Kevin Thomas Campbell is a former New Zealand

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for the

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, and the party's leader outside of Parliament at its deregistration in May 2015.

Early career

Campbell worked as a

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, before becoming a

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. He trained to be a Catholic priest at

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and Holy Cross College. However he was not ordained. Prior to entering Parliament he qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor and practiced in

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Member of Parliament

Campbell was the Alliance candidate for the

1998 Taranaki-King Country by-election The Taranaki-King Country by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorates, New Zealand electorate of Taranaki-King Country, a large and predominantly rural district in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It took place on 2 May 19 ...

, and claimed to have "played some small part in bringing about the closer working relationship between

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and the Alliance as a result of that by-election." He was a member of the Alliance, having been elected to

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as a

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in the 1999 election, where he stood in the electorate and was placed tenth on the Alliance list. In April 2002, the Alliance party split and Campbell did not appear on the list issued later that year, where his party lost representation due to not reaching the 5% vote threshold. Since leaving Parliament Campbell has worked as a Supervising

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at Community Law Canterbury. Campbell ran again as an Alliance candidate in the electorate, seeking to be the replacement for out-going MP

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but lost, coming fourth, to

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, a former member of the Alliance & Progressive parties standing on a Labour ticket. As of the 2011 election Campbell returned to being an active participant in the Alliance Party and currently sits as the Co-leader of the Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Kevin Living people Alliance (New Zealand political party) MPs NewLabour Party (New Zealand) politicians 1949 births New Zealand list MPs Holy Name Seminary alumni Holy Cross College, New Zealand alumni Unsuccessful candidates in the 2011 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives 21st-century New Zealand politicians