Douglas Armstrong

Douglas Armstrong is a former City Councillor on the Auckland City Council, New Zealand for the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket.

Cr Armstrong was first elected in 2001 for the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket, and served as the chairman of Finance at Auckland City between 2001–2004 and 2007 onwards. He was also the deputy leader of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket from October 2004, serving under the leadership of David Hay.

In October 2010 Armstrong unsuccessfully stood as a Citizens & Ratepayers candidate on the Orakei Ward of the new Auckland Council, he was defeated by Cameron Brewer, an independent.^[1]

Prior to his election as councillor for the centre-right Eastern Bays ward, Armstrong was the Chief Executive Officer of Unitec, one of Auckland's polytechnical institutes. He was trained as a Civil Engineer.

Armstrong was a recipient of the Queens Service Order for services to tertiary education, and is also a trustee of the Sir Woolf Fisher Trust for excellence in education.

References

1. ^ "2010 Election Results" (Press release). Auckland Transition Agency/Auckland Council. October 2010. http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/2010Elections/Results/Pages/Home.aspx. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 

Biographical details

Link to his biography on the Auckland City Council pages

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