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Jeff Grant

For those of a similar name, see Geoffrey Grant (disambiguation).

Jeff Grant
Grant in 2023
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Awarua
In office
1987–1993
Preceded byRex Austin
Succeeded byEric Roy
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey James Grant

1958 (age 65–66)
Political partyNational
Alma materLincoln College

Jeffrey James Grant (born 1958)[1] is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Education

Grant was educated at Otago Boys' High School, and went on to study Lincoln College where he earned a Diploma in Agriculture.[2]

Career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1987–1990 42nd Awarua National
1990–1993 43rd Awarua National

Grant represented the Southland electorate of Awarua in Parliament from 1987 to 1993. Between 1990 and 1993, he served as the National Party's chief whip. He retired from Parliament in 1993, and was replaced by Eric Roy.[3][4]

Grant later worked in a large number of governance roles, including for Landcorp, the New Zealand Meat Board, AgResearch, SBS Bank and the Southern Institute of Technology.[4] In 2020, he was appointed as an independent advisor to support the Invercargill City Council, following a review by the Department of Internal Affairs into Tim Shadbolt, the mayor of Invercargill.[5]

Honours and awards

In 1990, Grant received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[6] In 2021, he was awarded the Bledisloe Medal by his alma mater, Lincoln University, in recognition of his contribution to the rural sector.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2nd ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. p. 91. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.
  2. ^ a b "Bledisloe Medal 2021: Jeff Grant". Lincoln University. 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. ^ 1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party by John Stringer (New Zealand National Party, 1990)
  4. ^ a b Fallow, Michael (12 March 2021). "Jeff Grant - the carnivorous futurist". Stuff.
  5. ^ "External appointees to support city governance action plan | Invercargill City Council".
  6. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 160. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Awarua
1987–1993 		Succeeded by
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