Editing Jim Sutton (section)

===Ministerial role===
Sutton's first ministerial role had come in the dying days of the [[Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand|Fourth Labour Government]], shortly before he lost the Waitaki electorate. He served as Minister of Agriculture and [[Minister of Forestry (New Zealand)|Minister of Forestry]] for most of 1990, leaving cabinet when Labour was defeated in that year's election. However, when Labour won the [[1999 New Zealand general election|1999 general election]], Sutton became a minister once again in the [[Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand|Fifth Labour Government]]. He resumed his Agriculture portfolio while also becoming Minister for Rural Affairs and Minister for Trade Negotiations. In 2001, he gained the Biosecurity portfolio, and in 2002, he regained the Forestry portfolio. In the December 2004 cabinet reshuffle he dropped the Forestry portfolio and for Rural Affairs became Associate Minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=9004051&pnum=0|title=Clark names her 'transition' cabinet|last=Wilson|first=Peter |date=20 December 2004|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|accessdate=27 January 2010}}</ref>