Bill Gudgeon
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Wiremu Mulligan "Bill" Gudgeon is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the New Zealand First party.
Early years
Gudgeon is of Ngāti Porou descent{{cite web |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9909/S00409.htm |title=NZ First Maori Candidate For Ikaroa-Rawhiti Seat |date=20 September 1999 |work=Scoop.co.nz}} and was raised on the East Coast and in the Waikato. He studied at the University of Waikato and the University of Hawaii. Gudgeon served in the New Zealand Army, and was part of deployments in Malaya, Thailand and Borneo. He eventually became a lecturer at Waikato Polytechnic.
Member of Parliament
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Gudgeon stood in the {{NZ election link|1999}} in the {{NZ electorate link|Ikaroa-Rāwhiti}} electorate.{{cite web |url= http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1999/e9/html/cand_63.html |title=Candidate vote details – Ikaroa-Rāwhiti |accessdate=23 April 2017 | publisher=Electoral Commission}} He was ranked 25th on New Zealand First's party list, which was too low to be elected.{{cite web |title=Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties |url= http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1999/e9/html/e9_partIII_1.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |accessdate=23 April 2017}} He was elected to Parliament as a list MP in the {{NZ election link|2002}},{{cite web|url=http://2002.electionresults.org.nz/success-cand.html |title=Elected Members of Parliament – 2002 General Election |publisher=Chief Electoral Office |location=Wellington |accessdate=20 November 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014003352/http://2002.electionresults.org.nz/success-cand.html |archivedate=14 October 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }} having been ranked twelfth on the New Zealand First list. He lost his list seat following a large decline in New Zealand First's vote in the 2005 election.
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