30 Facts About Andrew Bayly

Andrew Bayly was elected to the New Zealand Parliament at the 2014 general election as the MP for Hunua, representing the New Zealand National Party.

Andrew Bayly was Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Minister of Statistics, and Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing in the Sixth National Government.

Andrew Bayly resigned his ministerial portfolios in February 2025 after he physically touched a staff member during an argument.

Andrew Bayly attended Wanganui Collegiate School and graduated with a degree in accounting and finance from Massey University.

Andrew Bayly was a merchant banker and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the NZ Institute of Management, the NZ Chartered Institute of Corporate Management, and the UK Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

Andrew Bayly was an officer in the New Zealand Army Territorials and served in the British Parachute Regiment.

Andrew Bayly is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in London.

Andrew Bayly worked as a merchant banker, founding the Cranleigh firm with his brother Paul, where he offered corporate advisory and capital markets advice to a range of government entities, local authorities and corporate clients.

Andrew Bayly was a director of numerous companies, the chair of the board of New Zealand Financial Planning and a trustee of the Enterprise Franklin Development Trust, the economic development arm of the Franklin Council.

Andrew Bayly had a long career in adventure racing, including competing in three Coast to Coast events, marathons and Ironman events.

However, Andrew Bayly disputed Lawrence's claim that he could ride his camels up to 80 to 120 miles a day.

In late December 2022, Andrew Bayly travelled to the northernmost province of Mongolia with one of his children to spend time with the Dukha people, one of the last groups of nomadic reindeer herders in the world.

Andrew Bayly engaged a New Zealand film producer and arranged for a Mongolian cameraman to accompany them to record the trip, with a view to making a documentary that will eventually be promoted overseas.

Andrew Bayly was elected to Parliament at the 2014 general election, as the National MP for Hunua with a majority of 17,376 votes.

Andrew Bayly had the fourth highest majority of all electorate seats in New Zealand.

In September 2016, Andrew Bayly proposed a private member's bill to Parliament that would give landlords more power to test and remedy their rental properties of dangerous levels of methamphetamine contamination.

Andrew Bayly successfully steered the Arbitration Amendment Bill through Parliament which passed through the House unanimously and which significantly enhanced arbitration proceedings and how they are conducted in New Zealand.

At the 2017 general election, Andrew Bayly retained Hunua by a margin of 19,443 votes.

Andrew Bayly held various party spokesperson roles under National's four leadership configurations that term.

Andrew Bayly was an associate finance spokesperson under the final three leaders.

In September 2019, Andrew Bayly was ejected from Parliament for attempting to disrupt Parliamentary proceedings during his questioning of Housing Minister Megan Woods about the Ihumatao dispute.

Andrew Bayly contested Port Waikato and was re-elected by a margin of 4,313 votes.

Andrew Bayly was regarded as a "close ally" to National leader Judith Collins.

Andrew Bayly was given responsibility for revenue policy, budget preparation and review, monetary policy, KiwiSaver and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

Andrew Bayly contested Port Waikato in the October 2023 general election, but the electorate vote was postponed to a by-election in November after another candidate died.

Andrew Bayly won the by-election with a margin of 11,432 votes over New Zealand First candidate Casey Costello.

Andrew Bayly described his behaviour at the visit as "unbecoming of a government minister", and denied being intoxicated.

Andrew Bayly continued as commerce minister, but lost responsibility for statistics and small business and manufacturing.

In February 2025, Andrew Bayly resigned as a Minister after an "animated discussion" where he placed his hand on a staff member's upper arm.

On 5 March 2025, Andrew Bayly was granted retention of the title The Honourable, in recognition of his term as a member of the Executive Council.