John Key
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| Parl. | Electorate | List Pos. | Party |
| 47th | Helensville | 43 | National |
Before entering politics, Key was an investment banker, having worked for Merrill Lynch's Singapore, London and Sydney offices and as a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Key was educated at Burnside High School and then gained a BCom. from the University of Canterbury. He also undertook management studies at Harvard. Although Key was born into a low-income family, he is believed to be New Zealand's richest MP.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
In 2001, he returned to New Zealand to pursue a political career. In the 2002 elections, he was the National Party's candidate for Helensville--a seat he won. In August 2004, he was ranked at tenth place in the National caucus, and made the party's spokesperson for finance.
After the 2005 election the National Party Leader Dr Don Brash promoted him to number 4 in the caucus just hehind Bill English in recognition of his role in selling the party's tax package during the campaign.
Key has also been a centre of speculation by political commentators as a possible future leader of the National Party. Some commentators have suggested that a leadership coup may occur before the 2008 election that will replace Don Brash with Key. Both Brash and Key have denied this however with Key threatening the 'un-named Senior MP' leading such efforts. [1]
John is married to Bronagh and has 2 children. When he has some spare time he likes to spend time with the family, cooking, playing golf and watching rugby.
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