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Derek Francis Quigley (born 31 January 1932) is a former New Zealand politician. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday 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 a prominent member of the National Party during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was known for his support of free market economics and trade liberalization. The New Zealand National Party ("National" or "the Nats" currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats Political party This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. A free market is a Market in which property rights are voluntarily exchanged at a price arranged completely by the mutual consent of sellers and buyers Quigley left the National Party after clashing with its leadership, and later co-founded the ACT New Zealand party. 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

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Early life

Quigley was born in Waikari, a small town in the northern Canterbury region. Waikari is a small town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand 's South Island. The New Zealand region of Canterbury (Waitaha is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains He was educated in Christchurch, attending Canterbury University. Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand This page discusses the New Zealand university For universities in Canterbury England see the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University Initially, Quigley worked as a farmer, but later gained a law degree and practiced as a lawyer. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person

Member of Parliament

After holding a number of internal party positions, Quigley stood as the National Party's candidate for the Rangiora seat in the 1975 election. The New Zealand National Party ("National" or "the Nats" currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats Political party The 1975 New Zealand general election was held to elect MPs to the 38th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The seat had been taken from National Party by Kerry Burke of the Labour Party at the previous election, but was successfully won back by Quigley. The New Zealand National Party ("National" or "the Nats" currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats Political party Sir Thomas Kerry Burke (born March 24 1942) served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1987 to 1990 The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party

Cabinet Minister

After three years as a backbencher, Quigley was appointed to Cabinet, and held a number of ministerial roles. For other meanings see Backbench A backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP or a legislator who does not hold governmental The New Zealand Cabinet functions as the policy and decision-making body of the Executive branch within the New Zealand government system

Quigley rapidly earned the hostility of senior National Party figures, however, with his criticism of the government's economic policies. The New Zealand National Party ("National" or "the Nats" currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats Political party The Prime Minister of the day, Robert Muldoon, favoured decidedly interventionist policies, but Quigley preferred a more laissez-faire approach, and considered Muldoon's interventionism to be contrary to the traditional spirit of the National Party. The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's Head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in Sir Robert David ("Rob" Muldoon, GCMG, CH ( 25 September 1921 &ndash 5 August 1992) served as Prime Minister Economic interventionism, is a common term used to describe any activity beyond the basic regulation of fraud and enforcement of contracts undertaken by a government in an effort to affect Laissez-faire ( pronunciation: French,; English,) is a French phrase literally meaning Let do (“allow to do” The New Zealand National Party ("National" or "the Nats" currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats Political party In 1981, Quigley contested the deputy leadership of the party, despite Muldoon openly saying that he could not work with him. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Quigley's main opponent (and Muldoon's strong favourite) was Duncan MacIntyre, a long-serving Muldoon loyalist. Duncan MacIntyre could refer to Duncan McIntyre (businessman (1834&ndash1894 Canadian businessman Duncan MacIntyre (New Zealand Sir Robert David ("Rob" Muldoon, GCMG, CH ( 25 September 1921 &ndash 5 August 1992) served as Prime Minister Quigley was defeated by Muldoon's casting vote.

A week after Quigley lost the deputy leadership race, he was dismissed by Muldoon as Associate Finance Minister, reducing his ability to effectively criticise Muldoon's economic policies. Quigley nevertheless continued his attacks. In June the following year, he made a public denunciation of the government's policies, saying that the state should have a passive role in the economy. Muldoon and his allies reacted furiously to this public criticism, and Quigley was given the choice of either giving a public apology or resigning from Cabinet. Sir Robert David ("Rob" Muldoon, GCMG, CH ( 25 September 1921 &ndash 5 August 1992) served as Prime Minister The New Zealand Cabinet functions as the policy and decision-making body of the Executive branch within the New Zealand government system He chose to resign. At the 1984 election, he resigned from politics altogether, becoming a business consultant. The 1984 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 41st New Zealand Parliament.

