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The Honourable Maurice Williamson MP

Maurice Williamson at the NZ Open Source Awards
Minister of Customs
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2008
Prime Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Nanaia Mahuta
Minister for Building and Construction
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2008
Prime Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Shane Jones
Minister of Statistics
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2008
Prime Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Darren Hughes
Minister for Small Business
In office 19 November 2008 – 12 December 2011
Prime Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Clayton Cosgrove
Succeeded by	John Banks
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Pakuranga
Incumbent
Assumed office 1987
Preceded by	Neil Morrison
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-06) 6 March 1951 (age 61) Auckland, New Zealand
Political party	National
Profession	Computer programmer

Maurice Donald Williamson (born 6 March 1951) is a New Zealand politician, representing Pakuranga in the House of Representatives as a member of the National Party. He holds several ministerial portfolios outside the Cabinet: Building and Construction, Customs, Statistics and Land Information .^[1]

Contents

1 Before politics
2 Member of Parliament
- 2.1 Suspension
- 2.2 49th and 50th New Zealand Parliaments
3 References
4 External links

Before politics

Williamson was born in Auckland but spent nearly all his school years in Matamata. After graduating with qualifications in computer science and applied mathematics from the University of Auckland, he worked for twelve years developing airline planning software for mainframe computers.

Williamson is married to Raewyn and has three children. He is an Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Computer Society (HFNZCS).

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
1987–1990	42nd	Pakuranga		National
1990–1993	43rd	Pakuranga		National
1993–1996	44th	Pakuranga		National
1996–1999	45th	Pakuranga	20	National
1999–2002	46th	Pakuranga	14	National
2002–2005	47th	Pakuranga	none	National
2005–2008	48th	Pakuranga	17	National
2008–2011	49th	Pakuranga	8	National
2011–present	50th	Pakuranga	19	National

Williamson is a member of Parliament for the National Party, a centre-right political Party in New Zealand, and has been MP for Pakuranga since the 1987 elections. He has held a number of ministerial posts, including Minister of Communications, Minister of Broadcasting, Minister of Transport, and Minister Research, Science and Technology, and associate Minister of Health (1990-6). He was a strong supporter of reform of prostitution law.

His 2005 election campaign saw one of the strongest results for National across New Zealand.

Suspension

He was suspended from caucus on 22 July 2003, after refusing to curtail his criticism of the National Party leader, Bill English, who he blamed for poor performance in the polls.^[2] After English was replaced by Don Brash, Williamson was reinstated. Since his return after suspension, Williamson has played an active role in National, and was elevated up the ranks to eighth position in the National lineup in 2008.^[3]

49th and 50th New Zealand Parliaments

After the 2008 general election the National Party formed a minority government with 3 Confidence and Supply partners. Despite his high list placing, Williamson was not selected for cabinet due in part to a series of gaffes during the election campaign relating to the party's policy on road tolls.^[4] He was given ministerial responsibilities outside of cabinet for Customs, Building and Construction, Statistics and Small Business. One of the major matters under his governance is the ongoing Leaky homes crisis in the country, which he noted as having the government "stumped" due to its enormousness.^[5]

In June 2009, Dr Richard Worth left Parliament after Prime Minister John Key losing confidence in him as a Minister over sexual allegations^[6]^[7] Williamson was made the acting Minister of Worth's portfolios of Internal Affairs, National Library and Archives New Zealand which were subsequently passed on to Nathan Guy.

After the election of the 50th Parliament of New Zealand Williamson was returned to his seat and re-appointed as a minister in the second term of the National-led government. Williamson retained his 2008 portfolios of Customs, Land Information and Building and Construction but lost the role of Small Business Minister to John Banks as part of the new National-ACT Confidence and Supply deal. Williamson remains outside cabinet being joined by Jo Goodhew, Chester Burrows and Chris Tremain.

References

^ "New Zealand Member of Parliament Page: Maurice Williamson". New Zealand Government. 27 December 2011. http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/7/4/7/50MP13031-Williamson-Maurice.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
^ "National caucus suspends Williamson". New Zealand Herald. 22 July 2003. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3513980. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
^ "Party List: National Party". New Zealand Herald. 6 October 2008. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz-election-2008/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501799&objectid=10536061. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
^ "Williamson's political career on the skids after snub". The New Zealand Herald. 17 November 2008. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10543513. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
^ Laxon, Andrew (27 February 2010). "Govt stumped as leaky home bill skyrockets". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10628835. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
^ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00028.htm
^ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00167.htm

v t e National Party (New Zealand)

Party leaders Names in bold served as Prime Minister	Adam Hamilton (1936–1940) Sidney Holland (1940–1957) Keith Holyoake (1957–1972) Jack Marshall (1972–1974) Robert Muldoon (1974–1984) Jim McLay (1984–1986) Jim Bolger (1986–1997) Jenny Shipley (1997–2001) Bill English (2001–2003) Don Brash (2003–2006) John Key (2006 – present)

Party presidents	Sir George Wilson Claude H. Weston Alex Gordon Sir Wilfred Sim Sir Alex McKenzie John S. Meadowcroft Ned Holt Sir George Chapman Sue Wood Neville Young John Collinge Lindsay Tisch Geoff Thompson John Slater Michelle Boag Judy Kirk Peter Goodfellow

Current Members of Parliament Names without electorates are list MPs	Leader John Key (Helensville) · Deputy Leader Bill English (Clutha-Southland) Amy Adams (Selwyn) Shane Ardern (Taranaki-King Country) Chris Auchinvole Kanwal Singh Bakshi Maggie Barry (North Shore) David Bennett (Hamilton East) Paula Bennett (Waitakere) Jackie Blue Chester Borrows (Whanganui) Simon Bridges (Tauranga) Gerry Brownlee (Ilam) Cam Calder David Carter Jonathan Coleman (Northcote) Judith Collins (Papakura) Jacqui Dean (Waitaki) Chris Finlayson Craig Foss (Tukituki) Paul Goldsmith Jo Goodhew (Rangitata) Tim Groser Nathan Guy (Ōtaki) John Hayes (Wairarapa) Phil Heatley (Whangarei) Tau Henare Paul Hutchison (Hunua) Steven Joyce Nikki Kaye (Auckland Central) Colin King (Kaikōura) Melissa Lee Sam Lotu-Iiga (Maungakiekie) Tim Macindoe (Hamilton West) Todd McClay (Rotorua) Murray McCully (East Coast Bays) Ian McKelvie (Rangitīkei) Mark Mitchell (Rodney) Alfred Ngaro Simon O'Connor (Tāmaki) Hekia Parata Jami-Lee Ross (Botany) Eric Roy (Invercargill) Tony Ryall (Bay of Plenty) Mike Sabin (Northland) Katrina Shanks Scott Simpson (Coromandel) Lockwood Smith Nick Smith (Nelson) Lindsay Tisch (Waikato) Anne Tolley (East Coast) Chris Tremain (Napier) Louise Upston (Taupō) Nicky Wagner (Christchurch Central) Kate Wilkinson (Waimakariri) Maurice Williamson (Pakuranga) Michael Woodhouse Jian Yang Jonathan Young (New Plymouth)

National Governments	First Second Third Fourth Fifth

Related articles	Reform Party United Party Liberal Party United/Reform Coalition

Persondata
Name	Williamson, Maurice
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	6 March 1951
Place of birth	Auckland,
Date of death
Place of death

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