Roger Neville McClay, QSO

Queen's Service Order

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 (born 6 February 1945) is a former New Zealand

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 politician. He attended secondary school at Wesley College, Auckland

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Member of Parliament

A teacher by profession, he was an MP from 1981 to 1996, representing the National Party

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. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1981 elections

New Zealand general election, 1981

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 as MP for Taupo

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, defeating the incumbent Labour

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 MP, J. W. Ridley

J. W. Ridley

John Wallace Ridley was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Taupo in the North Island, a Rhodes Scholar and a civil engineer. He was awarded the QSO and the NZ 1990 Medal for services to New Zealand.-Early years:...

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In the 1984 elections

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, he contested and won the new seat of Waikaremoana

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, which he held until the 1996 elections

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 elections. He became Minister of Youth Affairs and Associate Minister of Education and Social Welfare during the Third National Government

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. He later held the role of Commissioner for Children.

His son Todd McClay

Todd McClay

Todd Michael McClay is a New Zealand politician and former ambassador. He was formerly an ambassador for the Cook Islands and Niue to the European Union, and is presently the representative for Rotorua in the 49th New Zealand Parliament.- Early life :Todd McClay was born in Rotorua on 22 November...

 was elected as the National Party

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 Member of Parliament for Rotorua at the 2008 general election

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Post-Parliament career

McClay was the chairman for Keep New Zealand Beautiful until July 2009. He has been involved in a number of other charities, including the New Zealand Spinal Trust, World Vision

World Vision

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, Heart Children New Zealand, Variety, the Children's Charity

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and For the Sake of Children. In March 2010 he was charged with misuse of taxpayer-subsidised flights. In August the same year he pleaded guilty. He was convicted and given a sentence of 300 hours of community work.In addition he was stripped of his travel benefits by the Parliamentary Services Commission.