17 Facts About Cam Calder

Cam Calder was a National Party Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2014.

Cam Calder was educated at Westown School, New Plymouth Boys' High School, and the University of Otago, where he studied dental surgery.

Cam Calder was an emergency medicine doctor in England and, after returning home in the early 1990s, New Zealand.

Cam Calder lived in France for a period beginning in 2001.

Cam Calder served as president of the French New Zealand Business Council and has served on the international governing body for petanque.

Cam Calder takes credit for being one of the people who "imported" petanque into New Zealand.

Cam Calder represented New Zealand at the 1995 Petanque World Championships in Brussels, Belgium; the team finished 36th.

Cam Calder is married to Jenny and has two children.

Cam Calder held various internal offices, including as chair of the North Shore electorate committee.

Cam Calder lost his electorate and would have been elected as a list MP on the provisional results of the election, but the number of seats allocated to National dropped by one in the final count, preventing Calder from entering Parliament at that time.

Cam Calder re-contested Manurewa in 2011 and lost, but was returned for a full term as a list MP.

Cam Calder was a member of the law and order committee and the local government and environment committee during his first term.

Cam Calder announced in October 2013 that he was going to retire from parliament at the 2014 general election.

Cam Calder was replaced as Manurewa candidate by Simeon Brown.

Cam Calder said he would vote "no" in the 2009 New Zealand child discipline referendum.

Cam Calder supported increasing the purchase age for alcohol to 20 years.

Cam Calder voted in favour of the Marriage Amendment Act 2013.