Aaron Gilmore

Aaron Gilmore
MP
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National Party list
In office
8 November 2008 – 10 December 2011
Personal details
Born 26 August 1973 (1973-08-26) (age 38)
Christchurch,  New Zealand
Political party National

Aaron Gilmore (born 26 August 1973 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand politician and member of the New Zealand National Party. He was a list MP since the 2008 election until the 2011 election when he was not returned to parliament.

Contents

Early life and education

Gilmore was born in Christchurch and attended Parkview Primary School, to shopkeeper parents in the Christchurch suburb of Parklands. He attended Shirley Boys' High School, before attending the University of Canterbury where he gained a Masters of Commerce in Economics in 1995.[1]

Professional career

Gilmore began his career working as an analyst with the Ministry of Transport in Wellington in 1995.[1] The following year he began working at the Department of Treasury at the Crown Companies Monitoring Advisory Unit as an advisor on state owned enterprise privatisation. In 1997 Gilmore worked on secondment to SOE Minister Tony Ryall, where he advised on the sale of state owned enterprises.

Gilmore left the public service in 1999 to join Ernst and Young, where he worked on international projects advising utility companies. In 2001 he joined Cameron and Partners in a similar role. In 2004 Gilmore returned to Ernst and Young in Christchurch as a senior manager. In 2005 Gilmore progressed to General Cable, where he worked as Corporate Development Manager until selection as a National Party candidate.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate List Party
2008–2011 49th List 56 National

Gilmore was selected by the National Party Christchurch East local electorate as its candidate in the safe Labour seat of Christchurch East at the end of 2007. In August 2008 the National Party announced that he would be placed at number 56 on the National Party list. Gilmore came second in the electorate race, losing to the incumbent, Lianne Dalziel, by 5,765 votes, but achieved a record for National in the area of over 12,000 party and personal votes.[2]

In the 2011 election, he again contested Christchurch East and was 53rd on the party list. He again placed second in the electorate behind Dalziel, and on election night results was set to be returned to parliament via the list, the last-placed candidate to be returned. However, with the counting of special votes and the release of official results, National lost a seat to the Green Party, resulting in Gilmore being not returned to parliament in favour of Mojo Mathers, who by coincidence also contested Christchurch East and placed third behind Gilmore.[3] However, being the first placed candidate on the National Party list not returned, he is first in line to be elected to Parliament in the event a National list MP vacates their seat during the 50th Parliament.

References

  1. ^ a b "Aaron Gilmore". New Zealand Parliament. http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/e/9/6/50MP169931-Gilmore-Aaron.htm. Retrieved 28 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Official Count Results -- Christchurch East". Chief Electoral Office, Wellington. http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/electorate-5.html. Retrieved 28 November 2011. 
  3. ^ Sachdeva, Sam (29 November 2011). "MP philosophical about chances". The Press: p. A4. http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6051525/MP-philosophical-about-chances. Retrieved 28 November 2011. 

External links