1. Carl Michael Bates was born on 13 March 1983 and is a New Zealand politician, representing the New Zealand National Party as a Member of Parliament since the 2023 New Zealand general election.
11 Facts About Carl Bates
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Carl Bates later gained a bachelor of business studies degree in accountancy from Massey University.
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Carl Bates has been a director of an aged care facility, the Arena Manawatu stadium company, and the Universal College of Learning in Palmerston North.
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Carl Bates set up a company to train boards of directors, named Sirdar Global Group, and operated it in New Zealand and Africa, and self-published two books on business success.
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Carl Bates sold the company on his return to New Zealand in 2020.
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Carl Bates joined the National Party at the age of 13, when he campaigned for Peter Gresham.
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Carl Bates was selected by the National Party to contest the Whanganui electorate at the 2023 election.
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On election night, Carl Bates received 16,446 votes, beating the incumbent, first-term Labour Party MP Steph Lewis, by 5,512 votes.
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Carl Bates said the result reflected that people in Whanganui don't want their assets controlled from the capital.
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Carl Bates said people in the region were keen to see both the Three Waters and Resource Management Act reforms reversed.
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Carl Bates met his wife Candice on Tinder while living in South Africa.