Roger McClay
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Roger Neville McClay, QSO (born 6 February 1945) is a former New Zealand politician. In 2010 he was convicted for defrauding two charities.<ref name=":0" />
Early lifeEdit
McClay was born in 1945. He attended secondary school at Wesley College, Auckland.
Member of ParliamentEdit
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A teacher by profession, he was an MP from 1981 to 1996, representing the National Party. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1981 election as MP for Taupo,<ref name="Wilson">Template:Cite book</ref> defeating the incumbent Labour MP, Jack Ridley.
In the 1984 election, he contested and won the new seat of Waikaremoana,<ref name=Wilson /> which he held until he retired at the 1996 election.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He became Minister of Youth Affairs and Associate Minister of Education and Social Welfare during the Fourth National Government.<ref name=records/> He later held the role of Commissioner for Children from 1998 to 2003.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
His son Todd McClay was elected as the National Party Member of Parliament for Rotorua at the 2008 general election.
Post-parliament careerEdit
In the 2005 New Year Honours, McClay was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
McClay was the chairman for Keep New Zealand Beautiful until July 2009. He has been involved in a number of other charities, including the New Zealand Spinal Trust,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> World Vision, Heart Children New Zealand, Variety, the Children's Charity and For the Sake of Children.<ref name="records">Template:Cite news</ref>
In March 2010 he was charged with misuse of taxpayer-subsidised flights.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In August the same year he pleaded guilty.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He repaid the two charities that he had defrauded, Keep New Zealand Beautiful and World Vision.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was convicted and given a sentence of 300 hours of community work. In addition, he was stripped of his travel benefits by the Parliamentary Services Commission.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>