Editing Clive Matthewson

{{short description|New Zealand politician}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Clive Matthewson
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| office1 = 1st Leader of [[United New Zealand]]
| primeminister1 = 
| term_start1 = 28 June 1995
| term_end1 = 13 December 1996
| predecessor1 = 
| successor1 = [[Peter Dunne]]
| office2 = 8th [[State Services Commission#Ministers of State Services|Minister of State Services]]
| primeminister2 = [[Geoffrey Palmer (New Zealand politician)|Geoffrey Palmer]]<br>[[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]]
| term_start2 = 9 February 1990
| term_end2 = 2 November 1990
| predecessor2 = [[Stan Rodger]]
| successor2 = [[Bill Birch]]
| constituency_MP3 = [[Dunedin West (New Zealand electorate)|Dunedin West]]
| parliament3 = New Zealand
| term_start3 = 14 July 1984
| term_end3 = 12 October 1996
| predecessor3 = ''Constituency created''
| successor3 = ''Constituency abolished''
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1944}}
| birth_place = [[Wellington]], New Zealand
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| occupation = Civil Engineer
| party = [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]
| otherparty = [[United New Zealand]]
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| children = 5
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| relatives = [[Katherine Rich]] <small>(niece)</small>
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'''Clive Denby Matthewson''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 1944) is a New Zealand civil engineer and former politician.

==Biography==
===Early life and career===
Matthewson was born in [[Wellington]] in 1944. He was educated at [[Waitaki Boys' High School]] and [[University of Canterbury]].{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=53}} He has a [[PhD]] in Civil Engineering which he completed in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.otago.ac.nz/prodcons/groups/public/documents/webcontent/otago000767.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522061426/http://www.otago.ac.nz/prodcons/groups/public/documents/webcontent/otago000767.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 May 2010 |title=2001 Annual Report - Council of the University |publisher=[[University of Otago]] |access-date=31 January 2010 }}</ref> The title of his PhD thesis was: "The [[Elasticity (physics)|elastic]] behaviour of a laterally loaded [[Deep foundation|pile]]".<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Matthewson |first=Clive |year=1969 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=The elastic behaviour of a laterally loaded pile |publisher=UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury |hdl=10092/101930 |doi=10.26021/10985 |url=https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/101930}}</ref> He worked as a civil engineer until he was elected to parliament in 1984.{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=53}}

===Political career===
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He was chairman of the {{NZ electorate link|Wanganui}} electorate for the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] and also a member of Labour's governing body the New Zealand Council.{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=53}} In 1977, he sought the Labour nomination for the [[Christchurch]] electorate of {{NZ electorate link|Papanui}}, but was beaten by former {{NZ electorate link|Eden}} MP [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Now 12 Seek Papanui |work=[[The Press]] |date=15 November 1977 |page=3 }}</ref> Two years later he stood for the Labour candidacy for the {{NZ electorate link|Christchurch Central}} seat in a [[1979 Christchurch Central by-election|by-election]], but was again unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news |title=By-election list closes with 18 vying for Labour seat |work=[[The Press]] |date=21 July 1979 |page=1 }}</ref> Matthewson then unsuccessfully contested the {{NZ electorate link|Clutha}} electorate in the {{NZ election link|1981}} for the Labour Party.{{sfn|Norton|1988|p=210}}

In the 1983 electoral redistribution, the number of Dunedin electorates was reduced from three to two. [[Brian MacDonell]], who had since {{NZ election link year|1963}} represented {{NZ electorate link|Dunedin Central}}, was supposed to represent the new Dunedin West electorate. However, Labour's president, [[Jim Anderton]], presided over MacDonell's de-selection and installed his personal friend Matthewson instead.{{sfn|Bassett|2008|loc=chapter 5}} Matthewson was elected to Dunedin West in {{NZ election link year|1984}}.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10490462&pnum=0 |title=Staunch Labourite won't follow Key's suggestion at election |last=Young |first=Audrey |date=4 February 2008 |newspaper =[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref> Matthewson was considered one of the most effective backbenchers in the [[Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand|Fourth Labour Government]].{{sfn|Bassett|2008|p=483}} In August 1989, he was appointed by Prime Minister [[Geoffrey Palmer (New Zealand politician)|Geoffrey Palmer]] as [[Undersecretary|Under-Secretary]] to the Minister of Health and Labour.{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=54}}

