Paul Foster-Bell
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National party list |
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Assumed office 21 May 2013 |
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Preceded by | Jackie Blue |
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Born | March 1977 Whangarei, New Zealand |
Political party | National Party |
Residence | Wellington |
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Occupation | Public servant |
Website | www |
Paul Ayers Robert Foster-Bell (born March 1977) is a former New Zealand diplomat, a politician and has been a list member of the House of Representatives since May 2013. He is a member of the National Party and a monarchist. He failed to win the party's nomination for the Whangarei electorate in March 2014, but remains in Parliament as a list MP.
Early life
Foster-Bell was born in Whangarei in 1977 and grew up on a beef farm in the Portland area. His parents are Bob and Alyse Foster-Bell.[1] He attended Otaika Primary School, Raumanga Intermediate and Whangarei Boys' High School. He studied in Dunedin, gaining a degree in archaeology (2003) and a diploma in business (2008) from Otago University. He is of English, Scots, Irish, Portuguese and Māori descent.[2][3]
Career
Foster-Bell was a diplomat and his last assignment was as Deputy Head of Mission at the New Zealand Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, having previously served as First Secretary & Consul in Tehran in Iran, and Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan. In Wellington he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Middle East and Africa division, as Deputy Chief of Protocol, and as a Regional Manager in the Ministry's Security Directorate.[4] He took leave from MFAT from June to November 2011 to contest a parliamentary election.[3]
Foster-Bell was vice-chair of Monarchy New Zealand in 2012–13.[5]
Member of Parliament
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Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
2013–2014 | 50th | List | 56 | National |
2014–present | 51st | List | 46 | National |
Foster-Bell contested Dunedin South at the 2002 general election, losing to incumbent David Benson-Pope.[6] Foster-Bell stood in the Wellington Central electorate during the 2011 general election.[2] Foster-Bell was called to Parliament in May 2013 as a list MP, replacing Jackie Blue.[4][7][8] He was sworn in on 28 May 2013.[9] He is a member of the Health Committee and of the Justice and Electoral Committee.[10]
In March 2014, Foster-Bell sought the National Party nomination in the Whangarei electorate, but was beaten by Shane Reti.[6][11] Foster-Bell stood in Wellington Central once more, and was beaten by Labour's Grant Robertson. With a higher list placing of 46, he remains a member of parliament.[12]
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