1. Daniel Michael Bidois was born on 1983 and is a New Zealand politician and economist who sits as the National Party Member for Northcote in the New Zealand House of Representatives.
17 Facts About Dan Bidois
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Dan Bidois was a Strategy Manager for Foodstuffs prior to his election.
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Dan Bidois is both of European and Maori descent, adopted into a family of Ngati Maniapoto descent.
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Dan Bidois grew up in Howick, Auckland and attended Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Howick Intermediate and Howick College.
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Dan Bidois left Howick College at 15 to pursue a butchery apprenticeship, originally with Seaside Meats.
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Dan Bidois had chemotherapy and an operation to save his leg.
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Dan Bidois later graduated with Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts degrees at the University of Auckland, and has four degrees in total.
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In 2010, Dan Bidois won a Fulbright Scholarship to attend Harvard University in the United States, completing a Master of Public Policy degree in 2012.
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Dan Bidois began his professional career as a management consultant with Deloitte New Zealand in 2008.
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Dan Bidois spent three years as an economist with the OECD in Paris, France, working on economic reforms in emerging markets.
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Dan Bidois returned to New Zealand in 2016, and worked as a strategy manager for Foodstuffs.
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Dan Bidois contested the National Party selection for Pakuranga upon the retirement of Maurice Williamson, but failed to win the candidacy.
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Dan Bidois stood as a list-only candidate in the 2017 general election, ranked 72.
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Dan Bidois was sworn into the 52nd Parliament on 27 June 2018 as the Member for Northcote and gave his maiden speech on 3 July 2018.
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On 3 July 2018, Dan Bidois was announced as National's Spokesperson for the Future of Work, and Associate Spokesperson for Workplace Relations and Safety.
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At the election, Dan Bidois lost Northcote to his by-election Labour opponent, Shanan Halbert, by a final margin of 2,534 votes, and was ranked too low on National's list to return to Parliament as a list MP.
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On 14 October 2023, Dan Bidois managed to flip the seat back to National with a 9,270 vote majority, ousting incumbent Shanan Halbert, who Dan Bidois himself had lost the seat to in 2020.