David_Ogden_(politician)
David Kevin Ogden JP (born 1944) is a former mayor of Lower Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand.
David Ogden | |
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Ogden in 2010 | |
| 18th Mayor of Lower Hutt | |
| In office October 2004 – 9 October 2010 | |
| Deputy | Roger Styles |
| Preceded by | John Terris |
| Succeeded by | Ray Wallace |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Political party | Future New Zealand (1999) |
| Profession | Accountant |
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Ogden was born in Newtown, Wellington, in 1944. He grew up in Miramar and attended Miramar North School and later Wellington High School where he was a prefect. After briefly considering architecture he studied accountancy at Victoria University. He did not graduate but became a chartered accountant working at Fletcher Construction. He later became head of finance at TV1.[1] He is a justice of the peace.[2]
He first stood for political office in 1980 and was elected to the Lower Hutt City Council on the United Citizens ticket of then-mayor John Kennedy-Good. Re-elected in 1983, he chose not to stand again in 1986 to focus on accountancy.[3] In 1992 he was elected to the Wellington Regional Council before failing in re-election bids in 1995 and 1998.[1] Ogden stood in the 1999 election in the Hutt South electorate for Future New Zealand and gained 1.57% of the electorate vote.[4] He was in rank 13 on the Future New Zealand party list.[5]
He returned to the City Council for a term from 1998 to 2001. In 2001 he was elected to the Hutt Valley District Health Board.[2] Ogden was first elected mayor in 2004, beating incumbent Mayor John Terris running on a pledge to reduce debt, limit rates and fix flooding problems. His campaign benefited greatly after Terris was hospitalised with blood poisoning at the start of the election campaign.[1] He was re-elected in 2007 with a reduced majority,[6] but was defeated in 2010 by sitting councillor Ray Wallace.[7][8]
In 2016 he was elected for a second time to the Regional Council.[9] After moving from Lower Hutt to the Kāpiti Coast. In 2022 he stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Kāpiti Coast District Council in the Paraparaumu Ward.[10]
He first married in 1965 with whom he had three children before divorcing in 1996. He remarried in 1997, though the marriage was only to last a few weeks.[1] In 2000 He met American-born lawyer Teresa Shreves who he married in 2007.[11]
- Lane, Nicholas (7 October 2006). "Tough lessons for a political do-gooder". The Dominion Post. p. A8.
- "David Ogden" (PDF). Hutt Valley Health District Board. Hutt City. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- McGill 1991, pp. 216.
- "Candidate vote details – Hutt South". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- "Party Lists of Unsuccessful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- Boyack, Nicholas (20 July 2010). "Ray Wallace confirms he'll take on Ogden for Hutt mayoralty". The Hutt News. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- Nichols, Lane (9 October 2010). "New mayor for Lower Hutt". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- Boyack, Nicholas (13 October 2010). "Wallace topples Ogden for Hutt mayoralty". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- "Lower Hutt constituency – Preliminary results" (PDF). Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- "LGE 2022 - Preliminary" (PDF). Kāpiti Coast District Council. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- "Marriage can't halt mayor's jog". The Dominion Post. 23 February 2007. p. A6.
- McGill, David (1991). Lower Hutt – The First Garden City. Petone, New Zealand: Lower Hutt City Council. ISBN 1-86956-003-5.
- "Election profile" in The Dominion Post of 18 September 2004 page A8
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Lower Hutt 2004–2010 |
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