10 Facts About Clive Matthewson

Clive Denby Matthewson was born on 1944 and is a New Zealand civil engineer and former politician.

Clive Matthewson was educated at Waitaki Boys' High School and University of Canterbury.

Clive Matthewson has a PhD in Civil Engineering which he completed in 1970.

Clive Matthewson worked as a civil engineer until he was elected to parliament in 1984.

Clive Matthewson was chairman of the Wanganui electorate for the Labour Party and a member of Labour's governing body the New Zealand Council.

Clive Matthewson was considered one of the most effective backbenchers in the Fourth Labour Government.

Clive Matthewson left Labour in 1995 to jointly establish the United New Zealand party with six other sitting MPs.

Clive Matthewson became United's leader, and when the party formed a coalition with the governing National Party in 1996 he was made a Cabinet Minister.

At the 1998 local-body elections Clive Matthewson ran for the position of Mayor of Dunedin, but was defeated by incumbent Sukhi Turner.

Clive Matthewson was the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the University of Otago from 2002 to 2008, and between 23 July 2004 and 30 September 2008 was on the board of directors for the New Zealand Railways Corporation.