Bill Gudgeon

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Template:BLP sources 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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

Template:NZ parlbox header Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox footer Gudgeon stood in the Template:NZ election link in the Template:NZ electorate link electorate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was ranked 25th on New Zealand First's party list, which was too low to be elected.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was elected to Parliament as a list MP in the Template:NZ election link,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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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