in the Parliamentary Sports Trust as a rugby player and referee.
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