Paul Goldsmith (politician)
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The Honourable Paul Goldsmith MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party list |
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Assumed office 26 November 2011 |
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| Minister for Science and Innovation | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Steven Joyce |
| Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Steven Joyce |
| Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs | |
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In office 8 October 2014 – 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Key Bill English |
| Preceded by | Craig Foss |
| Succeeded by | Jacqui Dean |
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| Born | 1971 (age 45–46) Auckland |
| Political party | National Party |
Paul Jonathan Goldsmith (born 1971) is a New Zealand politician and, since the 2011 election, a list member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the National Party.
Goldsmith was born in 1971 in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden. He attended Auckland Grammar School and the University of Auckland. Goldsmith then worked as a press secretary and speech writer for Phil Goff (Labour), Simon Upton (National) and John Banks (then a National MP). In 2000 Goldsmith became a public relations adviser and worked for Tranz Rail and the University of Auckland.
Goldsmith graduated with a MA in history. He has previously written the biographies of John Banks and Don Brash as well as a history of taxes and a history of the Fletcher Building construction company.
At the launch of the Don Brash biography, Brash: A Biography, Goldsmith assured Danya Levy of the New Zealand Press Association that the book "was not commissioned by the National Party" and that it was his own initiative, but written with Brash's co-operation.
But as investigative journalist Nicky Hager in his book The Hollow Men revealed, it was indeed commissioned by the National Party, and was in fact the party's first big budget item in the 2005 election campaign. Hager quotes a 21 May 2004 email from Brash to Richard Long, who was his chief of staff, where a proposal from Christchurch publisher Willson Scott for the biography was discussed. Long replied two days later that he had discussed the book with Goldsmith, and Brash in reply wanted political historian Michael Bassett [a personal friend of Brash] to be considered,
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