Ross Clow
Ross Clow is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2013 to 2019. He was earlier a Waitakere City Councillor.
Political career[edit]
| Years | Ward | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2016 | Whau | Labour | |
| 2016–2019 | Whau | Labour | |
Clow served on the Waitakere City Council, where he served as finance chairman.[1][2]
At the 2010 Auckland elections, Clow stood for Auckland Council in the Whau ward, finishing second and losing to Auckland City Councillor Noelene Raffills by fewer than 500 votes.[3][4]
At the 2013 Auckland elections, Clow was elected as an Auckland councillor for the Whau ward, defeating Noelene Raffills.[5] He became the finance committee chairman on Auckland Council.[6]
In 2016, Clow was comfortably reelected as councillor for the ward and was also elected to the Portage Licensing Trust.[7][8] The new mayor, Phil Goff, appointed Clow the chairperson of the finance and performance committee.[9]
In 2019, Clow was defeated by Tracy Mulholland of Communities and Residents by less than 200 votes.
References[edit]
- ^ Councillors facing the challenge to make it work nzherald.co.nz, 9 October 2010
- ^ Internet to ease shock of Waitakere rates nzherald.co.nz, 6 July 2006
- ^ "Auckland – Final Results" (PDF). 15 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Poor media coverage blamed for low Whau voter turnout tewhanui.info, 8 October 2013
- ^ "Auckland Council Mayor – Preliminary result at 00:43, 13 October 2013" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Auckland Councillors keep travel perk nzherald.co.nz, 25 July 2014
- ^ "Declaration of Results of Election for the 2016 elections for the five licensing trusts in the Auckland region" (PDF). Auckland Council. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ Dan Satherley (8 October 2016). "Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland". Newshub. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet' - National - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.