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==Member of Parliament== {{NZ parlbox header|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{By-election link year|Tamaki|1992}} |end = 1993 |term = 43rd |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Tāmaki}} |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1993}} |end = 1996 |term = 44th |electorate = Tāmaki |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1996}} |end = 1999 |term = 45th |electorate = Tāmaki |list = 42 |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1999}} |end = 2002 |term = 46th |electorate = Tāmaki |list = none |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|2002}} |end = 2005 |term = 47th |electorate = Tāmaki |list = none |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|2005}} |end = 2008 |term = 48th |electorate = List |list = 18 |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox footer}} He was first elected to Parliament in the [[1992 Tamaki by-election|1992 by-election in Tamaki]], which followed the retirement of former [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[Robert Muldoon]]. He remained as MP for [[Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate)|Tamaki]] until 2005, when he made way for [[Allan Peachey]] in Tamaki, and stood as the National candidate for [[Māngere (New Zealand electorate)|Mangere]] instead. He became a [[list MP]], having not succeeded in winning the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] [[safe seat]]. In August 1998, he was appointed to [[Cabinet of New Zealand|Cabinet]], being [[Minister of Police (New Zealand)|Minister of Police]], [[Minister for Racing (New Zealand)|Minister of Racing]], and Minister in Charge of the Audit Department. He also became Minister of Corrections in January 1999. He lost his ministerial positions, however, when National lost the [[1999 New Zealand general election|1999 election]]. Simich served as Assistant [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] between 2002 and 2005. On the retirement of [[Jonathan Hunt (New Zealand politician)|Jonathan Hunt]], Simich stood for election as Speaker, but was defeated by Labour's [[Margaret Wilson]]. Simich became the Deputy Speaker of the House after the [[2005 New Zealand general election|2005]] election. He retired from parliament in 2008, before [[2008 New Zealand general election|that year's general election]].<ref>Dominion Post 29 April 2008 page A3.</ref> Simich is of [[Croatia]]n (in Croatian the surname is ''Šimić'') and also [[Māori people|Māori]] descent.
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