Carl Bates
{{Short description|New Zealand politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Carl Bates
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|caption = Bates in 2023
|birth_name = Carl Michael Bates
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|13|df=y}}
|birth_place = Whanganui, New Zealand
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|constituency_MP3 = {{NZ electorate link|Whanganui}}
|term_start3 = 14 October 2023
|parliament3 = New Zealand
|predecessor3 = Steph Lewis
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|party = National
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|spouse = Candice
|children = 2
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|alma_mater = Massey University
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Carl Michael Bates{{cite news |url=https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2023-au5158 |title=2023 General election results of the official count |date=3 November 2023 |work=New Zealand Gazette |access-date=4 November 2023}} (born 13 March 1983){{cite web |url=https://www.forbesafrica.com/focus/2013/02/01/tale-sorrow-salvation/ |title=A Tale Of Sorrow And Salvation |date=February 2013 |work=Forbes Africa}} is a New Zealand politician, representing the New Zealand National Party as a Member of Parliament since the 2023 New Zealand general election.
Early life
Bates was born and raised in Whanganui, where he attended Mosston School, Rutherford Junior High School, and Whanganui High School.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/carl-bates-harnessing-whanganuis-opportunities/J5N6GINBHBFB7BOCF4TOF3NPEE/ |title=Carl Bates – harnessing Whanganui's opportunities |date=7 July 2023 |work=New Zealand Herald |first=Steve |last=Carle}} He later gained a bachelor of business studies degree in accountancy from Massey University.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300811126/carl-bates-selected-as-nationals-candidate-in-whanganui |title=Carl Bates selected as National's candidate in Whanganui |date=20 February 2023 |work=Stuff}} He has been a director of an aged care facility, the Arena Manawatu stadium company, and the Universal College of Learning in Palmerston North. Bates set up a company to train boards of directors, named Sirdar Global Group, and operated it in New Zealand and Africa, and self-published two books on business success. He sold the company on his return to New Zealand in 2020.
Political career
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Bates joined the National Party at the age of 13, when he campaigned for Peter Gresham.{{Cite news |last=Carle |first=Steve |date=18 October 2023 |title=Whanganui's new MP cites National Party values |pages=8 |work=Whanganui Midweek |url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/whanganui-midweek/20231018/page/8 |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 October 2023}} In 2000 he was a Youth MP for Annabel Young.{{cite web|last=Harré|first=Laila|date=6 July 2000|title=Youth Parliament to debate decriminalisation|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/youth-parliament-debate-decriminalisation|website=beehive.govt.nz}} Bates was selected by the National Party to contest the {{NZ electorate link|Whanganui}} electorate at the {{NZ election link|2023}}. He was 47th on the party list.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/stratford-press/news/election-2023-meet-carl-bates-national-candidate-for-whanganui-electorate/CLF2ITS77BHOJOU2FYZI7F5SRU/ |title=Election 2023: Meet Carl Bates, National candidate for Whanganui electorate |date=2 July 2023 |work=New Zealand Herald |first=Ilona |last=Hanne}} At the time of his selection he was living in Sanson, but later moved to the Whanganui electorate. On election night, Bates received 16,446 votes, beating the incumbent, first-term Labour Party MP Steph Lewis, by 5,512 votes.{{Cite news |date=20 October 2023 |title=Election 2023: Carl Bates says being Whanganui's new MP is 'a real privilege' |language=en-NZ |work=Whanganui Chronicle |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/election-2023-carl-bates-says-being-whanganuis-new-mp-is-a-real-privilege/2C23Q3YXANB37B55NZOMYV6OTY/ |access-date=19 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Whanganui – Official Result |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/electorate-details-62.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123104124/https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/electorate-details-62.html |archive-date=23 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023 |url-status=live}} Bates said the result reflected that people in Whanganui don't want their assets controlled from the capital. He said people in the region were keen to see both the Three Waters and Resource Management Act reforms reversed.
Personal life
Bates met his wife Candice on Tinder while living in South Africa. They have two children.
Books
- {{cite book |author=Bates, Carl | title=Traversing the avalanche: A practical guide to the implementation of effective governance for SME growth |date=5 August 2014 |publisher=Sirdar Press |isbn=9780473272883}}
- {{cite book |author=Bates, Carl | title=The Laws of Extreme Business Success |date=2011 |publisher=Sirdar Press |isbn=9780473183394}}
References
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External links
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