Peter Goodfellow (politician)
{{Short description|New Zealand businessman and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Peter Goodfellow
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|size=100}}
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
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| spouse = Desley Simpson
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| nationality = New Zealand
| office = President of the National Party
| primeminister =
| predecessor = Judy Kirk
| successor = Sylvia Wood
| term_start = 2 August 2009
| term_end = 6 August 2022
| party = National
| alma_mater = University of Auckland
University of California
| relatives = Douglas Goodfellow (father)
William Goodfellow (grandfather)
| website = }}
Peter Goodfellow (born 1953){{Cite book |last=James |first=Colin |title=National at 80: The Story of the New Zealand National Party |year=2017 |place=Auckland |publisher=David Bateman Ltd |isbn=9781869539818}} is a New Zealand businessman and former politician who served as the President of the New Zealand National Party from 2009 to 2022.{{Cite web |date=11 September 2022 |title=National Party elects Sylvia Wood as new president |website=Radio New Zealand |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/472372/national-party-elects-sylvia-wood-as-new-president |access-date=11 September 2022}}
Political career
Goodfellow was a long-time National Party activist. On 2 August 2009, he succeeded Judy Kirk as Party President.{{cite news|title=New president of National Party elected|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10588206|access-date=2 May 2018|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=1 August 2009|language=en-NZ}} In 2009, Goodfellow faced early opposition from within the party, with reports that events instigating the breakup of his marriage had soured his relationship with the party directors.{{cite news|last1=Watkins|first1=Tracy|title=National president Peter Goodfellow has party's confidence – PM|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/2785310/National-president-Peter-Goodfellow-has-partys-confidence-PM|access-date=2 May 2018|work=Stuff|date=30 August 2009|language=en}} However, he was re-elected by the party's Board of Directors in July 2010.{{cite news|last1=Trevett|first1=Claire|title=Goodfellow retains National Party presidency|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3930281/Goodfellow-retains-National-Party-presidency|work=Stuff|language=en}} Goodfellow's presidency coincided with National's term in Government under prime ministers John Key and Bill English, as well as the beginning of National's time in Opposition under leaders Simon Bridges, Todd Muller, Judith Collins and Christopher Luxon.
In early August 2021, Goodfellow survived a leadership challenge by former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives turned National Party board member David Carter. In response, Carter announced his resignation from the National Party's nine-member leadership board.{{cite news |last1=Coughlan |first1=Thomas |title=Peter Goodfellow re-elected National Party president |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/peter-goodfellow-re-elected-national-party-president/3XRRVESKESPB3ROOYACF4C3HNI/ |access-date=9 August 2021 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=8 August 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809044135/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/peter-goodfellow-re-elected-national-party-president/3XRRVESKESPB3ROOYACF4C3HNI/|archive-date=9 August 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Jane |title=David Carter resigns from National Party board with 'zero confidence' in Goodfellow |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/448747/david-carter-resigns-from-national-party-board-with-zero-confidence-in-goodfellow |access-date=9 August 2021 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809044807/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/448747/david-carter-resigns-from-national-party-board-with-zero-confidence-in-goodfellow|archive-date=9 August 2021|url-status=live}} In June 2022, Goodfellow announced he would not seek re-election to the presidency in August 2022 but intended to remain on the board. On announcing his retirement, Goodfellow stated that he had intended to step aside from the role in 2016, but John Key's resignation as prime minister convinced him to remain in the role.{{Cite web |date=23 June 2022 |title=National Party board president Peter Goodfellow resigns |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/469642/national-party-board-president-peter-goodfellow-resigns |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}{{Cite web |last=Manch |first=Thomas |date=22 June 2022 |title=National Party president Peter Goodfellow retires after 13 years |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/129058650/national-party-president-peter-goodfellow-retires-after-13-years |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Peter Goodfellow to step down from National Party presidency |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/national-party-president-peter-goodfellow-to-retire-from-role-in-august/QEUXPANKXZQR5ISJDUP6CFPTUI/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}
Business career
Peter Goodfellow is a director in fishing company Sanford Ltd.{{cite web | url=https://www.sanford.co.nz/investors/governance/board-of-directors/ | title=Welcome to Sanford, the Home of Sustainable Seafood }} He is currently a Board Trustee on the St. Andrew’s Village Trust (Inc).{{Cite web |date=5 July 2021 |title=Peter Goodfellow |url=https://standrewsvillage.co.nz/team/peter-goodfellow |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=St Andrew's Village |language=en-US}}
Personal life
He is the son of Douglas Goodfellow and grandson of Sir William Goodfellow.{{cite news |last1=Meadows |first1=Richard |title=William Douglas Goodfellow dies, aged 97|url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/10259728/William-Douglas-Goodfellow-dies-aged-97 |work=Stuff|date=12 July 2014|language=en}} The wealth of the Goodfellow family was estimated at $500 million in 2013, largely acquired through investment in the dairy farming industry.{{cite web|last1=Louisson|first1=Simon|title=National Party President selling out?|url=https://thestandard.org.nz/national-party-president-selling-out/|work=The Standard|access-date=2 May 2018|date=12 May 2016}} He is married to Auckland councillor Desley Simpson.{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Tim |title=Desley the deputy steps into the breach |url= https://www.newsroom.co.nz/desley-the-deputy-steps-into-the-breach |access-date=10 February 2023 |work=Newsroom |date=10 February 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.national.org.nz/board_of_directors Board of Directors – NZ National Party]
- [https://www.sanford.co.nz/investors/governance/board-of-directors/ – Sanford Limited]
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Category:New Zealand business executives
Category:Dairy farming in New Zealand
Category:Politicians from Auckland
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