Current parliamentary roles

• Chairperson, Government Administration Committee
• Member, Privileges Committee
• Member, Justice and Electoral Committee
• Spokesperson, Attorney-General
• Spokesperson, Electoral Reform
• Spokesperson, ACC
• Associate Spokesperson, Finance
• Spokesperson, Conservation

Former parliamentary roles

• Member, Commerce select committee 27 August 2002-26 March 2003
• Member, Finance and expenditure select committee 27 August 2002-11 August 2005
• Member, Regulations review select committee 27 August 2002-11 August 2005
• Deputy Chairperson, Local government and environment select committee 1 April 2003-11 August 2005
• Member, Constitutional arrangements select committee 23 December 2004-11 August 2005
• Attorney General 19 October 2005-20 March 2006
• Minister of Energy 19 October 2005-21 March 2006
• Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues 19 October 2005-21 March 2006
• Minister of Transport 19 October 2005-21 March 2006
• Minister of Energy 3 May 2006-19 November 2008
• Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues 3 May 2006-19 November 2008
• Minister of Land Information 3 May 2006-19 November 2008
• Minister of State Services 5 November 2007-19 November 2008
• Member, Emissions Trading Scheme Review Committee 9 December 2008-31 August 2009

Personal details

Born 3 January 1960, Roxburgh, married with three children

Education/qualifications

• BCom, University of Otago
• LLB, University of Otago

Career

• Worked for Wrightson NMA Limited
• Former Litigation partner, Anderson Lloyd Caudwell
• Worked in Agri-biotechnology field
• Former Manager, BLIS Technologies
• Director, Fund Managers Holdings Ltd 30 July 1997-28 October 2005

Community activities

• Former member, Primary School Board of Trustees
• Former Deputy Chairperson, bioSouth
• Co-founder, Dunedin Community Law Centre 1979-1979

Leisure activities

Social soccer, skiing, tennis, film, art