Clive Matthewson

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1984–1987	41st	Dunedin West		Labour
1987–1990	42nd	Dunedin West		Labour
1990–1993	43rd	Dunedin West		Labour
1993–1995	44th	Dunedin West		Labour
1995–1996	Changed allegiance to:			United NZ

Clive Denby Matthewson MNZM (born 1944), is a former New Zealand politician.

Matthewson was originally a member of the Labour Party, representing the Dunedin West seat.^[1] He left Labour in 1995 to jointly establish the United New Zealand party with six other sitting MPs.^[2] Matthewson became United's leader,^[3] and when the party formed a coalition with the governing National Party in 1996 he was made a Cabinet Minister. In the 1996 election, Peter Dunne was the only United politician to keep his seat, and Matthewson did not return to Parliament.^[3]

He was the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the University of Otago from 2002 to 2008,^[4] and between 23 July 2004 and 30 September 2008 was on the board of directors for the New Zealand Railways Corporation.^[5][6]

Matthewson has a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury, completed in 1970.^[7]

References

1. ^ Young, Audrey (4 February 2008). "Staunch Labourite won't follow Key's suggestion at election". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10490462&pnum=0. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 
2. ^ "Parliament hobbles the party-hoppers". The New Zealand Herald. 20 December 2001. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=383545&pnum=0. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Campbell, Ashley (27 July 2002). "It's a long time in politics". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/employment/news/article.cfm?c_id=11&objectid=2197380. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 
4. ^ Rudd, Allison (25 September 2008). "Gerrard relishes role as university envoy". Otago Daily Times. http://www.odt.co.nz/on-campus/university-otago/23846/gerrard-relishes-role-university-envoy. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 
5. ^ Graham, Pam (24 July 2004). "Rail board is 'jobs for the boys'". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=3580111. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 
6. ^ Cullen, Michael (24 September 2008). "Next step in integrated rail business". New Zealand Government. http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/next+step+integrated+rail+business. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 
7. ^ "2001 Annual Report - Council of the University". University of Otago. http://www.otago.ac.nz/prodcons/groups/public/documents/webcontent/otago000767.pdf. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 

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Name	Matthewson, Clive
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