Editing Jim Sutton (section)

{{Short description|New Zealand politician}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
|name        = Jim Sutton
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=100%}}
|image       = Jim Sutton New Zealand MP.jpg
|caption     = Sutton in 2007
|order       = [[Minister of Agriculture (New Zealand)|Minister of Agriculture]]
|primeminister= [[Geoffrey Palmer (New Zealand politician)|Geoffrey Palmer]]<br>[[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]]
|term_start  = 9 February 1990
|term_end    = 2 November 1990
|primeminister2=[[Helen Clark]]
|term_start2 = 10 December 1999
|term_end2   = 19 October 2005
|constituency_MP3 =  [[Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)|Waitaki]]
|parliament3  =  New Zealand
|majority3    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_start3  =  [[1984 New Zealand general election|14 July 1984]]
|term_end3    =  [[1990 New Zealand general election|27 October 1990]]
|predecessor3 =  [[Jonathan Elworthy]]
|successor3   =  [[Alec Neill]]
|constituency_MP4 =  [[Timaru (New Zealand electorate)|Timaru]]
|parliament4  =  New Zealand
|majority4    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_start4  =  [[1993 New Zealand general election|6 November 1993]]
|term_end4    =  [[1996 New Zealand general election|12 October 1996]]
|predecessor4 =  [[Maurice McTigue]]
|successor4   =  ''Constituency abolished''
|constituency_MP5 =  [[Aoraki (New Zealand electorate)|Aoraki]]
|parliament5  =  New Zealand
|majority5    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_start5  =  [[1996 New Zealand general election|12 October 1996]]
|term_end5    =  [[2005 New Zealand general election|17 September 2005]]
|predecessor5 =  ''Constituency established''
|successor5   =  [[Jo Goodhew]]
|constituency_MP6 =  [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] [[list MP|list]]
|parliament6  =  New Zealand
|term_start6  =  [[2005 New Zealand general election|17 September 2005]]
|term_end6    =  30 July 2006
|successor6   =  [[Charles Chauvel (politician)|Charles Chauvel]]{{refn|group=n|Normally, list MPs do not have individual predecessors or successors, but Sutton resigned during a sitting parliament and therefore was succeeded by Chauvel.}}
|birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1941|11|7}}
|birth_place  = [[Reading, Berkshire]], England
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|nationality  = New Zealand
|party        = [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]
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'''James Robert Sutton''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM}} (born 7 November 1941), generally known as '''Jim Sutton''', is a New Zealand politician who was a [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] between 1984 and 1990 and again between 1993 and 2006. He has held a range of ministerial portfolios including Agriculture, Forestry, Rural Affairs, Biosecurity, and Trade Negotiations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/Former/d/1/b/48PlibMpsFormerJimSutton1-Sutton-Hon-Jim.htm|title=Former MPs – Hon. Jim Sutton|publisher=New Zealand Parliament|accessdate=27 January 2010}}</ref>