Ross Clow is a
New Zealand Labour Party
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politician who served as a councillor on the
Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...
from 2013 to 2019. He was earlier a
Waitakere City Council
Waitākere City was a territorial authority in West Auckland, New Zealand; it was governed by the Waitākere City Council from 1989 to 2010. It was New Zealand's fifth-largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%. In 2010 the council was a ...
lor.
Political career
Clow served on the
Waitakere City Council
Waitākere City was a territorial authority in West Auckland, New Zealand; it was governed by the Waitākere City Council from 1989 to 2010. It was New Zealand's fifth-largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%. In 2010 the council was a ...
, where he served as finance chairman.
At the
2010 Auckland elections, Clow stood for
Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...
in the
Whau ward
Whau Ward is an Auckland Council ward which elects one councillor and covers the Whau Local Board. The current councillor is Kerrin Leoni.
Demographics
Whau ward covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of peo ...
, finishing second and losing to
Auckland City Council
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lor
Noelene Raffills
Noelene Mary Raffills is a New Zealand politician who was an Auckland Councillor.
Political career
Between 2000 and 2010 she was a councillor on the Auckland City Council
Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckl ...
by fewer than 500 votes.
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At the
2013 Auckland elections, Clow was elected as an Auckland councillor for the Whau ward, defeating Noelene Raffills.
He became the finance committee chairman on Auckland Council.
In 2016, Clow was comfortably reelected as councillor for the ward and was also elected to the Portage Licensing Trust. The new mayor,
Phil Goff
Philip Bruce Goff (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as leader of the Labour Party and leader of the Opposition between 11 No ...
, appointed Clow the chairperson of the finance and performance committee.
In 2019, Clow was defeated by
Tracy Mulholland
Tracy Mulholland is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor.
Political career
In the early 1990s, Mulholland was the marketing manager for LynnMall. In the 2000s, she worked for the Manukau City Council, Waitakere City Cou ...
of
Communities and Residents
Communities and Residents (C&R) is a right-leaning local body ticket in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formed in 1938 as Citizens & Ratepayers, with a view to controlling the Auckland City Council and preventing left-leaning Labour Party contr ...
by less than 200 votes.
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Auckland Councillors
New Zealand Labour Party politicians
Waitakere City Councillors