12 Facts About Clayton Cosgrove

Clayton James Cosgrove was born on 31 October 1969 and is a former New Zealand politician.

Clayton Cosgrove received a BA, in History, American Studies and Political Science, from the University of Canterbury in 1992 and received an MBA in 1996.

Clayton Cosgrove was chairman of the party's Canterbury branch from 1989 to 1994.

Clayton Cosgrove was a strong supporter of Moore, and opposed Moore's replacement by Helen Clark.

Clayton Cosgrove was re-elected in the 2002,2005 and 2008 general elections.

Clayton Cosgrove was appointed Minister for Building and Construction, Minister of Statistics, Associate Minister of Finance, Associate Minister of Justice and Associate Minister of Immigration after the 2005 election.

Clayton Cosgrove retained his roles as Associate Minister of Justice and Finance.

Clayton Cosgrove lost his ministerial position when Labour was defeated in the 2008 election.

Clayton Cosgrove was selected to attend the World Economic Forum's Annual meeting in New York and Davos in 2001 and 2002, and was appointed to the Forum's task force on Free Trade.

Clayton Cosgrove is generally considered to be on the right of the Labour Party.

Clayton Cosgrove considered standing in the by-election resulting from Dalziel's resignation from Parliament, but in the end decided not to put his name forward for the Labour nomination.

Clayton Cosgrove announced he would be retiring from politics at the 2017 general election in April 2016.