Wiremu Mulligan "Bill" Gudgeon is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the

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party.

Early years

Gudgeon is of

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descent and was raised on the

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and in the Waikato. He studied at the

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and the University of Hawaii. Gudgeon served in the

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, and was part of deployments in

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and

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. He eventually became a lecturer at Waikato Polytechnic.

Member of Parliament

Gudgeon stood in the in the electorate. He was ranked 25th on

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, which was too low to be elected. He was elected to

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as a list MP in the , having been ranked twelfth on the New Zealand First list. He lost his list seat following a large decline in New Zealand First's vote in the 2005 election.

References

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