David Kevin Ogden (born 1944) is a former mayor of

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in the

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region of New Zealand.

Biography

Ogden was born in Newtown, Wellington, in 1944. He grew up in Miramar and attended Miramar North School and later Wellington High School where he was a prefect. After briefly considering architecture he studied accountancy at Victoria University. He did not graduate but became a chartered accountant working at

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. He later became head of finance at TV1. He is a justice of the peace. He first stood for political office in 1980 and was elected to the

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on the

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ticket of then-mayor John Kennedy-Good. Re-elected in 1983, he chose not to stand again in 1986 to focus on accountancy. In 1992 he was elected to the

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before failing in re-election bids in 1995 and 1998. Ogden stood in the in the electorate for

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and gained 1.57% of the electorate vote. He was in rank 13 on the Future New Zealand

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. He returned to the City Council for a term from 1998 to 2001. In 2001 he was elected to the

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. Ogden was first elected mayor in 2004, beating

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Mayor

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running on a pledge to reduce debt, limit rates and fix flooding problems. His campaign benefited greatly after Terris was hospitalised with blood poisoning at the start of the election campaign. He was re-elected in 2007 with a reduced majority, but was defeated in 2010 by sitting councillor Ray Wallace. In 2016 he was elected for a second time to the Regional Council. After moving from Lower Hutt to the

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. In 2022 he stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Kāpiti Coast District Council in the Paraparaumu Ward.

Personal life

He first married in 1965 with whom he had three children before divorcing in 1996. He remarried in 1997, though the marriage was only to last a few weeks. In 2000 He met American-born lawyer Teresa Shreves who he married in 2007.

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References

* *"Election profile" in '' The Dominion Post'' of 18 September 2004 page A8 1944 births Living people People educated at Wellington High School, New Zealand New Zealand accountants Hutt City Councillors Unsuccessful candidates in the 1999 New Zealand general election Mayors of Lower Hutt Hutt Valley District Health Board members Wellington regional councillors New Zealand justices of the peace {{NewZealand-mayor-stub