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'''Colin McDonald King''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 19 December 1949) is a New Zealand politician who first entered [[New Zealand Parliament|Parliament]] in {{NZ election link year|2005}}. In late 2013, he lost the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] selection process for the {{NZ electorate link|Kaikōura}} electorate for the [[2014 New Zealand general election, 2014|2014 general election]].

King was born in 1949 in [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]]. He is a farmer from [[Marlborough Region|Marlborough]], and has held senior roles in various boards and trusts relating to the agricultural sector.<ref name="Parliamentary bio">{{cite web|title=Colin King: Member for Kaikoura, National Party|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/1/0/6/50MP127411-King-Colin.htm |publisher=New Zealand Parliament|accessdate=22 November 2010}}</ref> In the [[2000 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2000 Queen's Birthday Honours]], he was appointed a [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to shearing and the wool industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.dpmc.govt.nz/nodepublications/389queens-birthday-honours-list-2000-including-special-list-east-timor |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2000 (including special list for East Timor) |date=5 June 2000 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=314 JanuaryJuly 20152020}}</ref> King is married and has four adult children.<ref name="Parliamentary bio" />

In the [[2005 New Zealand general election, 2005|2005 election]], King was a candidate for the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]], standing in the [[Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate)|Kaikoura]] electorate and being ranked 42nd on the party list. He won the Kaikoura electorate receiving 17,755 votes, a margin of 4,675 over the second placed candidate [[Brendon Burns (politician)|Brendon Burns]] and entered Parliament.<ref name="2005 results">{{cite web|title=Official Count Results --– Kaikoura |url=http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/electorate-21.html|publisher=Elections NZ |accessdate=22 November 2010}}</ref>

In 2011 King tied with [[Melissa Lee]] for the title of "Worst performing National MP" in the Trans Tasman Political Week's annual "Political Performance Roll-Call".<ref name="2011 Trans Tasman Political Week rollcall ">{{cite web |title= Most valuable politicians decided |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/6141121/Most-valuable-politicians-decided |publisher=Fairfax NZ |accessdate=15 August 2012}}</ref>

In 2013, King was deselected as National's candidate for Kaikoura, losing a selection challenge by [[Stuart Smith (politician)|Stuart Smith]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9528694/Kaikoura-MP-deselected-by-National |title=Kaikoura MP deselected by National |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=17 December 2013 |accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref> King did not attend several leaving functionfunctions for retiring National MPs, most notably refusing to appear on stage at the National Party Annualannual Conferenceconference with the other departing MPs. Since leaving Parliament, King has been maintaining a low profile but is now working as a Consultantconsultant in the Primaryprimary Industriesindustries and Tertiarytertiary Educationeducation sectors .<ref> {{citewebcite web |title= Newsletter Independent Tertiary Schools of New Zealand | url= http://www.itenz.co.nz/Link_Folder/InTENZ%20December%202014.pdf |publisher = ITENZ| |accessdate= 31 January 2015 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150212062444/http://www.itenz.co.nz/Link_Folder/InTENZ%20December%202014.pdf |archivedate= 12 February 2015 |df= dmy-all }} </ref>

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