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'''Scott Anthony Simpson''' (born 4 November 1959) is a [[New Zealand]] politician and a member of the [[New Zealand House of Representatives]]. He is a member of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]].
 
==Early life and career==
Simpson's ancestors settled in [[Kūaotunu]], on the [[Coromandel Peninsula]], in the 1800s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Simpson, Scott: Address in Reply – New Zealand Parliament|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/50HansS_20120216_00000959/simpson-scott-address-in-reply|access-date=21 December 2020|website=parliament.nz|language=en}}</ref> He grew up in Auckland and was educated at the University of Auckland, graduating with a law degree.
Simpson maintained responsibilities in the National Party hierarchies prior to election. He has been a National Party Northern Regional Chair<ref name="Simpson 2004">{{cite news|last=Rowan|first=Juliet|title=Principal snares prized Tamaki|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3599685|accessdate=10 December 2011|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=12 October 2004}}</ref> and a member of the National Party’s Board of Directors.<ref name="Simpson Morton 2011">{{cite news|last=Morton|first=Jamie|title=Scott Simpson, National - Coromandel|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10769475|accessdate=10 December 2011|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=29 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="Simpson Farrar 2009">{{cite web|last=Farrar|first=David|title=Goodfellow elected president|url=http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2009/08/goodfellow_elected_president.html|publisher=Kiwiblog|accessdate=10 December 2011|date=2 August 2009}}</ref>
Simpson stood for selection as the National Party candidate for Tamaki in 2004.<ref name="Simpson 2004" /><ref name="Simpson Slater 2011">{{cite web|last=Slater|first=Cameron|title=Selection updates|url=http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2011/04/selection-updates/|publisher=Whale Oil|accessdate=10 December 2011|date=20 April 2011}}</ref>
 
He was chief executive of the New Zealand Make-a-Wish Foundation from 2008 to 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 November 2009|title=Reaping the dough for charity|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/central-leader/3099618/Reaping-the-dough-for-charity|access-date=21 December 2020|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref> and previously a member of the National Party board of directors.<ref name="Simpson Morton 2011">{{cite news|last=Morton|first=Jamie|title=Scott Simpson, National – Coromandel|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10769475|access-date=10 December 2011|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=29 November 2011}}</ref> He also managed a safety equipment company.<ref name="Simpson Morton 2011" />
==Member of Parliament==
 
He was married to [[Desley Simpson]], but the couple separated ca. 2004/2005.<ref name="love triangle">{{cite news|last1=Marshall|first1=Jonathan|date=23 August 2009|title=Tangled National love triangle|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/latest-edition/2778538/Tangled-National-love-triangle |access-date=4 March 2017}}</ref> She is now married to [[Peter Goodfellow (politician)|Peter Goodfellow]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=National luminary married in private rest home ceremony|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/national-luminary-married-in-private-rest-home-ceremony/6JBOCV7ZBB5UO2HOR4VKEWJLEA/|access-date=21 December 2020|website=The New Zealand Herald|language=en-NZ}}</ref> The former couple has two children.<ref name=":0" />
 
==Political career==
===Member of Parliament===
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Simpson was selected as the National Party's [[Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)|Coromandel]] candidate in April 2011.<ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1104/S00255/national-selects-scott-simpson-as-coromandel-candidate.htm National Selects Scott Simpson as Coromandel Candidate] ''scoop.co.nz'', 20 April 2011</ref> He was elected at the [[New Zealand general election, 2011|2011 general election]] with a majority of 11,800.
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Simpson has been MP for Coromandel since 2011, and served as [[Minister of Statistics (New Zealand)|Minister of Statistics]], Associate Minister of Immigration and Associate Minister for the Environment at the close of the [[Fifth National Government of New Zealand|Fifth National Government]].
 
Prior to his election to Parliament, Simpson held senior positions in the National Party. He was National Party Northern Regional Chair<ref name="Simpson 2004">{{cite news|last=Rowan|first=Juliet|date=12 October 2004|title=Principal snares prized Tamaki|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3599685|access-date=10 December 2011}}</ref> and a member of the National Party's Board of Directors in the 2010s.<ref name="Simpson Farrar 2009">{{cite web|last=Farrar|first=David|date=2 August 2009|title=Goodfellow elected president|url=http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2009/08/goodfellow_elected_president.html|access-date=10 December 2011|publisher=Kiwiblog}}</ref> He stood for the National Party presidency in 2009 but lost to [[Peter Goodfellow (politician)|Peter Goodfellow]]. He previously stood for selection as the National Party candidate for [[Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate)|Tamaki]] in 2004, but lost to [[Allan Peachey]].<ref name="Simpson 2004" /><ref name="Simpson Slater 2011">{{cite web|last=Slater|first=Cameron|date=20 April 2011|title=Selection updates|url=http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2011/04/selection-updates/|access-date=10 December 2011|publisher=Whale Oil}}</ref>
 
