Ray Wallace (mayor)
Ray Wallace | |
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| 19th Mayor of Lower Hutt | |
| Assumed office 9 October 2010 | |
| Deputy | David Bassett |
| Preceded by | David Ogden |
| Deputy Mayor of Lower Hutt | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Chris Milne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Kirkcaldy, Scotland |
| Political party | Independent National (1990s) |
| Residence(s) | Wainuiomata, New Zealand |
Ray Wallace (born 1961), a local-body politician in New Zealand, became Mayor of Lower Hutt ("Hutt City") in 2010.
Biography
Early life
Wallace was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, in 1961.[1] He received his education at Te Aro Primary, St Mark's Church School and Wellington College. He has worked in real estate, health care, and the security industry.[2] Wallace is married and lives in Wainuiomata.[2]
Political career
Wallace stood for the National Party in the seat of Pencarrow (which covered much of Lower Hutt) at the 1990 general election. He lost to Labour's Sonja Davies.
Wallace was first elected to Hutt City Council in the Wainuiomata ward in 1995, he served as deputy mayor from 2001 to 2005.[2] Wallace first challenged incumbent David Ogden for the mayoralty in 2007 and came a close second in the three-person race.[3] In the 2010 election, only Ogden and Wallace contested the mayoralty, and the latter won with a healthy majority.[4] He won re-election in the 2013 local elections, achieving a significant majority over his only rival, Phil Stratford. Wallace and Stratford received 20,540 and 3,166 votes, respectively.[5]
Wallace was known for his staunch opposition to "Super Cities" in New Zealand and fought against the proposal for one to occur in Wellington.[6] In 2016 Wallace was re-elected to the mayoralty for a third term, 17,011 votes ahead of his nearest rival, James Anderson.[7]
References
- ^ Stringer, John (1990). 1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party. Wellington: New Zealand National Party. p. 61.
- ^ a b c "Ray Wallace". Hutt City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Boyack, Nicholas (20 July 2010). "Ray Wallace confirms he'll take on Ogden for Hutt mayoralty". The Hutt News. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Nichols, Lane (9 October 2010). "New mayor for Lower Hutt". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Huge majority for Ray Wallace". The Dominion Post. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Mayor pushes for stop to super-cities". Stuff.co.nz. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Winning, just the tonic for ailing Hutt City Mayor Ray Wallace". The Dominion Post. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.