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'{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] |name = Chris Carter |honorific-suffix = |image = Chris Carter, 2008.jpg |width = |caption = |order = 8th [[Minister of Conservation (New Zealand)|Minister of Conservation]] |term_start = 15 August 2002 |term_end = 5 November 2007 |predecessor = [[Sandra Lee-Vercoe|Sandra Lee]] |successor = [[Stephanie Chadwick]] |order2 = Minister of Ethnic Affairs |term_start2 = 15 August 2002 |term_end2 = 19 November 2008 |predecessor2 = [[George Hawkins (politician)|George Hawkins]] |successor2 = [[Pansy Wong]] |order3 = 11th [[Minister of Local Government (New Zealand)|Minister of Local Government]] |term_start3 = 15 August 2002 |term_end3 = 19 October 2005 |predecessor3 = [[Sandra Lee-Vercoe|Sandra Lee]] |successor3 = [[Nanaia Mahuta]] |order4 = Minister of Housing |term_start4 = 19 October 2005 |term_end4 = 5 November 2007 |predecessor4 = |successor4 = [[Maryan Street]] |order5 = Minister for Building Issues |term_start5 = 21 December 2004 |term_end5 = 19 October 2005 |predecessor5 = |successor5 = |order6 = 43rd [[Minister of Education (New Zealand)|Minister of Education]] |term_start6 = 5 November 2007 |term_end6 = 19 October 2008 |predecessor6 = [[Steve Maharey]] |successor6 = [[Anne Tolley]] |order7 = [[New Zealand Education Review Office|Minister Responsible for the Education Review Office]] |term_start7 = 5 November 2007 |term_end7 = 19 October 2008 |predecessor7 = |successor7 = [[Anne Tolley]] |constituency_MP8 = [[Te Atatū (New Zealand electorate)|Te Atatu]] |parliament8 = New Zealand |majority8 = |term_start8 = 27 November 1999 |term_end8 = 26 November 2011 |term_start9 = 6 November 1993 |term_end9 = 12 October 1996 |predecessor9 = [[Brian Neeson]] |successor9 = [[Phil Twyford]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|4|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[Auckland]],<br />New Zealand |death_date = |death_place = |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = |nationality = [[New Zealand]] |party = [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] |otherparty = |partner = Peter Kaiser<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10651533|title=Big-spending MP may quit|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|first=Carolyne|last=Meng-Yee|date=13 June 2010|accessdate=13 June 2010}}</ref> |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = Former secondary school teacher |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Christopher Joseph Carter'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/5/c/4/49HansD_20081208_00000010-Members-Sworn.htm|title=New Zealand Hansard – Members Sworn Volume:651;Page:2|publisher=[[New Zealand Parliament]]}}</ref> (born 4 May 1952) is a former [[New Zealand Labour Party]] and independent [[Member of parliament|Member of the New Zealand Parliament]]. He was a senior [[New Zealand Cabinet|Cabinet Minister]] in the [[Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand]], serving lastly as [[Minister of Education (New Zealand)|Minister of Education]], Minister Responsible for the [[New Zealand Education Review Office|Education Review Office]] and Minister of Ethnic Affairs.<ref name="reshuffleOct07">{{cite press release|publisher=New Zealand Government|date=31 October 2007|title=Ministerial List for Announcement on 31 October 2007|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/Documents/Files/Ministerial%20List.DOC|format=DOC|access-date=22 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001195125/http://www.beehive.govt.nz/Documents/Files/Ministerial%20List.DOC|archive-date=1 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the Member of Parliament for the [[Te Atatū (New Zealand electorate)|Te Atatu]] electorate, where he was first elected in [[1993 New Zealand general election|1993]]. He did not win re-election (to the replacement seat, [[Waipareira]]) in [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996]], but won a new and expanded [[Te Atatū (New Zealand electorate)|Te Atatu]] seat in [[1999 New Zealand general election|1999]]. In 2010 he was suspended from the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] [[caucus]] following a dispute with party leader Phil Goff, shortly afterwards he became an independent MP.<ref name="TVNZMole">{{cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/labour-suspends-mole-chris-carter-3678696 |title=Ousted MP's letter "stupid and disloyal" |date=29 July 2010 |work=[[Television New Zealand]] |accessdate=23 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="HeraldSpeaker">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10666782 |title=Speaker: Chris Carter now an independent |work=The New Zealand Herald | date=17 August 2010 |accessdate=18 August 2010}}</ref> He was expelled by the Labour Party for breaching the Party's constitution in bringing the Party in disrepute, on 11 October 2010.