In February 1990, he was elected to cabinet and was appointed by Palmer as [[State Services Commission#Ministers of State Services|Minister of State Services]], Minister of Science, Minister in charge of the Audit Department and Associate Minister of State Owned Enterprises, Energy, Commerce and Labour.{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=54}}

After the government was defeated he was appointed Shadow Minister of Social Security and State Services by Labour leader [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |title=Labour line-up |date=6 December 1991 |page=5 }}</ref> He left Labour in 1995 to jointly establish the [[United New Zealand]] party with six other sitting MPs.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=383545&pnum=0 |title=Parliament hobbles the party-hoppers |date=20 December 2001 |newspaper =[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref> Matthewson became United's leader,<ref name="NZHerald2197380"/> and when the party formed a coalition with the governing National Party in 1996 he was made a Cabinet Minister.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} In the [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996 election]], [[Peter Dunne]] was the only United politician to keep his seat, and Matthewson, who had contested the new {{NZ electorate link|Dunedin South}} electorate,<ref name="Dunedin South">{{cite web |url= http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1996/pdf/6.1%20Dunedin%20South%2011.pdf |title=Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Dunedin South |access-date=2 July 2013 |format=PDF}}</ref> did not return to Parliament.<ref name="NZHerald2197380">{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/employment/news/article.cfm?c_id=11&objectid=2197380 |title=It's a long time in politics |last=Campbell |first=Ashley |date=27 July 2002 |newspaper = [[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref>

In the [[1998 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|1998 New Year Honours]], he was appointed a [[Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for public services as a Member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-1998 |title=New Year honours list 1998 |date=31 December 1997 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref>

At the [[1998 Dunedin mayoral election|1998 local-body elections]] Matthewson ran for the position of [[Mayor of Dunedin]], but was defeated by incumbent [[Sukhi Turner]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Results |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=12 October 1998 |page=6 }}</ref>

===Post-politics===
He was the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the [[University of Otago]] from 2002 to 2008,<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.odt.co.nz/on-campus/university-otago/23846/gerrard-relishes-role-university-envoy |title=Gerrard relishes role as university envoy |last=Rudd |first=Allison |date=25 September 2008 |newspaper =[[Otago Daily Times]] |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref> and between 23 July 2004 and 30 September 2008 was on the board of directors for the [[New Zealand Railways Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=3580111 |title=Rail board is 'jobs for the boys' |last=Graham |first=Pam|date=24 July 2004 |newspaper =[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/next+step+integrated+rail+business |title=Next step in integrated rail business |last=Cullen |first=Michael |date=24 September 2008 |publisher=New Zealand Government |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Matthewson is married with five children.{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=54}} [[Katherine Rich]], a former [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] MP, is his niece.<ref name="12 questions">{{cite news| last1=Stuart |first1=Sarah |title=Twelve Questions: Katherine Rich |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10872063 |access-date=10 June 2015|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=19 March 2013}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book |title=Who's Who in the New Zealand Parliament 1993 |location=Wellington |publisher=[[New Zealand House of Representatives|Parliamentary Service]] |date=1993 |ref={{harvid|Who's Who|1993}}}}
*{{cite book | last= Bassett | first= Michael | author-link=Michael Bassett | title=Working with David: Inside the Lange Cabinet | year=2008 | publisher=Hodder Moa | location=Auckland | isbn=978-1-86971-094-1 }}
*{{cite book |last=Norton |first=Clifford |title=New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science |year=1988 |publisher=[[Victoria University of Wellington]] |location=Wellington |isbn=0-475-11200-8 }}

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