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  Key, John
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NameJohn Key
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Born August 09, 1961 (62 years)
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InfoJohn Key was born in Auckland but moved to Christchurch when a child. He was educated at Burnside High School and then gained a B.Comm from the University of Canterbury.

John launched his investment banking career in New Zealand in the mid 80s. After 10 years in the New Zealand market he headed offshore, working in Singapore, London and Sydney for US investment banking giant Merrill Lynch. During that time he was in charge of a number of business units including global foreign exchange and European bond and derivative trading. In 1999 John was invited to join the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of NY and on two occasions undertook management studies at Harvard University in Boston.

In 2001, he headed back to New Zealand to fulfill a long held ambition to stand for Parliament for the National Party. He won the Helensville seat in 2002 with a majority of 1589. John has risen through the ranks since then, becoming deputy finance spokesman and then finance spokesman, rising to number 7 prior to the 2005 election. At the 2005 election he again won the Helensville seat, this time with a majority of 12,778. He continued to be the Party’s finance spokesman and and was ranked at number 4 before being elected Leader on 27 November 2006.

John is married to Bronagh and has 2 children. When he has some spare time he likes to spend time with the family, cooking, playing golf and watching rugby.


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  09/20/2014 NZ Prime Minister Won 52.89% (+26.45%)
  09/20/2014 NZ MP - Helensville Won 65.57% (+52.77%)
  11/26/2011 NZ Prime Minister Won 52.89% (+24.79%)
  11/26/2011 NZ MP - Helensville Won 74.90% (+61.00%)
  11/08/2008 NZ MP - Helensville Won 73.61% (+56.49%)
  11/07/2008 NZ Prime Minister Won 56.56% (+21.31%)
  11/27/2006 NZ National Party Leadership Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/17/2005 NZ MP - Helensville Won 64.10% (+37.22%)
  07/27/2002 NZ MP - Helensville Won 34.18% (+5.96%)
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  09/23/2017 NZ Prime Minister Lost 0.00% (-52.50%)
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