Jim Anderton

James Patrick Anderton , commonly known as Jim Anderton CNZM (born January 21, 1938 in Auckland - † January 7, 2018 in Christchurch ) was a New Zealand politician . He was deputy prime minister under the Labor administration of Helen Clark , founder of three parties and most recently party chairman of Jim Anderton's Progressive , which was tailored to him.

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Education, work and family

James Patrick Anderton was born in Auckland on January 21, 1938 . He attended Seddon Memorial Technical College , and then the Auckland Teacher's College , where he graduated as a teacher. He worked in his profession for two years before moving to the Education Department in Wanganui , responsible for child welfare . Anderton is married with four children, three sons and one daughter.

A first contact to political office got Anderton as he two years after entry into the Labor Party councilor (councilor) in the former city of Manukau City was. Until the beginning of 1980 he worked in different areas.

1965–1968 - Councilor , Manukau City
1967–1969 - Secretary of the Catholic Diocesan Office in Auckland
1969–1970 - Export Manager at UEB Textiles
1971–1984 - Managing Director at Anderton Holdings
1974–1977 - Councilor , Auckland City
1977–1980 - Member of the Auckland Regional Authority

Political career

His political career began in 1963 when he joined the Labor Party , of which he was a member until 1989. He worked his way up the party and was eventually elected president of the party in 1979. He held the office until 1984. At the same time and until he left the party in 1989, he was a member of the Labor Party Policy Council , a council that took care of the party's political course.

In 1984 Anderton won a direct mandate for Labor for the first time in Christchurch and held the mandate, as well as his seat in the House of Representatives, after his departure from the party on April 18, 1989, first as a party independent, later in different parties. He left his party out of annoyance at the maritime liberal orientation of his party's policies under Prime Minister David Lange and his Finance Minister Roger Douglas ,

On May 2, 1989, Anderton and other Labor apostates founded a new party called New Labor and became its party leader. In the parliamentary elections in 1990, his party won a seat with 5.2%. In the hope of achieving better results in the parliamentary elections in 1993 with an alliance, Anderton and his New Labor party formed an alliance with the then Democrats , Green Party and Mana Motuhake . Anderton also became the party leader of the alliance, which sensibly took up the name Alliance . With an interruption from November 1994 to May 1995, Anderton was the political leader of the Alliance until the break in July 2002 . The break came when Anderton and others of his colleagues were accused of being too close to Labor .

In 2002 he founded the New Zealand Progressive Party with his supporters and practiced in coalitions, Anderton entered into a coalition with the NZ Democratic Party on July 27, 2002 via a new party connection under the name Progressive Coalition . The new party alliance, which entered a ruling coalition with Labor , lasted for almost two years and was terminated by Anderton on April 15, 2004. He then continued the coalition with Labor through his own party, which he then called only the Progressive Party, or Progressive for short, according to the party statutes .

After Labor lost government power in 2008, Anderton , who did not feel like thinking about government participation or support with the National Party , went into the opposition with his direct mandate. He gave his party the name Jim Anderton's Progressive before the general election in 2005 and thus tailored the party unequivocally to his person.

Political offices in state politics

1996–1999 - Party spokesman for the Aliance in the areas of finance, senior citizens and pensions and in matters relating to the Treaty of Waitangi

1999–2002 - Deputy Prime Minister

1999–2002 - Minister for the Public Trust Office

1999–2005 - Minister for Industry and Regional Development

1999–2005 - Minister for Economic Development

2001–2002 - Minister for Consumer Affairs and Customs

2002–2008 - Minister for Public Trust

2002–2008 - Deputy Minister for Health

2004–2008 - Minister for Forestry

2005–2008 - Minister for Biosecurity ( Biosecurity Affairs)

2005–2008 - Minister for Fisheries

2005–2008 - Minister of Agriculture

2005–2008 - Deputy Minister for Tertiary Education

2008–2011 - In the opposition, spokesman for agriculture

Anderton gave his farewell speech in Parliament on October 4, 2011 and did not run for the general election on November 26, 2011. He dissolved his party in March 2012. He died on January 7, 2018 at the age of 79 in his hometown of Christchurch .

Web links

Hon Jim Anderton . New Zealand Parliament, August 22, 2011, archived from the original onAugust 24, 2011; accessed on February 19, 2015(English, original website no longer available).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c General elections 1890–1993 - seats won by party . Elections Electoral Commission , September 9, 2013, archived from the original December 30, 2015 ; accessed on September 13, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
^ Grant Marc Gillon : Formation, Durability and Susceptibility - Coalition Traits that Affected New Zealand's MMP Governments of 1996-2002 . Ed .: Massey University . North Shore City 2007 (English, dissertation).
↑ ^a ^b Hon Jim Anderton . New Zealand Parliament , archived from the original on August 24, 2011 ; accessed on November 25, 2011 (English).
^ Constitution of the New Zealand Progressive Party . (PDF 101 kB) Elections New Zealand , archived from the original on July 20, 2011 ; accessed on August 24, 2014 .
^ Anderton to stay with Labor, even in opposition . New Zealand Herald - Online Edition , November 19, 2008, accessed November 22, 2011 .
^ Jim Anderton signs off after 27 years . Television New Zealand (TVNZ) , October 4, 2011, accessed November 22, 2011 .
^ Cancellation of Jim Anderton's Progressive party and logo . Electoral Commission , March 19, 2012, accessed November 12, 2016 .
↑ Julian Lee, Nick Truebridge : Former Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton dies in Christchurch . Stuff - Politics , January 7, 2018, accessed January 7, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Anderton, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Anderton, James Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Auckland , New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH	January 7, 2018
Place of death	Christchurch , New Zealand

[elctnz_1-1] General elections 1890–1993 - seats won by party . Elections Electoral Commission , September 9, 2013, archived from the original December 30, 2015 ; accessed on September 13, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).

[gmgill_1-2] Grant Marc Gillon : Formation, Durability and Susceptibility - Coalition Traits that Affected New Zealand's MMP Governments of 1996-2002 . Ed .: Massey University . North Shore City 2007 (English, dissertation).

[nzparl_1-3] Hon Jim Anderton . New Zealand Parliament , archived from the original on August 24, 2011 ; accessed on November 25, 2011 (English).

[elctnz_2-4] Constitution of the New Zealand Progressive Party . (PDF 101 kB) Elections New Zealand , archived from the original on July 20, 2011 ; accessed on August 24, 2014 .

[nzhrld_1-5] Anderton to stay with Labor, even in opposition . New Zealand Herald - Online Edition , November 19, 2008, accessed November 22, 2011 .

[tvnzja_1-6] Jim Anderton signs off after 27 years . Television New Zealand (TVNZ) , October 4, 2011, accessed November 22, 2011 .

[Electoral_Commission_Cancellation_Party-7] Cancellation of Jim Anderton's Progressive party and logo . Electoral Commission , March 19, 2012, accessed November 12, 2016 .

[Stuff_2018_01_07-8] Julian Lee, Nick Truebridge : Former Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton dies in Christchurch . Stuff - Politics , January 7, 2018, accessed January 7, 2018 .