<ref name="Carter">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680164 |title=Carter tells Labour council: I'll dish dirt on senior MPs |work=The New Zealand Herald | date=12 October 2010 |accessdate=25 October 2010}}</ref> In September 2011 Carter resigned from Parliament following his appointment to a United Nations position in Afghanistan where he served for 4 years. In 2015 he was appointed to head UN operations in Rakhine State in Myanmar where he served for 3 years. In 2018 he rejoined the New Zealand Labour Party and stood for election as a Labour Party representative in the [[2019 New Zealand local elections]].Chris Carter was elected and appointed as Chairperson of the Henderson Massey Local Board with 11,250 votes. He also won election in 2019 as one of the 7 elected Board Members of the Waitemata District Health Board (WDHB) with 14,593 votes. Both positions have 3 year terms. ==Early and personal life== Chris Carter was born on 4 May 1952, and brought up in the Auckland suburb of [[Panmure, New Zealand|Panmure]]. He was educated at [[St Peter's College, Auckland]] and at the [[University of Auckland]] where he received an [[Master of Arts|MA]] (Hons) in [[history]]. Before entering politics, Carter had served as a teacher and as a [[poultry]] farmer. His partner is Peter Kaiser, a headmaster, and they have been together for over 40 years. On 10 February 2007, Carter and Kaiser were joined<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10423319|title=Minister to marry in gay union|last1=McNaughton|first1=Maggie|last2=Perry|first2=Keith|date=10 February 2007|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref> in the first civil union for a Cabinet Minister or Member of Parliament since [[civil unions in New Zealand]] were introduced after legislation was passed in December 2004. ==Member of Parliament== {{NZ parlbox header|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |term=44th |start={{NZ election link year|1993}} |end=1996 |electorate=[[Te Atatū (New Zealand electorate)|Te Atatu]] |party=New Zealand Labour Party }} {{NZ parlbox break}} {{NZ parlbox |term=46th |start={{NZ election link year|1999}} |end=2002 |electorate=Te Atatu |party=New Zealand Labour Party |list=34}} {{NZ parlbox |term=47th |start={{NZ election link year|2002}} |end=2005 |electorate=Te Atatu |party=New Zealand Labour Party |list=25 }} {{NZ parlbox |term=48th |start={{NZ election link year|2005}} |end=2008 |electorate=Te Atatu |party=New Zealand Labour Party |list=19 }} {{NZ parlbox |term=49th |start={{NZ election link year|2008}} |end=2010 |electorate=Te Atatū |party=New Zealand Labour Party |list=7 }} {{NZ parlbox allegiance |party=Independent politician |start=2010 |end=2011 }} {{NZ parlbox footer}} Carter was the first openly [[homosexuality|gay]] man ever appointed as a New Zealand [[Cabinet of New Zealand|Cabinet]] minister. He has been a strong advocate of gay equality for some time, and has continued this role since entering [[New Zealand Parliament|Parliament]]. In 1994, Carter was [[Naming (parliamentary procedure)|named]] by the [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Peter Tapsell (New Zealand politician)|Peter Tapsell]] for calling John Banks a hypocrite over his pro-life stance on abortions.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hansard|last=|first=|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|year=|isbn=|volume=542|location=|pages=768}}</ref> Carter started one of the first branches of New Zealand [[Rainbow Labour]] for centre-left lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people ([[LGBT]]) and others during the 1996–1999 term, after having lost the newly created [[Waipareira]] electorate to National's [[Brian Neeson]] by just 107 votes,<ref name="Waipareira">{{cite web |url= http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1996/pdf/6.1%20Waipareira%2053.pdf |title=Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Waipareira |accessdate=6 July 2013 |format=PDF}}</ref> and not having been placed on the Labour list for the election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties |url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1996/pdf/3.3%20Party%20Lists%20of%20Successful%20Registered%20Parties.pdf |publisher=Electoral Commission |accessdate=14 June 2013 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208054410/http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1996/pdf/3.3%20Party%20Lists%20of%20Successful%20Registered%20Parties.pdf |archivedate=8 February 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> At the {{NZ election link|2005}}, Carter was re-elected to his seat with 59.4% of the vote, a majority of 10,447. Labour lost power in the {{NZ election link|2008}}. Carter was re-elected, but his majority was almost halved to 5,298.<ref>[http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/electorate-52.html Te Atatu results 2008.]</ref> On 14 June 2010, 4 days after the release of ministerial credit card records, Carter along with two other MPs [[Shane Jones]] MP and [[Mita Ririnui]] MP (Lab – Lists) were demoted by Opposition Leader [[Phil Goff]] MP ({{NZ electorate link|Mount Roskill}}) for misuse of such credit cards. In the case of Carter, he was accused of purchasing personal items with the card, which was outside the rules for Ministerial expenditure as a minister under the former Clark government over a six-year period. Carter has since repaid the money in full, a total of $26 ($NZ). His main dispute with Phil Goff was over allegations by Goff that Carter had travelled too much as a Cabinet Minister. All of Carter's travel as a minister was official travel and approved by Cabinet (of which Goff was a member). Carter's demotion included removal from the front bench, and loss of the shadow portfolio of Foreign Affairs. Carter subsequently speculated publicly about whether he would continue as a Member of Parliament. As a cabinet minister, Carter was entitled to the title of [[The Honourable#New Zealand|The Honourable]] and became The Hon. Mr Chris Carter,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Members of Executive Council Appointed |journal=The New Zealand Gazette |date=20 August 2002 |page =2948 |url= http://www.dia.govt.nz/MSOS118/On-Line/NZGazette.nsf/6cee7698a9bbc7cfcc256d510059ed0b/792796f704a47736cc256d2700067f30!OpenDocument |accessdate=22 July 2012}}</ref> which is a title granted for the rest of his life.