Chris Finlayson

Chris Finlayson
33rd Attorney-General of New Zealand
In office
19 November 2008 – 26 October 2017
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Bill English
Preceded byMichael Cullen
Succeeded byDavid Parker
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
In office
19 November 2008 – 26 October 2017
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Bill English
Preceded byMichael Cullen
Succeeded byAndrew Little
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
In office
19 November 2008 – 13 October 2014
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byHelen Clark
Succeeded byMaggie Barry
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National Party List
In office
17 September 2005 – 30 January 2019
Succeeded byAgnes Loheni
Personal details
Born
Christopher Francis Finlayson

1956 (age 67–68)
Wellington, New Zealand
Political partyNational Party
RelativesAnnette King (second cousin)
Chester Borrows (third cousin)
OccupationLawyer

Christopher Francis Finlayson KC (born 1956) is a New Zealand lawyer and former Member of Parliament, representing the National Party.

He was elected to Parliament in 2005. In the Fifth National Government, from 2008 to 2017, he was Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations.[1][2] He left politics to return to his legal career in January 2019.[3]

  1. ^ "Ministerial List for Announcement on 17 November 2008" (PDF) (Press release). New Zealand Government. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "National MP Chris Finlayson to leave Parliament in new year". The New Zealand Herald. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.