Ray Wallace

Background

Wallace was born in Kirkcaldy Scotland, in 1961.

Career

He received his education at Te Aro Primary, Street Mark"s Church School and Wellington College. He has worked in real estate, health care, and the security industry. Wallace is married and lives in Wainuiomata.

Wallace stood for the New Zealand National Party in the seat of Pencarrow (which covered much of Lower Hutt) at the 1990 general election.

He lost to Labour"s Sonja Davies. Wallace was first elected to Hutt City Council in the Wainuiomata ward in 1995, he served as deputy mayor from 2001 to 2005.

Wallace first challenged incumbent David Ogden for the mayoralty in 2007 and came a close second in the three-person race. Wallace and Stratford received 20,540 and 3,166 votes, respectively.

Achievements

• In the 2010 election, only Ogden and Wallace contested the mayoralty, and the latter won with a healthy majority. He won re-election in the 2013 local elections, achieving a significant majority over his only rival, Philosophy Stratford.