Graeme Reeves
Graeme Reeves (born 1947), a former member of the New Zealand National Party, represented Miramar in Parliament from 1990 to 1993, when he was defeated by Annette King of the Labour Party.
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–1993 | 43rd | Miramar | National | ||
Reeves, who was formerly a solicitor, and five other one-term National MPs entered Parliament in a swing against Labour in the 1990 election. He failed to re-enter Parliament as a list candidate in the Tukituki electorate in the 1996 election.[1] In 2004 Reeves was elected president of United Future succeeding former Wellington Mayor Mark Blumsky.[2] Since then, he has stood several times for United Future. In the 2008 election he filled the number 4 slot in the United Future list and stood as a United Future electorate candidate for Wairarapa.
Post-parliamentary career
[edit]Reeves was appointed to the New Zealand Gambling Commission in June 2004.[3] In December 2010 he was appointed as Chief Gambling Commissioner.[4] He was reappointed as chair for a further three years in July 2012.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Tukituki" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "New United Future president". The New Zealand Herald. 11 August 2004.
- ^ "Report of the Gambling Commission For the period ended 30 June 2004". New Zealand Gambling Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ "New appointments to the Gambling Commission". New Zealand Government. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ "Gambling Commission Reappointments". Scoop Media. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
References
[edit]- 1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party p. 43 by John Stringer (New Zealand National Party, 1990)
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