Bruce Windsor Cliffe (born 24 September 1946) is an international business man and a former New Zealand politician. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island He was born in Auckland, and attended Takapuna Grammar School. Takapuna Grammar School is located near the suburb of Takapuna (but is adjacent to Belmont Primary and Belmont Intermediate in Belmont) in the North Shore City
He was a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 1990 to 1996. The New Zealand National Party ("National" or "the Nats" currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats Political party In 1990 he replacing the retiring George Gair in the North Shore seat, and was re-elected in 1993. The 1990 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament 's 43rd term. George Frederick Gair, CMG QSO (born 13 October 1926) is a former New Zealand politician North Shore is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The 1993 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. He became a Cabinet Minister in December 1993 holding the portfolios of Accident Compensation, Radio & Television, and Associate Finance. Features ACC is the sole and compulsory provider of accident insurance for all work and non-work injuries
In 1995, with the first MMP election impending in 1996, he resigned his cabinet posts and was a founder member of the United New Zealand Party, initially led by Clive Matthewson. The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. United New Zealand logo United New Zealand was a centrist Clive Matthewson MNZM, is a former New Zealand politician He was originally a member of the Labour Party, but left in 1995 to jointly establish Bruce Cliffe then unsuccessfully sought to bring about a merger of ACT and United, along with other smaller "centre" or liberal parties to create a "united" centre party for the new MMP environment. The New Zealand political party ACT New Zealand (commonly known as "Act" and pronounced to rhyme with "fact" though internal image-makers push the phrase In 1996 he chose to resign from Parliament. The United New Zealand Party, although losing most of its seats in the 1996 election, continued in Parliament under the leadership of Peter Dunne, and has played a key role in supporting every Government since 1996. The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. Peter Dunne (born 17 March 1954) a New Zealand Politician and Member of Parliament leads the United Future Political party.