14 Facts About Nathan Guy

Nathan Guy was elected to Parliament in 2005 as a list MP for the National Party and held the Otaki electorate from 2008 until 2020, when he retired.

Nathan Guy has been involved in various agricultural sector trusts and councils, and studied farming at Massey University.

Nathan Guy served eight years on the Horowhenua District Council from 1998 to 2005.

Nathan Guy's great-grandfather was chairman of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company when the last spike was driven on the company's line at Otaihanga, an event re-created on 19 February 2011 when Nathan Guy drove the last spike at the new Waikanae Railway Station opening ceremony.

Nathan Guy was a member of the Primary Production select committee for much of this term, and was a member of the Privileges and Standing Orders committees for about seven months until the 2008 election.

When John Key became National leader in 2006, Nathan Guy became the party's junior whip and an associate spokesperson for agriculture.

Nathan Guy held the electorate three subsequent times, with his greatest majority being 7,782 votes over the Labour candidate in 2014.

Nathan Guy was involved in a controversy that was revealed in 2017.

On 14 December 2011, following the 2011 New Zealand general election, Nathan Guy was sworn in as the Minister of Immigration, Minister for Racing, Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Associate Minister for Primary Industries.

Nathan Guy lost his ministerial roles when the National Party was not returned to government at the 2017 general election.

Nathan Guy opposed same-sex marriage in 2005, by voting for the Marriage Amendment Bill, which would have amended the Marriage Act to define marriage as only between a man and a woman, and in 2014, by voting against the Marriage Amendment Bill, a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry in New Zealand.

Nathan Guy opposed the End of Life Choice Bill in 2019, which regulated assisted suicide in New Zealand, and the Abortion Legislation Bill in 2020, which decriminalised abortion.

In November 2020, Nathan Guy contested but failed to win a seat on the board of New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra.

Nathan Guy was appointed chair of Apiculture New Zealand in July 2022 and chair of the Meat Industry Association in August 2022.