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Retention of the Title "The Honourable" |journal=The New Zealand Gazette |date=18 December 2008 |page=5156 |url= http://www.dia.govt.nz/MSOS118/On-Line/NZGazette.nsf/6cee7698a9bbc7cfcc256d510059ed0b/250cff8ea064a0d8cc25752400479c8b!OpenDocument |accessdate=22 July 2012}}</ref> On 29 July 2010 Carter was suspended from the Labour Party caucus for allegedly being behind an anonymous letter sent around the press gallery claiming there was a leadership challenge against Phil Goff; a charge he has since admitted.<ref name="TVNZMole"/> On 17 August 2010, Speaker [[Lockwood Smith]] announced that Chris Carter was officially an independent MP.<ref name="HeraldSpeaker"/> In 2018 he rejoined the NZ Labour and is once again a financial member of the Party. ==United Nations== In early September 2011 Carter was appointed as programme manager of the Governance Unit of the [[United Nations]] Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan, leading the strengthening of local governance in all 34 Afghan Provinces. He served in that role for 4 years. His parliamentary seat remained vacant until the 26 November {{NZ election link|2011}} as there is no requirement to hold a [[List of New Zealand by-elections|by-election]] when there is less than six months to a general election. On 18 October 2013, Carter was waiting for a colleague to leave his compound in Kabul when a suicide bomber attacked a passing military convoy on the street some {{convert|25|m}} away; he was separated from the blast by a glass wall. If his Australian colleague had not been late, they could have been the victims of the attack themselves. Carter considered it a "close shave".<ref>{{cite news |last=Forbes |first=Michael |title=Taliban bomb explodes close to ex-NZ MP |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/9305785/Taliban-bomb-explodes-close-to-ex-NZ-MP |accessdate=26 October 2013 |newspaper=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |date=21 October 2013}}</ref> In September 2015 Chris Carter was appointed as the Senior UN Advisor for [[Rakhine State]] in [[Myanmar]] after serving for 4 years in Afghanistan. His Myanmar role, which he filled until 2019, was to lead and coordinate development by UN Agencies operating in Rakhine State, a region of Myanmar marked by [[Rohingya conflict|serious religious and ethnic conflict between Buddhist and Muslim communities]]. ==Local politics== In 2019, Carter retired from the United Nations after seven years' service and returned to New Zealand to live in Te Atatu. He was elected as a Labour Party team member for [[Auckland Council]]'s [[Henderson-Massey Local Board]]with 11,250 votes. In December 2019 he was elected Chairperson of the Henderson-Massey Local Board. He was also elected, by 14,593 votes, as one of the 7 elected Board Members of the Waitemata District Health Board, the most populous District Health Board in NZ, covering Auckland's Northshore and western suburbs.[[2019 New Zealand local elections]].<ref>Todd Niall, "MP Chris Carter returns for elections", ''The Dominion Post'', 12 March 2019, p. 10.</ref> == References == {{reflist|30em}} ==Further reading== *{{Cite book |first = James (ed.) |last = Allan |title = Growing up gay: New Zealand men tell their stories |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = Godwit |year = 1996 |isbn = 0-908877-84-6 |postscript = <!--None-->}} * For some more biographical details: [[List of alumni of St Peter's College, Auckland]] ==External links== {{commonscat-inline|Chris Carter (politician)|Chris Carter}} * [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/5/7/c/49MP30501-Carter-Chris.htm Parliamentary website page] {{s-start}} {{s-par|nz}} {{s-bef|before=[[Brian Neeson]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Te Atatū (New Zealand electorate)|Member of Parliament for Te Atatu]]|years=1993–1996<br />1999–2011|rows=2}} {{s-vac|reason=Seat abolished <small>(recreated in 1999)</small>}} |- {{s-vac|reason=Seat recreated <small>(abolished in 1996)</small>}} {{s-aft|after=[[Phil Twyford]]}} |- {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Steve Maharey]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Minister of Education (New Zealand)|Minister of Education]]|years=2007–2008}} {{s-aft|after=[[Anne Tolley]]}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Chris}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Gay politicians]] [[Category:LGBT members of the Parliament of New Zealand]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand]] [[Category:Ministers of Housing (New Zealand)]] [[Category:New Zealand educators]] [[Category:New Zealand farmers]] [[Category:New Zealand Labour Party MPs]] [[Category:People from the Auckland Region]] [[Category:University of Auckland alumni]] [[Category:People educated at St Peter's College, Auckland]] [[Category:Independent MPs of New Zealand]] [[Category:New Zealand education ministers]] [[Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives]] [[Category:New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates]] [[Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1987 New Zealand general election]] [[Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election]] [[Category:21st-century New Zealand politicians]]'