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Jo Goodhew

Jo Goodhew

New Zealand politician

Joanne Gay Goodhew (born 1961) is a New Zealand politician. She served as a member of Parliament between 2005 and 2017.

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Early years

Goodhew grew up in Timaru, and attended Timaru Girls' High School. She holds a qualification in nursing from Otago Polytechnic and had a career in nursing before working as health sciences tutor at Aoraki Polytechnic.[1] Before entering politics she was involved in a variety of health organisations in the Otago region.

Member of Parliament

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In the 2005 election, Goodhew was a candidate for the National Party, standing in the Aoraki electorate and being ranked 31st on the party list. She won the Aoraki seat and entered Parliament.[2]

In the 2008 election, most of Aoraki was moved to the new Rangitata electorate. It was suggested that this could make the electorate vulnerable to capture by Labour; however, Goodhew won the new electorate with an increased majority.[2]

Goodhew was elected National Party junior whip in 2009, after Internal Affairs minister Richard Worth resigned and was replaced by senior whip Nathan Guy (who was in turn replaced by junior whip Chris Tremain).

Goodhew was returned as MP for Rangitata at the 2011 general election, though with a slightly reduced majority. Goodhew was additionally made a minister outside of Cabinet, holding the Community and Voluntary Sector, Senior Citizens and Women's Affairs portfolios.[3]

In the 2014 election, Goodhew more than doubled her majority over Labour's Steve Gibson.[4] She was reappointed as a minister, retaining the Community and Voluntary Sector portfolio and additionally becoming Minister for Food Safety and an associate minister with responsibility for social development and primary industries.

On 20 December 2016, Goodhew lost her ministerial portfolios in a reshuffle after the resignation of Prime Minister John Key. Although she had originally signalled her intention to recontest the Rangitata electorate, she announced on 25 January 2017 she would retire at the 2017 election.[5][6] She was succeeded as National's candidate and Rangitata MP by Andrew Falloon.[7]

Later career

After leaving Parliament, Goodhew contested and was elected to the South Canterbury District Health Board in the 2019 local elections.[8][9]

References

  1. [1]
    Oldham, Stu (12 August 2017). "Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew said goodbye to Parliament this week". Timaru Herald via www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Hon Jo Goodhew". New Zealand Parliament. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Key brings new faces to front bench". RNZ. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    Montgomerie, Jack (22 September 2014). "Goodhew, Dean back with bigger majorities". The Timaru Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. [5]
    "National MP Jo Goodhew quits after being dumped from Cabinet". The New Zealand Herald. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Jo Goodhew drops out of Rangitata election contest". Stuff. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Rangitata National party candidate to be Andrew Falloon". Stuff. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Slow start to local government elections for South Canterbury". Stuff. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Two new members and five incumbents named for SC health board". Stuff. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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