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Richard Northey on Auckland Pride Parade 2016 holding a sign reading 'I voted for Homosexual Law Reform in 1986'

Richard John Northey, ONZM (born 28 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. He served on the Auckland Council between 2010 and 2013, and is a member of the Labour Party.

Political career

Local body politics

Northey first stood as a Labour Party candidate for the Auckland City Council at the 1968 local elections. He stood for the council unsuccessfully four times before finally winning a seat at a by-election in February 1979.[1] He lost his seat at the next election in 1980. After exiting the council Northey stood unsuccessfully for Parliament against the then Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, in the Tamaki electorate in the 1981 election. In the 1983 local elections Northey regained a seat on the city council before deciding not to stand for re-election in 1986.[2]

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
1984–1987 41st Eden Labour
1987–1990 42nd Eden Labour
1993–1996 44th Onehunga Labour

He was first elected to Parliament in the 1984 election as MP for Eden, replacing National's Aussie Malcolm.[3] He was re-elected in the 1987 election, but was defeated in the National Party's landslide victory in the 1990 election.

After losing his seat he attempted to regain a seat on the Auckland City Council. He stood as a candidate in a 1991 by-election for the Maungakiekie Ward, finishing runner-up to Ken Graham.[4]

In the 1993 election he returned to Parliament, now representing Onehunga which he took off National's Grahame Thorne. In the 1996 election he contested the Maungakiekie seat after boundary changes caused by the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation, but was defeated by National's Belinda Vernon. He was not ranked high enough on Labour's list to remain in Parliament.

Return to local politics

Auckland Council
Years Ward Affiliation
2010–2013 Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Labour

He has since entered local politics, serving on the Auckland City Council holding senior committee roles. He was elected to the Penrose Ward in 1998 until 2001 when he changed to the Maungakiekie-Tamaki Ward, holding his seat until the council was abolished in 2010.[5] In 2007, Richard Northey became leader of the City Vision-Labour bloc on council.[6]

Northey became member of Labour's national council for six years and was chairman of the party's policy committee. In 2000 he stood unsuccessfully to replace Bob Harvey as President of the Labour Party, but was defeated by Mike Williams.[7]

He was elected to the new Auckland Council in 2010, representing the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward.[8] In 2013 he contested the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward again but was defeated by Denise Krum.

At the 2016 Auckland elections, Northey was elected as a member of the Waitemata Local Board for the City Vision ticket.[9]

Personal life

Northey was a lecturer in Political Studies and Planning at the University of Auckland.[10] He was appointed Officer in the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2002 New Year Honours, for public services.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 12 February 1979. p. 17.
  2. ^ Bush 1991, p. 434.
  3. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 221.
  4. ^ Bassett 2013, p. 382.
  5. ^ Bassett 2013, p. 370.
  6. ^ "Isolated Hucker vows to fight on". The New Zealand Herald. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Ex-MP in bid for Labour president post". The New Zealand Herald. 4 August 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Super City elections 2013: Challenger out to unseat Northey – National – NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "The New Zealand New Year Honours 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2001. Archived from the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

References

  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Bush, Graham (1991). Advance in order: the Auckland City Council from centenary to reorganisation, 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. ISBN 0908834039.
  • Bassett, Michael (2013). City of Sails: the History of Auckland City Council, 1989-2010. ISBN 1927262003.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Eden
1984–1990 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Onehunga
1993–1996 		Constituency abolished
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