Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)

His Worship the Honourable
Nick Smith
Smith in 2016
30th Mayor of Nelson
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 October 2022
Preceded byRachel Reese
14th Minister for the Environment
In office
8 October 2014 – 26 October 2017
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Bill English
Preceded byAmy Adams
Succeeded byDavid Parker
In office
19 November 2008 – 21 March 2012
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byTrevor Mallard
Succeeded byAmy Adams
1st Minister for Building and Housing
In office
8 October 2014 – 20 December 2016
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Bill English
Preceded byHimself (as Minister of Housing and Minister of Building & Construction)
Succeeded byHimself (as Minister for Building & Construction)
6th Minister of Conservation
In office
22 January 2013 – 8 October 2014
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byKate Wilkinson
Succeeded byMaggie Barry
In office
16 December 1996 – 10 December 1999
Prime MinisterJim Bolger
Jenny Shipley
Preceded bySimon Upton
Succeeded bySandra Lee
Minister of Housing
In office
22 January 2013 – 8 October 2014
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byPhil Heatley
40th Minister of Education
In office
31 January 1999 – 10 December 1999
Prime MinisterJenny Shipley
Preceded byWyatt Creech
Succeeded byTrevor Mallard
9th Minister for ACC
In office
19 November 2008 – 14 December 2011
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byMaryan Street
Succeeded byJudith Collins
Deputy Leader of the National Party
In office
28 October 2003 – 17 November 2003
LeaderDon Brash
Preceded byRoger Sowry
Succeeded byGerry Brownlee
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National party list
In office
17 October 2020 – 10 June 2021
Succeeded byHarete Hipango
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Nelson
In office
12 October 1996 – 17 October 2020
Preceded byJohn Blincoe
Succeeded byRachel Boyack
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Tasman
In office
27 October 1990 – 12 October 1996
Preceded byKen Shirley
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Nicolas Rex Smith

(1964-12-24) 24 December 1964 (age 59)
Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand
Political partyNational Party
OccupationEngineer
Websitenick4nelson.co.nz

Nicolas Rex Smith[1] (born 24 December 1964)[2] is a New Zealand politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the National Party from 1990 to 2021. He served as a Cabinet minister, holding various posts including Minister for Building and Housing, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Climate Change Issues, and Minister of Local Government.[3] For a brief time between October and November 2003 he was the deputy leader of the National Party, then in opposition under Don Brash.

Smith represented the Nelson electorate from 1996 to 2020 and, before that, was the member for Tasman from 1990 to 1996.[3] Following his defeat in the Nelson electorate in the 2020 election, he served as a list MP for less than a year before retiring from parliament on 10 June 2021 after multiple allegations of bullying were made against him.[4][5] Smith was elected Mayor of Nelson in the October 2022 New Zealand local elections.[6]

  1. ^ "Members Sworn". New Zealand Parliamentary Debates. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Hon Dr Nick Smith". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Smith, Nick – New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ Trevett, Claire (31 May 2021). "National MP Nick Smith quits as an MP, cites 'employment issue' inquiry". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Long-serving National MP Nick Smith retiring amid workplace inquiry into 'verbal altercation'". 1 News. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ^ Bohny, Skara (9 October 2022). "New Nelson mayor Nick Smith gets down to business". Nelson Mail. Stuff. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.