John Gary Blincoe was born on 1952 and is a former New Zealand politician.
11 Facts About John Blincoe
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John Blincoe was an MP from 1990 to 1996, representing the Labour Party.
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John Blincoe attended Hampden Street School, Nelson College Preparatory School and Nelson College, the latter two from 1963 to 1969.
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John Blincoe rose to prominence when he became convener of the Wellington Clean Water Campaign which opposed the council on the Moa Point sewerage treatment plan.
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In 1983 John Blincoe unsuccessfully sought the Labour Party nomination for the seat of Tasman following the retirement of Bill Rowling, but lost to Ken Shirley.
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John Blincoe was then elected to the City Council in the Brooklyn Ward in 1986 and then in the Southern Ward in 1989, before resigning from the Council in 1991 when he was elected to Parliament.
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John Blincoe was first elected to Parliament in the 1990 election as MP for Nelson, replacing the outgoing Philip Woollaston.
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John Blincoe was re-elected in the 1993 election, but in the 1996 election, the seat of Nelson was expanded into rural areas formerly part of the Tasman electorate.
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John Blincoe was defeated by the incumbent Tasman MP, Nick Smith of the National Party.
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Once seats had been proportionally re-allocated with both the Green Party and New Zealand First in mind, fewer list seats were available for other parties, and consequently John Blincoe was not allocated a seat.
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John Blincoe worked as an environmental adviser to Prime Minister Helen Clark during the 2000s and has worked on environmental matters since then.