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Jeff Grant

Jeff Grant

New Zealand politician

For those of a similar name, see Geoffrey Grant (disambiguation).

Jeffrey James Grant (born 1958)[1] is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.

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He attended Otago Boys' High School, and Lincoln College where he got a Diploma in Agriculture.

He represented the Southland electorate of Awarua in Parliament from 1987 to 1993, when he retired, and was replaced by Eric Roy.[2] In 1990 he was appointed the National Party's Chief Whip.[3]

He later worked in a large number of governance roles, including for Landcorp, the New Zealand Meat Board, AgResearch, SBS Bank and the Southern Institute of Technology.[3]

In 2020 he was appointed as an independent advisor to support the Invercargill City Council, following a Department of Internal Affairs review into Tim Shadbolt, the Mayor of Invercargill.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2nd ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. p. 91. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.
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    1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party by John Stringer (New Zealand National Party, 1990)
  3. [3]
    Fallow, Michael (12 March 2021). "Jeff Grant - the carnivorous futurist". Stuff.
  4. [4]
    "External Appointees to support city governance action plan | Invercargill City Council".
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