Nathan Guy

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The Honourable Nathan Guy MP

Incumbent
Assumed office 14 December 2011
Minister of Immigration- Minister of Veterans' Affairs - Minister of Racing - Associate Minister for Primary Industries
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 15 June 2009 – 14 December 2011
Prime Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Richard Worth
Minister Responsible for the National Library
In office 15 June 2009 – 14 December 2011
Prime Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Richard Worth
Minister Responsible for Archives New Zealand
In office 15 June 2009 – 14 December 2011
Prime Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Richard Worth
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Ōtaki
Incumbent
Assumed office 2008
Preceded by	Darren Hughes
Majority	1,354
Personal details
Born	1970
Nationality	New Zealand
Political party	National

Nathan Guy (born 1970) is a New Zealand politician, and currently serves as a member of Parliament representing the National Party.

Background

Guy is a farmer from near Levin. He has been involved in various agricultural sector trusts and councils, and studied farming at Massey University. He has served several terms on the Horowhenua District Council. 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 Guy drove the last spike at the new Waikanae Railway Station opening ceremony.^[1]

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
2005–2008	48th	List	39	National
2008–2011	49th	Ōtaki	18	National
2011 – present	50th	Ōtaki	20	National

In the 2005 election, Guy was a candidate for the National Party, standing in the Ōtaki electorate and being ranked 39th on the party list. He narrowly lost the election to Labour's Darren Hughes, by a margin of 1.00% or 382 votes.^[2] He entered Parliament as a list MP.

In the 2008 election he was again the candidate for Ōtaki, this time defeating Hughes by 1,354 votes.^[3]

In the 2011 New Zealand general election he won the Otaki seat with a majority of 5,231 votes.

Minister

On 15 June 2009, Guy was selected as the new Minister of Internal Affairs, the National Library of New Zealand and other posts previously held by Richard Worth, who had resigned after allegations of sexual harassment.^[4]

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

When Prime Minister John Key reshuffled his cabinet in January 2013 Guy was given the role of Minister for Primary Industries, with the Immigration and Veteran's Affairs roles being passed to Michael Woodhouse.

References

↑ Kay Blundell (21 February 2011). "Protesters in force as rail opens". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
↑ "2005 election results - Otaki". 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
↑ Chief Electoral Office, Official Count Results - Otaki (2008)
↑ "Nathan Guy appointed as a Minister". Fairfax New Zealand. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.

External links

Nathan Guy MP official site
Profile at National party
Profile at New Zealand Parliament
Releases and speeches at Beehive.govt.nz

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Darren Hughes	Member of Parliament for Ōtaki 2008-	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Richard Worth	Minister of Internal Affairs 2008-	Incumbent

	Minister Responsible for the National Library 2008-
Minister Responsible for Archives New Zealand 2008-

v t e New Zealand National Party

Party leaders Names in bold served as Prime Minister	Adam Hamilton (1936–1940) Sidney Holland (1940–1957) Keith Holyoake (1957–1972) Jack Marshall (1972–1974) Robert Muldoon (1974–1984) Jim McLay (1984–1986) Jim Bolger (1986–1997) Jenny Shipley (1997–2001) Bill English (2001–2003) Don Brash (2003–2006) John Key (2006 – present)

Party presidents	Sir George Wilson Claude H. Weston Alex Gordon Sir Wilfred Sim Sir Alex McKenzie John S. Meadowcroft Ned Holt Sir George Chapman Sue Wood Neville Young John Collinge Lindsay Tisch Geoff Thompson John Slater Michelle Boag Judy Kirk Peter Goodfellow

Current Members of Parliament Names without electorates are list MPs	Leader John Key (Helensville) · Deputy Leader Bill English (Clutha-Southland) Amy Adams (Selwyn) Shane Ardern (Taranaki-King Country) Chris Auchinvole Kanwal Singh Bakshi Maggie Barry (North Shore) David Bennett (Hamilton East) Paula Bennett (Waitakere) Chester Borrows (Whanganui) Simon Bridges (Tauranga) Gerry Brownlee (Ilam) Cam Calder David Carter Jonathan Coleman (Northcote) Judith Collins (Papakura) Jacqui Dean (Waitaki) Chris Finlayson Craig Foss (Tukituki) Paul Foster-Bell Paul Goldsmith Jo Goodhew (Rangitata) Tim Groser Nathan Guy (Ōtaki) Claudette Hauiti John Hayes (Wairarapa) Phil Heatley (Whangarei) Tau Henare Paul Hutchison (Hunua) Steven Joyce Nikki Kaye (Auckland Central) Colin King (Kaikōura) Melissa Lee Sam Lotu-Iiga (Maungakiekie) Tim Macindoe (Hamilton West) Todd McClay (Rotorua) Murray McCully (East Coast Bays) Ian McKelvie (Rangitīkei) Mark Mitchell (Rodney) Alfred Ngaro Simon O'Connor (Tāmaki) Hekia Parata Jami-Lee Ross (Botany) Eric Roy (Invercargill) Tony Ryall (Bay of Plenty) Mike Sabin (Northland) Joanne Hayes Scott Simpson (Coromandel) Nick Smith (Nelson) Lindsay Tisch (Waikato) Anne Tolley (East Coast) Chris Tremain (Napier) Louise Upston (Taupō) Nicky Wagner (Christchurch Central) Kate Wilkinson (Waimakariri) Maurice Williamson (Pakuranga) Michael Woodhouse Jian Yang Jonathan Young (New Plymouth)

National Governments	First (1949–57) Second (1960–72) Third (1975–84) Fourth (1990–99) Fifth (2008–)

Related articles	Reform Party United Party Liberal Party United/Reform Coalition Young Nats (youth wing)

Persondata
Name	Guy, Nathan
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	1970
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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