Simpson was selected as the National Party's [[Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)|Coromandel]] candidate in April 2011.<ref>{{cite news |author1=New Zealand National Party |author-link=New Zealand National Party |title=National Selects Scott Simpson as Coromandel Candidate |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1104/S00255/national-selects-scott-simpson-as-coromandel-candidate.htm |access-date=23 October 2020 |publisher=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]] |date=20 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413091859/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1104/S00255/national-selects-scott-simpson-as-coromandel-candidate.htm |archive-date=13 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He was elected at the [[2011 New Zealand general election|2011 general election]] with a majority of 12,740.<ref name="2011results">{{cite web |last1=New Zealand Parliament |title=Final Results for the 2011 New Zealand General Election and Referendum |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/research-papers/document/00PLLaw2012021/final-results-for-the-2011-new-zealand-general-election |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> From 2013 to 2014, Simpson was chair of the Justice and Electoral select committee.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Simpson, Scott – New Zealand Parliament|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/simpson-scott/|access-date=21 December 2020|website=parliament.nz|language=en}}</ref>
 
During the [[2014 New Zealand general election]], Simpson was re-elected in Coromandel by a margin of 15,801, defeating the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]]'s candidate [[Catherine Delahunty]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Count Results – Coromandel |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-7.html |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]] |access-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117213727/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-7.html |archive-date=17 January 2020 |date=10 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Simpson chaired the Local Government and Electoral select committee until his appointment in May 2017 as [[Minister of Statistics (New Zealand)|Minister of Statistics]], Associate Minister of Immigration and Associate Minister for the Environment.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Moorby|first1=Caitlin|date=24 April 2017|title=Cabinet reshuffle sees Waikato get two more minsters|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/91877661/cabinet-reshuffle-sees-waikato-get-two-more-minsters|url-status=live|access-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416172137/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/91877661/cabinet-reshuffle-sees-waikato-get-two-more-minsters|archive-date=16 April 2019}}</ref>
 
During the [[2017 New Zealand general election]], Simpson was re-elected in Coromandel by a margin of 14,326 votes over [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]'s Nathaniel James Blomfield.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coromandel – Official Result |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017/electorate-details-07.html |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]] |access-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117212528/http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017/electorate-details-07.html |archive-date=17 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The National Party was not in Government and Simpson served as his party's spokesperson for the environment, workplace relations and safety, and climate change.<ref name=":1" />
 
During the [[2020 New Zealand general election]], Simpson retained Coromandel for a fourth term by a final margin of 3,505 votes over Labour's Nathaniel James Blomfield.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coromandel – Official Result |url=https://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020/electorate-details-07.html |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]] |access-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014160617/https://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020/electorate-details-07.html|archive-date=14 October 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
During the [[2023 New Zealand general election]], Simpson retained Coromandel for a fifth term by a margin of 17,349 votes over Labour's Beryl Riley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coromandel - Official Result |url=https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/electorate-details-07.html |publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]] |access-date=4 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123104115/https://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/electorate-details-07.html |archive-date=23 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
When National formed a [[Sixth National Government of New Zealand|government]] with [[NZ First]] and [[ACT New Zealand|ACT]] following the 2023 election, Simpson was not appointed to a ministerial position despite having been a minister in the previous National government. Instead, he was made [[Senior Whip of the National Party]] and became Chief Government Whip in the [[54th New Zealand Parliament]] when it opened on 5 December 2023.<ref>https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/simpson-scott/</ref>
 
=== Views ===
In the National Party caucus, Simpson is a liberal. He voted in favour of the [[Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013]], the [[End of Life Choice Act 2019]] and the [[Abortion Legislation Act 2020]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 August 2012|title=Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill — First Reading|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/a/c/d/50HansD_20120829_00000032-Marriage-Definition-of-Marriage-Amendment.htm|access-date=28 January 2013|work=New Zealand Parliament – Hansard}}</ref><ref name="Parliament 3rd reading">{{cite web|date=13 November 2019|title=End of Life Choice Bill — Third Reading|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/combined/HansDeb_20191113_20191113_16|access-date=15 November 2019|publisher=[[New Zealand Parliament]]}}</ref><ref name="NZ Parliament 3rd reading">{{cite web|date=18 March 2020|title=Abortion Legislation Bill — Third Reading|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/combined/HansDeb_20200318_20200318_24|access-date=18 March 2020|publisher=[[New Zealand Parliament]]}}</ref>
 
He has led the National Party's advisory group on environmental issues, the Bluegreens.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 July 2019|title=Coromandel MP Scott Simpson picks up Climate Change portfolio|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/hauraki-herald/114627731/coromandel-mp-scott-simpson-picks-up-climate-change-portfolio|access-date=21 December 2020|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref>
 
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