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{{Short description|New Zealand politician}}
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'''Doug Woolerton''' (born 17 May 1944) is a New Zealand politician who has been a member of the [[New Zealand First]] party since it was founded, and the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] for a few years before that.

==Early years==
He was educated at [[Hamilton Boys' High School]], and has a background in agriculture, having been a farmer for twenty-one years and director of a milk company for nine.

==Political career==
Woolerton was originally a member of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]]. He stood for selection as the National candidate for the seat of [[Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate)|Hamilton West]] in 1990, but lost to [[Grant Thomas (politician)|Grant Thomas]], who was later elected to the seat. Woolerton left the National Party in 1992 to form the [[New Zealand First]] party with [[Winston Peters]].

===Member of parliament===
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Woolerton first entered Parliament in the [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996 election]], becoming a [[list MP]] after being ranked fifth on the New Zealand First [[party list]]. He remained an MP until his party lost all parliamentary seats in the [[2008 New Zealand general election|2008 general election]].

He was the president of New Zealand First from the party's inception until 2005 when he resigned in protest against Winston Peters taking a visible role in the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]-led government as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Later there were frictions between then New Zealand First president [[Dail Jones]] on the one hand, and Woolerton and [[Brian Donnelly (New Zealand politician)|Brian Donnelly]] on the other, over the latter's support for [[Sue Bradford]]'s [[private members bill]] to outlaw [[Corporal punishment in the home|parental corporal punishment of children]] (or [[Spanking|smacking]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4005097a11.html |title=New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz |access-date=25 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930055837/http://www.stuff.co.nz/4005097a11.html |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/a/2/d/48MP12251-Woolerton-Doug.htm Doug Woolerton at the New Zealand Parliament website]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080828203041/http://www.nzfirst.org.nz/members/woolerton.php Doug Woolerton at the New Zealand First website]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080504055234/http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/mps/doug_woolerton Doug Woolerton on "They Work For You"]
* [http://nzangels.com/2008/08/11/the-politics-of-angel-investment-doug-woolerton-on-nz-first-policies/ Doug Woolerton talks about innovation and investment]

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