Ross Clow

Ross Clow (born 1953/54) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2013 to 2019. He was earlier a Waitakere City Councillor.

Early life and career

Clow grew up in Matamata and studied economics and political science at the University of Auckland. He graduated in 1984.^[1]

Political career

Auckland Council
Years	Ward	Affiliation
2013–2016	Whau		Labour
2016–2019	Whau		Labour

At the 1984 he stood as the Labour Party candidate for the seat of Matamata.^[1]

Clow served on the Waitakere City Council, where he served as finance chairman.^[2]^[3]

At the 2010 Auckland elections, Clow stood for Auckland Council in the Whau ward, finishing second and losing to Auckland City Councillor Noelene Raffills by fewer than 500 votes.^[4]^[5]

At the 2013 Auckland elections, Clow was elected as an Auckland councillor for the Whau ward, defeating Noelene Raffills.^[6] He became the finance committee chairman on Auckland Council.^[7]

In 2016, Clow was comfortably reelected as councillor for the ward and was also elected to the Portage Licensing Trust.^[8]^[9] The new mayor, Phil Goff, appointed Clow the chairperson of the finance and performance committee.^[10]

In 2019, Clow was defeated by Tracy Mulholland of Communities and Residents by less than 200 votes.

References

^ ^a ^b "Labour man for Matamata". The Press. 15 February 1984. p. 20.
^ Councillors facing the challenge to make it work nzherald.co.nz, 9 October 2010
^ Internet to ease shock of Waitakere rates nzherald.co.nz, 6 July 2006
^ "Auckland – Final Results" (PDF). 15 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Poor media coverage blamed for low Whau voter turnout tewhanui.info, 8 October 2013
^ "Auckland Council Mayor – Preliminary result at 00:43, 13 October 2013" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
^ Auckland Councillors keep travel perk nzherald.co.nz, 25 July 2014
^ "Declaration of Results of Election for the 2016 elections for the five licensing trusts in the Auckland region" (PDF). Auckland Council. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ Dan Satherley (8 October 2016). "Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland". Newshub. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
^ "Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet' – National – NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[Matamata-1] "Labour man for Matamata". The Press. 15 February 1984. p. 20.

[2] Councillors facing the challenge to make it work nzherald.co.nz, 9 October 2010

[3] Internet to ease shock of Waitakere rates nzherald.co.nz, 6 July 2006

[finalresults2010-4] "Auckland – Final Results" (PDF). 15 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[5] Poor media coverage blamed for low Whau voter turnout tewhanui.info, 8 October 2013

[prelims-6] "Auckland Council Mayor – Preliminary result at 00:43, 13 October 2013" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

[7] Auckland Councillors keep travel perk nzherald.co.nz, 25 July 2014

[8] "Declaration of Results of Election for the 2016 elections for the five licensing trusts in the Auckland region" (PDF). Auckland Council. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[9] Dan Satherley (8 October 2016). "Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland". Newshub. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

[10] "Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet' – National – NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

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Ross Clow

Early life and career

Political career

References

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