Editing Doug Graham

{{short description|New Zealand politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name             = Sir Douglas Graham
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|size=100%}}
||imagesize        =
|order1            = 29th [[Attorney-General (New Zealand)|Attorney-General]]
|term_start1       = 5 December 1997
|term_end1         = 10 December 1999
|primeminister1    = [[Jenny Shipley]]
|predecessor1      = [[Paul East]]
|successor1        = [[Margaret Wilson]]

|order2            = 1st [[Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations]]
|term_start2       = 29 November 1993
|term_end2         = 10 December 1999
|primeminister2    = [[Jim Bolger]]<br>[[Jenny Shipley]]
|successor2        = [[Margaret Wilson]]

|order3            = 41st [[Minister of Justice (New Zealand)|Minister of Justice]]
|term_start3       = 2 November 1990
|term_end3         = 1 February 1999
|primeminister3    = [[Jim Bolger]]<br>[[Jenny Shipley]]
|predecessor3      = [[Bill Jeffries]]
|successor3        = [[Tony Ryall]]

|constituency_MP5  = [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] list
|parliament5       = New Zealand
|term_start5       = 12 October 1996
|term_end5         = 27 November 1999

|constituency_MP6  = [[Remuera (New Zealand electorate)|Remuera]]
|parliament6       = New Zealand
|term_start6       = 14 July 1984
|term_end6         = 12 October 1996
|predecessor6      = [[Allan Highet]]
|successor6        = ''Seat abolished''

|birth_name        = Douglas Arthur Montrose Graham
|birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|1|12}} 
|birth_place       = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
|death_date        = 
|death_place       = 
|spouse            = 
|relations         = [[Kennedy Graham]] (brother)<br>{{nowrap|[[Robert Graham (New Zealand politician)|Robert Graham]] (great-grandfather)}}
|party             = [[New Zealand National Party|National]]
|religion          = 
|profession        = Lawyer
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'''Sir Douglas Arthur Montrose Graham''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|PC}} (born 12 January 1942) is a former [[New Zealand]] politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1999, representing the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]].

==Early life and family==
Graham was born in [[Auckland]], and attended [[Southwell School]] and [[Auckland Grammar School]]. In 1965 he obtained an [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] from the [[University of Auckland]] and became a lawyer, establishing his own practice in 1968. From 1973 to 1983, he lectured in [[legal ethics]] at the University of Auckland. He was chairman of the board of the Auckland Regional Orchestra from 1982 to 1983.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=316}}

His great-grandfather [[Robert Graham (New Zealand politician)|Robert Graham]] was a member of the [[2nd New Zealand Parliament|2nd]], [[3rd New Zealand Parliament|3rd]] and [[4th New Zealand Parliament|4th]] New Zealand parliaments, from 1855 to 1868. In 2008, his brother [[Kennedy Graham]] was elected to parliament representing the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4523886a6160.html|title=Ex-Nat's brother No 9 for Greens|last=Small|first=Vernon|date=13 May 2008|work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]]|accessdate=25 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://2008.electionresults.govt.nz/ |title=New Zealand Election Results |accessdate=2008-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120701105222/http://2008.electionresults.govt.nz/ |archivedate=1 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> His son, Carrick, is a [[public relations]] consultant.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11311647|title=PR body to decide on Dirty Politics ethics|author=John Drinnan|publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=20 August 2014}}</ref>

==Member of Parliament==
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In the lead up to the [[1981 New Zealand general election|1981 election]] Graham unsuccessfully challenged [[Allan Highet]] for the National nomination for the suburban Auckland electorate of [[Remuera (New Zealand electorate)|Remuera]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Race on for Remuera Selection |date=9 August 1980 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |page= }}</ref> Three years later Highet retired and Graham was elected to Parliament in the [[1984 New Zealand general election|1984 election]] as his replacement.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=316}} After entering parliament National leader Sir [[Robert Muldoon]] designated Graham spokesperson for the Arts, Insurance and [[Earthquake Commission|EQC]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Line-up For Opposition |date=28 July 1984 | work =[[The New Zealand Herald]] |page=5 }}</ref> When Muldoon was replaced by his deputy [[Jim McLay]] Graham was appointed Shadow Minister for Disarmament and was later allocated the Revenue portfolio as well.<ref>{{cite news |author=Garnier, Tony |title=Muldoon main loser in Nat line-up |date=11 February 1986 |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] |page=3 }}</ref> He initially retained those roles after McLay was ousted by [[Jim Bolger]], but substituted the Revenue portfolio for Broadcasting in September 1987 but in a major reshuffle in February 1990 he changed back from Broadcasting to Revenue and was also appointed Shadow Minister for Constitutional Issues.<ref>{{Cite news |title=National Party's new parliamentary line-up |date=12 February 1990 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |page=5 }}</ref>

