Bernard James Ogilvy is a New Zealand educator and politician. He was a list member of Parliament (MP) for the

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party from 2002 to 2005. He left United Future with the breakaway Kiwi Party in 2007.

Early years

Before entering national politics, Ogilvy lectured at Auckland's Masters Institute, a

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teachers college, as well as being involved with

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Member of Parliament

He was elected to the New Zealand Parliament as a list MP for the United Future party in the 2002 general election. Controversy arose when the media reported that he had been using the title "Doctor" on the basis of an

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awarded by a Californian theological school for his volunteer work at the

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. Like his colleagues, Murray Smith, Paul Adams and

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, Ogilvy was an

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or fundamentalist Christian. Like the above, and

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, he lost his seat at the 2005 general election when the party's electoral support fell to one third its previous level.

Later years

Ogilvy reappeared as secretary of the new Kiwi Party in 2007, after

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seceded from United Future over

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's support for

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's child discipline bill, which sought to outlaw most forms of parental

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of children in New Zealand. Ogilvy made the application to register the Kiwi Party with the Electoral Commission.Electoral Commission
, The Kiwi Party – Application to register a political party

References

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