Owen Jennings
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Owen Jennings(born 1945/6) is a former New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament from1996to2002,representing theACT New Zealandparty.
Biography
[edit]Early life and career
[edit]Before entering politics, Jennings was afarmer,purchasing a family farm inKarameain 1964. Jennings was active in New ZealandFederated Farmers,becoming its National President in 1990. He served three years. Prior to this he was National Dairy Section Chairman. He was a director of the Karamea Dairy Company, Atas Marketing Meat Ltd and Combined Rural Traders Ltd. He also helped start the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust and was a director for nine years. Jennings was active in the Pacific Basin Economic Council and attended a number of trade talks on behalf of farmers.[1]
Political career
[edit]| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–1999 | 45th | List | 6 | ACT | |
| 1999–2002 | 46th | List | 6 | ACT | |
Jennings' political career began in local government. In 1991 he was elected to theTasman District Counciland was chairperson of the council's environmental and planning committee.[1]
Jennings was a candidate to become the second Leader of ACT afterRoger Douglasstepped down, but he lost the race to Douglas' preferred successor,Richard Prebbleat the party's 1996 annual general meeting.[2]
Jennings was first elected to Parliament in the1996 election,becoming alist MP,having stood in theWest Coast-Tasmanelectorate.[1]After entering parliament he was ACT spokesperson for agriculture, local government, transport, business development and rural affairs.[3]During his first term as an MP, he stood in theTaranaki-King Country by-electionwhere he finished a close second toNational PartycandidateShane Ardernby 984 votes.[4]
Jennings was re-elected on the ACT Party list in 1999; however, he was ranked at 12th on the party list in2002and was not returned to parliament. During his time as a parliamentarian, Jennings was widely regarded as being on the rural-centric right wing of ACT.[5]
Further reading
[edit]- Clayton, Christopher; Askwith, John E. (eds.) (1991),Agricultural innovation, how to make a difference now: a conference to identify opportunities for New Zealand agriculture, Friday and Saturday 5 & 6 April 1991, MAF Flock House, Bulls: conference proceedings,Wellington, [N.Z.]: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries,ISBN0-477-08152-5
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- Clayton, Christopher; Askwith, John E. (eds.) (1991),Agricultural innovation, how to make a difference now: a conference to identify opportunities for New Zealand agriculture, Friday and Saturday 5 & 6 April 1991, MAF Flock House, Bulls: conference proceedings,Wellington, [N.Z.]: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries,ISBN0-477-08152-5
- Jennings' contribution is a co-authored paper(with Rodger Slater)entitled:"Innovation on-farm."
- ACT Members of Parliament. (2001),Closing the gaps: policy papers,Wellington, [N.Z.]: ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Office,ISBN0-9582178-1-5
- Jennings' contribution is a paper entitled:"Local government."
- Old values, new ideas,Wellington, [N.Z.]: ACT New Zealand Parliamentary Office, 2002
- Jennings' contribution is a paper entitled:"Our rural future."
- Question of privilege referred 21 July 1998 concerning Buchanan v Jennings: report of the Privileges Committee,Wellington, [N.Z.]: Published under the authority of the House of Representatives, 2005
Notes
[edit]- ^abcWho's Who 1996,p. 57.
- ^Reid, Neil (13 October 1996). "'Mad Dog' unleashed ".Sunday News.p. 13.
- ^Who's Who 1996,p. 20.
- ^"1998 Taranaki-King Country By-election – 2 May 1998".Chief Electoral Office.Retrieved19 July2009.
- ^"[Act Party history] 4: Initial factions and differences".liberation.
References
[edit]- Who's Who in the New Zealand Parliament 1996.Wellington:Parliamentary Service.1996.
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