David John Butcher was born on 19 September 1948 and is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
11 Facts About David Butcher
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David Butcher was a Cabinet minister in the Fourth Labour Government.
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David Butcher graduated with an economics degree and became a member of the New Zealand Association of Economists.
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David Butcher was a member of the Hawkes Bay Trade Council and its nominee on the council of the Hawkes Bay Community College.
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David Butcher became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1975, and in 1980, David Butcher married Mary Georgina Hall.
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David Butcher stood unsuccessfully for the seat of Hawkes Bay three times, in the 1969 election, 1972 election and 1975 election, before becoming an MP for the seat of Hastings in the 1978 election.
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David Butcher was associate Minister of Finance and mostly a supporter of the Rogernomics agenda of finance minister Roger Douglas.
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David Butcher represented the Hastings electorate in Parliament until 1990, when he was defeated by National's Jeff Whittaker, one of a number of losses contributing to the fall of the Fourth Labour Government.
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David Butcher's defeat was not expected with most expecting him to be re-elected with a reduced majority.
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In 1990, David Butcher was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
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David Butcher worked in a business consultancy deal with the Asian Development Bank.