ACT New Zealand

One of his many consulting projects was to chair a major review of New Zealand defence for the Lange government. The Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 26 July 1984 to 2 November 1990

In 1995 however, Quigley re-entered the political arena, joining forces with Roger Douglas to form the ACT New Zealand party. Sir Roger Owen Douglas (born 5 December 1937) a New Zealand politician formerly served as a senior Cabinet minister 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 The new MMP electoral system, which made it easier for smaller parties to win seats, convinced Quigley that a strongly free-market party could indeed be successful. Mixed member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is an ' additional member ' In the 1996 election, the first conducted under MMP, Quigley was returned to Parliament as an ACT list MP and chaired the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee during the next three years. The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. Mixed member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is an ' additional member ' 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 Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of Voting systems used in multiple-winner Elections (e Under Quigley's chairmanship, the select committee produced The Defence Beyond 2000 Report which became the blueprint for the Clark government's radical restructuring of the New Zealand Defence Force. The Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand is the current government of New Zealand.

Quigley did not stand for re-election in 1999 election and was immediately appointed by the incoming Prime Minister to review the contract the previous government had signed with the United States for New Zealand to acquire 28 near new F-16 fighter aircraft. The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament. Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950 is the 37th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Quigley advised the government to renegotiate the contract and acquire a lesser number of aircraft. One of his reasons for this recommendation was that cancellation of the contract would result in the disbandonment of the RNZAF's air combat capability. The Royal New Zealand Air Force ( RNZAF) is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The government disputed this and cancelled the contract. Two years later, it disbanded the RNZAF's air combat capability. The Royal New Zealand Air Force ( RNZAF) is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force.

Since early 2004 Quigley and his family have been living in Canberra, where Quigley is a Visiting Fellow at ANU's Strategic & Defence Studies Centre. Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. The Australian National University, commonly abbreviated to ANU, is a public Research university situated in Canberra, Australia. He is writing extensively on trans Tasman and regional security issues and on the on-going situation between the United States and New Zealand over the latter's anti-nuclear policy. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

References

Further reading

  • Conference papers: information needs of the earthquake insurance industry in New Zealand, 27-29 November 1989, n. p. : n. p. , 1989 
  • Azizian, Rouben; McNamara, Malcolm (eds. ) & Alison, Miranda (1999), New Zealand foreign and defence policy at the end of the 20th century: views of political parties: proceedings of a pre-election seminar held at the University of Auckland, 21 October 1999, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington in association with Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs 
  • Heyrick, Murray (1995), "Quigley: a necessary evil?" : an analysis of the New Zealand defence resource management review (1988) and its impact on the development of the New Zealand defence forces {M. P. P. - Victoria University of Wellington] 
  • Quigley, Derek (chair) (1980), Government Cabinet/Caucus Committee report: the New Zealand Accident Compensation Scheme: a review, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: The Committee 
  • Quigley, Derek (1989), New Zealand defence: resource management review, 1988, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: Ministry of Defence 
  • Quigley, Derek (2006), The war against defence restructuring: a case study on changes leading to the current structure of New Zealand defence [Canberra papers on strategy and defence ; 166], Canberra, [A. C. T. ]: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University, ISBN 9780731554775 
  • Quigley, Derek (2007), The defence diarchy: a case study on its abolition in New Zealand [Working paper (Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre); 402], Canberra, [A. C. T. ]: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University, ISBN 9780731554782 
  • Quigley, Derek et al. (1990), The Quigley report , Auckland, [N. Z. ]: N. Z. Professional Firefighters' Union 
  • Quigley, Derek et al. (1997), Inquiry into New Zealand's place in the world and New Zealand's role in Asia-Pacific Regional Security: report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: House of Representatives 
  • Quigley, Derek et al. (1997), Inquiry into Parliament's role in the international treaty process: report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Forty-Fifth Parliament, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: House of Representatives 
  • Quigley, Derek et al. (1998), Inquiry into defence beyond 2000: interim report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: Published by order of the House of Representatives 
  • Quigley, Derek et al. (1999), Inquiry into defence beyond 2000: report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: House of Representatives 
  • Quigley, Derek et al. (1999), Inquiry into the appointment process for the Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: House of Representatives 
  • Quigley, Derek et al. (1999), Inquiry into the implications of New Zealand's participation in APEC: interim report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: House of Representatives 
  • Quigley, Derek et al. (1999), Review of the international treaty examination process: report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: House of Representatives 
  • Quigley, Derek; Estall, Roger J. & Wheeler, Brent (1989), Fire sprinkler technology: costs and benefits: a study carried out for the New Zealand Fire Service Commission, Wellington, [N. Z. ]: The Commission 
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