Ross Clow 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.

Political career

Auckland Council
Years Ward Affiliation
20132016 Whau Labour
20162019 Whau Labour

Clow served on the Waitakere City Council, where he served as finance chairman.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

At the 2013 Auckland elections, Clow was elected as an Auckland councillor for the Whau ward, defeating Noelene Raffills.[5] He became the finance committee chairman on Auckland Council.[6]

In 2016, Clow was comfortably reelected as councillor for the ward and was also elected to the Portage Licensing Trust.[7][8] The new mayor, Phil Goff, appointed Clow the chairperson of the finance and performance committee.[9]

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

References

  1. Councillors facing the challenge to make it work nzherald.co.nz, 9 October 2010
  2. Internet to ease shock of Waitakere rates nzherald.co.nz, 6 July 2006
  3. "Auckland – Final Results" (PDF). 15 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  4. Poor media coverage blamed for low Whau voter turnout tewhanui.info, 8 October 2013
  5. "Auckland Council Mayor – Preliminary result at 00:43, 13 October 2013" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. Auckland Councillors keep travel perk nzherald.co.nz, 25 July 2014
  7. "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.
  8. Dan Satherley (8 October 2016). "Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland". Newshub. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  9. "Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet' - National - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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