Bob Simcock

Robert Malcolm Simcock (born 1947) is a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 1996 to 2002 and Mayor of Hamilton from 2007 to 2010.

Bob Simcock
33rd Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand
In office
23 May 2007 – 31 October 2010
Preceded byMichael Redman
Succeeded byJulie Hardaker
Majority10,798 (34.24%)[1]
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National party list
In office
1999–2002
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Hamilton West
In office
1996–1999
Preceded byMartin Gallagher
Succeeded byMartin Gallagher
Personal details
Born1947 (age 75–76)
NationalityNew Zealander
Political partyNational

Early career

Simcock attended St John's College[2] before graduating from the University of Waikato with a M Soc Sci (Hons).[3][4] Before entering politics, Simcock worked both as a deer farmer and as a clinical psychologist.

Member of Parliament
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
1996–1999 45th Hamilton West 45 National
1999–2002 46th List 22 National

Simcock was an MP from 1996 to 2002, representing the National Party. He was first elected in the 1996 election as MP for Hamilton West, defeating the incumbent, Martin Gallagher of the Labour Party. In the 1999 election, Gallagher retook the seat from Simcock, who returned to Parliament as a list MP. In the 2002 election, Simcock again trailed Gallagher in Hamilton West, and National Party votes nationwide dropped enough that Simcock was not re-elected as a list MP.

Local government

Simcock was elected to the Hamilton City Council for the West Ward in the 2004 election and appointed Deputy Mayor that year. Following Michael Redman's resignation, he was appointed Mayor of Hamilton in May 2007.[5][6] He was elected mayor in the October 2007 election with over 50% of the votes cast.[1] He lost the 2010 mayoral election to Julie Hardaker.[7]

Simcock was elected to the Waikato Regional Council in 2013[8] and re-elected in 2016.[9]

Other activities

Simcock was appointed as the chair of the Waikato District Health Board by the Minister of Health in 2013.[10] He resigned as chair and board member on 28 November 2017, following the resignation of Waikato DHB chief executive Nigel Murray, amidst a State Services Commission investigation into allegations of wrongful expenditure of public money by Murray.[11] Murray was seen as Simcock's appointment by former CEO Craig Climo; Climo and former Labour MP Sue Moroney said they advised against hiring Dr Murray.[12]

References
  1. "Elections 2007 – Hamilton City Council Declared Results". Hamilton City Council. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. "Simcock to take over health board". Waikato Times. 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020.
  3. "Candidates' Bios, Alphabetically By Constituencies" (Press release). New Zealand National Party. 14 June 2002. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  4. Simcock, Robert (1972). Delinquent hositility: The effect of Borstal Training, and it's relationship to authoritarian attitudes (Masters thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/10246.
  5. "Bob Simcock appointed as Hamilton mayor" (Press release). Hamilton City Council. 23 May 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  6. "Simcock back down to business today". Waikato Times. New Zealand: Stuff. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  7. "Hamilton City Council". Elections 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  8. "Eight new councillors for regional council". Waikato Regional Council. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  9. "Final election results announced for Waikato Regional Council". Waikato Regional Council. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  10. "Board". Waikato District Health Board. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  11. Leaman, Aaron (28 November 2017). "Waikato DHB chairman Bob Simcock steps down". Stuff. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  12. "Nigel Murray 'abused his position' – former Waikato DHB CEO". Checkpoint with John Campbell. RNZ. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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