Name: Denis O’Connor

Candidate Profile:
Denis is a long time resident of Spreydon part of the Wigram electorate in Christchurch where Jim Anderton is M.P. Denis describes himself as “actively retired” – he doesn’t know how he had the time to go to work. He worked as an employment projects advisor for the last 10 years in NZES before it was gobbled up by Work and Income under a National Government.

Candidate Statement:
Denis says that over 60’s in Spreydon were recently told in a letter from Jim Anderton that nothing could be done about electricity, petrol and food prices. The Alliance party will stop such nonsense by eliminating GST on food and restoring publicly owned electricity generation. Denis is committed to letting people in Wigram know that there is a better way for them.