Ian Robert Flockhart McKelvie was born on 1952 and is a New Zealand politician.
21 Facts About Ian McKelvie
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Ian McKelvie represented the National Party in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023.
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Ian McKelvie's family has lived near the Rangitikei river since 1850.
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Ian McKelvie then gained a Diploma of Agriculture from Massey University and worked on several farms, including a sheep, beef, dairy and cropping farm at Tangimoana with one of his brothers.
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Ian McKelvie has worked in the motor vehicle, property and insurance industries, including with Farmers' Mutual Group, and served as national president of the Royal Agricultural Society for four years until 2002.
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Ian McKelvie was the Mayor of Manawatu from 2002 until 2011.
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Ian McKelvie resigned from the position on being elected to Parliament.
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Ian McKelvie served as the board chair of Special Olympics New Zealand from October 2010 until 2019.
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Ian McKelvie was named as the National Party candidate for the Rangitikei electorate following the announcement by sitting member Simon Power of his retirement from politics.
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At the 2011 election, Ian McKelvie won the seat with a majority of 9,382 ahead of Labour's Josie Pagani.
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Ian McKelvie served on three select committees: primary production, regulations review, and law and order.
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Ian McKelvie was re-elected in the Rangitikei electorate during the 2014 New Zealand general election with an increased majority.
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Ian McKelvie was re-elected in the Rangitikei electorate during the 2017 New Zealand general election.
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Ian McKelvie served on the transport and infrastructure committees between November 2017 and March 2018.
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Ian McKelvie was chairperson of the governance and administration committee and, on 1 March 2022, was appointed as an additional Assistant Speaker, to serve while the House is sitting with MPs participating remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ian McKelvie stated that the proposed lossening of alcohol rules was designed to promote attendance at races.
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In late July 2022, Ian McKelvie announced that he would retire at the 2023 New Zealand general election.
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Ian McKelvie has generally conservative views but has on occasion adopted more liberal positions on legislation that required a conscience vote.
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Ian McKelvie supported the first reading of the Marriage Amendment Act 2013, but not the second or third reading, and supported the first and second reading of the Abortion Legislation Act 2020, but not the third reading.
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Ian McKelvie supported the End of Life Choice Act 2019, which legalised voluntary euthanasia, at all stages.
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Ian McKelvie voted against Chloe Swarbrick's member's bill to legalise medicinal cannabis in 2018.