1. Lindsay Tisch obtained a diploma in agriculture from Lincoln College.
19 Facts About Lindsay Tisch
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Lindsay Tisch has worked as a farmer and a rural valuer, and was a management consultant.
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Lindsay Tisch was a director of Landcorp and is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and the New Zealand Institute of Property Management.
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Lindsay Tisch joined the National Party in 1966, and has held a number of senior roles in its organisational wing.
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Lindsay Tisch was a member of Parliament from 1999 to 2017, when he retired.
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Lindsay Tisch was selected to replace John Luxton as National's candidate in the electorate of Karapiro in the 1999 election.
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The name of the electorate was changed back to Piako for the 2002 election and the 2005 election; Lindsay Tisch was comfortably re-elected each time.
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The name referred to a little-known river past Morrinsville, and Lindsay Tisch was successful in lobbying to have the electorate renamed after the Waikato River.
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Lindsay Tisch was further re-elected in the 2011 election and 2014 election, after which he retired.
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In 2009, it was revealed Lindsay Tisch was using a front company to maximise his accommodation allowance paid by the taxpayer.
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Lindsay Tisch was claiming $410 a week which was paid to his property investment company, Heritage 653 Limited.
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Lindsay Tisch was never a minister but held senior parliamentary roles in the National Party and in the House of Representatives.
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Lindsay Tisch was the National Party junior whip and senior whip before taking on roles as Deputy Speaker of the House and Assistant Speaker of the House.
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Under former leaders Bill English and Don Brash, Lindsay Tisch was briefly National Party spokesperson for small business, civil defence and emergency services, and internal affairs.
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Lindsay Tisch held conservative views and opposed same-sex marriage law reform.
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In 2004, Lindsay Tisch voted against the Civil Union Act 2004, a bill making it legal for those in same-sex as well as heterosexual relationships to enter into a civil-union.
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In 2005, Lindsay Tisch voted for Gordon Copeland's Marriage Amendment Bill, a bill which would have amended the Marriage Act to define marriage as only between a man and woman.
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In 2012 and 2013, Lindsay Tisch voted against the Marriage Amendment Bill, a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry in New Zealand.
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Lindsay Tisch was one of the 3,632 recipients of the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, which he received for services to the public.