Background
Hutchison was born in Wellington, and attended Khandallah School and Onslow College.
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Paul Hutchison
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University of Otago.
Career
He is a graduate of the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery in 1970, and was a consulting specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology with his medical career spanning almost 30 years. Hutchison is married with four daughters. Hutchison was first elected to Parliament as the Member of Parliament for Portuguese Waikato in the 1999 election, and was re-elected in the 2002 election and 2005 election, and for Hunua in the 2008 and 2011 elections.
As an Member of Parliament he has held a number of health-related roles, including opposition Spokesperson for Health, and Chairperson of the Health Committee.
He was one of only two National Party MPs to support the successful Smokefree Environments Amendment Acting 2003, and voted against the Death with Dignity euthanasia bill, also in 2003. Hutchison was spotted reading while driving by a motorist in September 2009, prompting Acting Prime Minister Bill English to warn MPs to adhere to driving regulations.
Hutchison announced in October 2013 that he was going to retire from Parliament at the 2014 general election.
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Membership
He is a member of the National Party, which he represented in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2014.
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