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Damien Peter O'Connor is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 elections, recapturing the West Coast seat after the upset victory of National's Margaret Moir in the 1990 elections. He retained his seat in the 1993 elections, and then won the reconfigured West Coast-Tasman seat in the 1996 elections. He has remained MP for that electorate since then. O'Connor is regarded as being on the right of the Labour Party and has, with permission, voted against his colleagues on at least one occasion. He is currently the Minister of Rural Affairs, the Minister of Tourism and the Minister of Corrections. He is also an Associate Minister of Health.
