1. In 2009 Jamie Arbuckle applied to the Marlborough Farmers' Market to set up a stall selling asparagus, but questions were raised about whether he grew it himself, and his application was turned down.
11 Facts About Jamie Arbuckle
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Jamie Arbuckle then led a group of stallholders to set up a competing market in Redwoodtown.
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Jamie Arbuckle is married to Sally, and they have four children.
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At the 2010 local elections, Jamie Arbuckle was elected to the Marlborough District Council.
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Jamie Arbuckle was re-elected in the 2013 elections and again in the 2016 elections where he won the highest number of votes in the Blenheim Ward each time.
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Jamie Arbuckle served as chair of the economic, finance and community committee at the council.
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Jamie Arbuckle entered national politics when he was selected by the New Zealand First party to contest the Kaikoura electorate at the 2017 election where he finished third.
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Jamie Arbuckle stood again in the seat at the 2020 election, finishing fourth.
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Jamie Arbuckle finished in third place in the Kaikoura electorate, with 4,347 votes, but entered Parliament as one of eight New Zealand First list MPs.
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Jamie Arbuckle sits on the finance and expenditure committee and is deputy chair of the justice committee.
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Jamie Arbuckle refused to resign his position as councillor in order to avoid causing a by-election; he intends to remain on council until October 2024 when a by-election would not longer be necessary to fill any vacancy he creates.