Bob Simcock

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Robert Malcolm Simcock (born 1947) is a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 1996 to 2002 and Mayor of Hamilton from 2007 to 2010.

Early career

Simcock attended St John's College[1] before graduating from the University of Waikato with a M Soc Sci (Hons).[2][3] Before entering politics, Simcock worked both as a deer farmer and as a clinical psychologist.

Member of Parliament

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|}Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Simcock was an MP from 1996 to 2002, representing the National Party. He was first elected in the 1996 election as MP for Hamilton West, defeating the incumbent, Martin Gallagher of the Labour Party. In the 1999 election, Gallagher retook the seat from Simcock, who returned to Parliament as a list MP. In the 2002 election, Simcock again trailed Gallagher in Hamilton West, and National Party votes nationwide dropped enough that Simcock was not re-elected as a list MP.

Local government

Simcock was elected to the Hamilton City Council for the West Ward in the 2004 election and appointed Deputy Mayor that year. Following Michael Redman's resignation, he was appointed Mayor of Hamilton in May 2007.[4][5] He was elected mayor in the October 2007 election with over 50% of the votes cast.[6] He lost the 2010 mayoral election to Julie Hardaker.[7]

Simcock was elected to the Waikato Regional Council in 2013[8] and re-elected in 2016.[9]

Other activities

Simcock was appointed as the chair of the Waikato District Health Board by the Minister of Health in 2013.[10] He resigned as chair and board member on 28 November 2017, following the resignation of Waikato DHB chief executive Nigel Murray, amidst a State Services Commission investigation into allegations of wrongful expenditure of public money by Murray.[11] Murray was seen as Simcock's appointment by former CEO Craig Climo; Climo and former Labour MP Sue Moroney said they advised against hiring Dr Murray.[12]

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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Member of Parliament for Hamilton West
1996–1999 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand
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2013–2017 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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