Ross Clow (born 1953/54) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2013 to 2019. He was earlier a Waitakere City Councillor.
Early life and career Clow grew up in Matamata and studied economics and political science at the University of Auckland. He graduated in 1984.
Political career
At the he stood as the Labour Party candidate for the seat of .
Clow served on the Waitakere City Council, where he served as finance chairman.Councillors facing the challenge to make it work nzherald.co.nz, 9 October 2010Internet to ease shock of Waitakere rates nzherald.co.nz, 6 July 2006
At the 2010 Auckland elections, Clow stood for Auckland Council in the Whau ward, finishing second and losing to Auckland City Councillor Noelene Raffills by fewer than 500 votes.Poor media coverage blamed for low Whau voter turnout tewhanui.info, 8 October 2013
At the 2013 Auckland elections, Clow was elected as an Auckland councillor for the Whau ward, defeating Noelene Raffills. He became the finance committee chairman on Auckland Council.Auckland Councillors keep travel perk nzherald.co.nz, 25 July 2014
In 2016, Clow was comfortably reelected as councillor for the ward and was also elected to the Portage Licensing Trust. The new mayor, Phil Goff, appointed Clow the chairperson of the finance and performance committee.
In 2019, Clow was defeated by Tracy Mulholland of Communities and Residents by less than 200 votes.
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