| Mike Ward JP | |
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| Mike Ward in 2010 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Green party list |
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| In office 2002 – 2005 |
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| Born | 1942 (age 69–70) Hastings, New Zealand |
| Political party | Green |
| Spouse(s) | Joy[1] |
| Children | Three |
| Residence | Nelson |
| Occupation | Artist, politician |
Mike Ward JP (born 1942) is a Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand politician. He was an MP for one term from 2002-2005. He was co-leader of the Values Party (a predecessor to the modern Greens) from 1985 to 1988. In 2006, Ward was an unsuccessful candidate for male co-leader of the Green Party, following the death of Rod Donald in 2005.
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| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
| 2002–05 | 47th | List | 9 | Green |
Ward was an unsuccessful candidate at seven New Zealand general elections before being elected in the 2002 general election at No. 9 on the Green party list, after the counting of special votes.[2] Although he moved up one place on the list for the 2005 election he lost his seat as the Green vote fell. When he was in Parliament, he was the Green Party spokesperson on Arts and Culture, Older Persons, Small Business, Sports, Fitness and Leisure, Tourism and Waste-free. These portfolios were taken over by the remaining six Green MPs after Ward lost his seat.
Mike Ward was a Values Party candidate in the 1981, 1984 and 1987 elections. He was a Green Party candidate in the 1990 election. He was an Alliance candidate in the 1993 and 1996 elections. He was a Green Party candidate in the 1999, 2002 and 2005 elections.
Ward was next on the Green party list after Nándor Tánczos resigned in 2005. In 2008 Ward initially declined to stand aside so that Russel Norman, the Green co-leader, could take Tánczos's list seat when he resigned from Parliament. Ward changed his mind, because of the advantages in having the party co-leader in Parliament during an election year,[3] and Norman became an MP on 27 June.
Ward served as a Nelson City Councillor from 1983–89 and 1992–98. He stood as a candidate for Mayor of Nelson in 1986, 1989 and in 2007. He came a close second in 1989 and came fourth in 2007.[1][4] He is again standing for Mayor in 2010.[1]
In 2005, shortly after that year's general election, Ward won the Montana World of Wearable Art Supreme Award.[5] Ward is the only person who has completed all the first 28 Coast to Coast races.[6] Ward is also a Justice of the Peace.
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