===Cabinet minister===
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When the National Party won the [[1990 New Zealand general election|1990 election]], Graham was appointed to [[Cabinet of New Zealand|Cabinet]], becoming [[Minister of Justice (New Zealand)|Minister of Justice]], [[Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control]], and Minister of Cultural Affairs. In 1993, he became [[Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations]], perhaps his most prominent role. He was widely praised by both [[Pākehā]] and [[Māori people|Māori]] for his work on numerous Treaty settlements, although opponents of the process have voiced criticisms of his policies. Later, Graham also became [[Attorney-General (New Zealand)|Attorney-General]] and [[Minister for Courts]]. In the [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996 election]], when the Remuera seat was abolished, Graham became a [[list MP]]. He was ranked sixth on National's [[Party-list proportional representation|party list]], a relatively high placing.

On 21 May 1998 Graham was appointed to the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] and became [[The Right Honourable#New Zealand|the Right Honourable]] Douglas Graham.<ref>[http://www.dia.govt.nz/MSOS118/On-Line/NZGazette.nsf/6cee7698a9bbc7cfcc256d510059ed0b/95eed1350fc35903cc256d2500572b68!OpenDocument "Appointments to the Privy Council"] (28 May 1998) 74 ''New Zealand Gazette'' 1613 at 1644.</ref>

==Life after politics==
He retired from politics at the [[1999 New Zealand general election|1999 election]]. In the [[1999 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|1999 New Year Honours]], Graham was appointed a [[Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services as a Minister of the Crown and Member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-1999 |title=New Year honours list 1999 |date=31 December 1998 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=31 August 2019}}</ref>

On 24 February 2012 he was convicted, along with fellow former Justice Minister [[Bill Jeffries]] and two other men, of breaching the Securities Act by making untrue statements to investors in his capacity as a director of Lombard Finance.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/6474192/Former-Cabinet-ministers-guilty-of-making-false-statements |title=Former Cabinet ministers guilty of making false statements |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=24 February 2012 |accessdate=24 February 2012}}</ref> Justice Robert Dobson wrote, "I am satisfied that the accused genuinely believed in the accuracy and adequacy of the ... documents", but that the offences were ones of [[strict liability]] so there was no need for "any form of mental intent to distribute documents that were false or misleading".<ref>{{cite news |title=Rulings have raised the bar for directors |first=Brian |last=Gaynor |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10790987 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=10 March 2012 |accessdate=11 March 2012}}</ref> Graham was sentenced to 300 hours' community service and ordered to pay $100,000 in reparation. The [[Court of Appeal of New Zealand|Court of Appeal]] dismissed his appeal against conviction and increased his sentence to six months' home detention and 200 hours' community work,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8867989/Court-increases-Lombard-sentences |title=Court increases Lombard sentences |publisher=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=2 July 2013 |accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref> but the [[Supreme Court of New Zealand|Supreme Court]] restored the original sentence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lombard directors' home detention too harsh - Supreme Court |first=Kurt |last=Mayer |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11250923 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=7 May 2014 |accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref> Retired Court of Appeal judge [[Ted Thomas (judge)|Sir Edmund Thomas]] described the convictions as a "grievous miscarriage of justice", saying of the crucial piece of evidence that "you would never ever convict a dog on the basis of the schedule".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/9373553/Lombard-conviction-miscarriage-of-justice |title=Lombard conviction 'miscarriage of justice'|publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=7 November 2013 |accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref> There have been calls for his knighthood to be revoked,<ref>"[http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/6663532/Lombard-fallout-Graham-urged-to-give-up-Sir Lombard fallout: Graham urged to give up Sir]". ''Business Day''. 30 March 2012.</ref> but Prime Minister [[John Key]] announced on 1 November 2013 that Graham would keep his knighthood.<ref>{{cite news |last=Small |first=Vernon |title=Sir Douglas Graham to keep knighthood |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9351347/Sir-Douglas-Graham-to-keep-knighthood |accessdate=1 November 2013 |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=1 November 2013}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book |last=Gustafson |first=Barry |author-link=Barry Gustafson |title=The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year=1986 |publisher=Reed Methuen |location=Auckland |isbn=0-474-00177-6 }}

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