Editing Clem Simich

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'''Clement Rudolph "Clem" Simich''' or '''Šimić''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO}} (born 2 June 1939) is a New Zealand politician for the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]].

==Early life==
Simich was born in [[Te Kōpuru]], Northland in 1939.<ref name="Yearbook 1997">{{cite web|title=New Zealand Official Yearbook 1997|url=http://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1997/NZOYB_1997.html|publisher=Statistics New Zealand|accessdate=27 October 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501051502/http://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1997/NZOYB_1997.html|archivedate=1 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Member of Parliament==
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 |start      = {{By-election link year|Tamaki|1992}}
 |end        = 1993
 |term       = 43rd
 |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Tāmaki}}
 |party      = New Zealand National Party
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 |start      = {{NZ election link year|1993}}
 |end        = 1996
 |term       = 44th
 |electorate = Tāmaki
 |party      = New Zealand National Party
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{{NZ parlbox
 |start      = {{NZ election link year|1996}}
 |end        = 1999
 |term       = 45th
 |electorate = Tāmaki
 |list       = 42
 |party      = New Zealand National Party
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 |start      = {{NZ election link year|1999}}
 |end        = 2002
 |term       = 46th
 |electorate = Tāmaki
 |list       = none
 |party      = New Zealand National Party
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 |start      = {{NZ election link year|2002}}
 |end        = 2005
 |term       = 47th
 |electorate = Tāmaki
 |list       = none
 |party      = New Zealand National Party
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 |start      = {{NZ election link year|2005}}
 |end        = 2008
 |term       = 48th
 |electorate = List
 |list       = 18
 |party      = New Zealand National Party
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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.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070316024417/http://www.executive.govt.nz/96-99/minister/simich/ Picture of Hon Clem Simich c1998]
* [http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10506786&ref=rss Retirement announced]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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