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.[1]
Political career
| Years | Ward | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2016 | Whau | Labour | |
| 2016–2019 | Whau | Labour | |
At the 1984 he stood as the Labour Party candidate for the seat of Matamata.[1]
Clow served on the Waitakere City Council, where he served as finance chairman.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
At the 2013 Auckland elections, Clow was elected as an Auckland councillor for the Whau ward, defeating Noelene Raffills.[6] He became the finance committee chairman on Auckland Council.[7]
In 2016, Clow was comfortably reelected as councillor for the ward and was also elected to the Portage Licensing Trust.[8][9] The new mayor, Phil Goff, appointed Clow the chairperson of the finance and performance committee.[10]
In 2019, Clow was defeated by Tracy Mulholland of Communities and Residents by less than 200 votes.