Douglas Armstrong (politician)

For the New Zealand broadcaster and politician who served as mayor of Rodney District, see Doug Armstrong (broadcaster).

Douglas Keith Armstrong QSO is a former city councillor on the Auckland City Council, New Zealand for the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket.

Armstrong was first elected in 2001 for the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket, and served as the chairman of finance at Auckland City between 2001–2004 and 2007 onwards. He was also the deputy leader of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket from October 2004, serving under the leadership of David Hay.

In October 2010 Armstrong unsuccessfully stood as a Citizens & Ratepayers candidate on the Orākei ward of the new Auckland Council: he was defeated by Cameron Brewer, an independent.[1]

Prior to his election as councillor for the centre-right Eastern Bays ward, Armstrong was the chief executive officer of Unitec, one of Auckland's polytechnical institutes. He was trained as a civil engineer and is a past president of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand and former member of the Prime Minister's Enterprise Council.

In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours Armstrong was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[2] He is also a trustee of the Sir Woolf Fisher Trust for excellence in education.

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Election Results" (Press release). Auckland Transition Agency/Auckland Council. October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Queen's Birthday honours list 1996". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 1996. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

External links

Link to his biography on the Auckland City Council pages

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