| The Honourable David Carter MP |
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| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Jim Anderton |
| Minister for Biosecurity | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Jim Anderton |
| Minister of Forestry | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Jim Anderton |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party List |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1999 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1952 Christchurch |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | National Party |
| Occupation | Farmer |
David Cunningham Carter (born 3 April 1952) is a New Zealand politician, currently a government cabinet minister. He is a member of the National Party.
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Carter attended St Bede's College in Christchurch, and has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree from Lincoln University. He has farmed sheep and cattle for over thirty years, and established the first commercial cattle-embryo transplant company in New Zealand in 1974.[1]
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| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
| 1994–1996 | 44th | Selwyn | National | |
| 1996–1999 | 45th | Banks Peninsula | 41 | National |
| 1999–2002 | 46th | List | 21 | National |
| 2002–2005 | 47th | List | 4 | National |
| 2005–2008 | 48th | List | 8 | National |
| 2008–2011 | 49th | List | 9 | National |
| 2011 – present | 50th | List | 10 | National |
Carter was first elected to Parliament in the 1994 by-election in Selwyn, replacing the resigning Ruth Richardson. In the 1996 general election, he contested and won the Banks Peninsula electorate, but was defeated in the 1999 election by Labour's Ruth Dyson. He instead entered Parliament as a list MP. In the 2002 election, he failed to recapture his seat, and so remained a list MP.
Carter has held several ministerial positions in his career. From 1998 until the National Party's defeat in 1999, he served as Minister for Senior Citizens, as well as Associate Minister of Revenue and Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control. At the very end of National's term in office, he was also Associate Minister of Education. In 2008, Carter was initially chosen as the National candidate for the resurrected safe National seat of the Selwyn electorate, but opposition to this saw the National candidacy up for grabs again, eventually won by Amy Adams, who ultimately won the seat. Carter pulled out of the race and was given a high list placing instead.[2] After National's election victory, he took the portfolios of Agriculture, Biosecurity and Forestry.[3]
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||
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| Preceded by Ruth Richardson |
Member of Parliament for Selwyn 1994–1996 |
In abeyance
Title next held by
Amy Adams |