Clayton Cosgrove
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Clayton James Cosgrove (born 31 October 1969) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party.
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[edit] Early life
Cosgrove was born in Nelson, New Zealand. He received a BA from the University of Canterbury in 1992 and received an MBA in 1996. Before entering politics, he worked in the public relations industry.
[edit] Labour Party involvement
Cosgove has been a member of the Labour Party since he was fourteen, and has held a number of posts within the party. He was chairman of the party's Canterbury branch from 1989 to 1994, and served as campaign manager to Labour Party leader Mike Moore in the 1990 election and the 1993 election.
He was a strong supporter of Moore, and opposed Moore's replacement by Helen Clark. Before the 1996 election he was involved in discussions with Moore to form a new party but this failed to eventuate.
[edit] Member of Parliament
| Parl. | Electorate | List Pos. | Party |
| 46th | Waimakariri | none | Labour |
| 47th | Waimakariri | none | Labour |
| 48th | Waimakariri | none | Labour |
Cosgrove himself stood for election in the Waimakariri seat in the 1999 election, and was successful. He was re-elected in the 2002 election. He was again elected in the 2005 general election.
[edit] Cabinet minister
He was appointed Minister for Building and Construction, Minister of Statistics, Associate Minister of Finance, Associate Minister of Justice and Associate Minister of Immigration (responsible for individual immigration cases) after the 2005 election. At the October 2007 Cabinet reshuffle, he lost his Building and Construction and Statistics portfolio responsibilities; and was given the Immigration, Sport and Recreation portfolios, and ministerial responsibility for the Rugby World Cup. He retains his roles as Associate Minister of Justice and Finance.
Cosgrove was selected to attend the World Economic Forum's annual conferences in 2001 and 2002, and was appointed to the Forum's task force on global trade liberalisation. He is generally considered to be on the right of the Labour Party.
[edit] Further reading
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- The Cosgrove courier: Clayton Cosgrove, Member of Parliament for Waimakariri, reports, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: Waimakariri Electorate Office, 2000-
