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Warren Cooper was born on 21 February, 1933 in Dunedin, New Zealand, is a New Zealand politician. Discover Warren Cooper's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?
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21 February, 1933 |
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Dunedin, New Zealand |
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New Zealand
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Warren Cooper Height, Weight & Measurements
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Warren Cooper Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Warren Cooper worth at the age of 91 years old? Warren Cooper’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from New Zealand. We have estimated Warren Cooper's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Warren Ernest Cooper (born 21 February 1933) is a former New Zealand politician.
Cooper was born in Dunedin in 1933.
He received his education at Musselburgh School and King's High School.
He later moved to Queenstown after leaving school at 15.
He worked as a retailer, a painting, decorating and signwriting contractor, and a motel manager.
He then became a real estate agent and was a leading member of the Jaycees, being awarded with life membership.
They married in Brisbane in 1956.
Cooper also twice served as Mayor of Queenstown, from 1968 to 1975 and 1995 to 2001.
Cooper was Mayor of Queenstown Borough from 1968 to 1975.
As mayor Cooper successfully lobbied the then Minister of Finance Robert Muldoon to allow the Queenstown Borough Council to sell land in the Queenstown Hill Commonage in order to fund new water and sewerage schemes.
He joined the National Party and was elected a member of the party's dominion council in 1973.
He was a National Party MP from 1975 to 1996, holding cabinet positions including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence.
He was first elected to Parliament in the 1975 election as MP for Otago Central, defeating the newly elected Ian Quigley of the Labour Party.
In the, he successfully contested the replacement electorate.
In 1977, Cooper was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
Just after the 1978 election, his ministerial career started.
He was Minister of Tourism (1978–1981), Minister of Regional Development (1978–1981), Postmaster-General (1980–1981), and Minister of Broadcasting (1981).
When Brian Talboys retired from Parliament in 1981, Cooper was appointed to replace him as Minister of Foreign Affairs; he held this position until the government of Robert Muldoon was defeated in 1984.
He got along well with the now Prime Minister Muldoon despite having differing views on policy, Cooper describing Muldoon as a socialist while Muldoon thinking Cooper the caucus' chief private enterpriser (a label Cooper embraced).
After the governments defeat he was retained on the frontbench by Muldoon and was designated Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Trade.
He retained those portfolios for most of Jim McLay's brief tenure as National leader (1984–86) before being dropped from Foreign Affairs by McLay's successor Jim Bolger and instead given the Local Government, Regional Development and South Island Development portfolios.
Following National's defeat in he had another portfolio shift, retaining only Overseas Trade while also gaining Transport.
In a reshuffle in early 1990 he swapped the Transport portfolio for Tourism.
Later, in the government of Jim Bolger, Cooper served as Minister of Defence (1990–96), Minister of Local Government (1990-94) and Minister of Internal Affairs (1993–96).
He transitioned back to local-body politics and was Mayor of Queenstown-Lakes from 1995 to 2001.
Still an MP and minister at the time of his election as mayor there was speculation he might resign from cabinet or parliament altogether but stated he would not do so unless asked to by Bolger.
Cooper remained in Parliament until the 1996 election, when he stepped aside in favour of Gavan Herlihy.
In the 1997 New Year Honours, Cooper was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services.
Cooper and his wife Lorraine have five children.
His future wife had been employed at a hotel in Queenstown owned by his father.
He was involved in a public disagreement over development with actor Sam Neill in 2000, over development in Queenstown.
Cooper said he enjoyed the stoush with Neill (a known Labour Party supporter) who later gave him a case of "socialist Chardonnay".
