David Benson-Pope
David Henry Benson-Pope (born 1950) is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who sat in the Parliament of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008. He formerly served as a cabinet minister.
Benson-Pope, born in Dunedin, received his tertiary education at the University of Otago and at the Christchurch College of Education. While studying education he was president of the Students' Association at the college, and National President of the Student Teachers' Association of New Zealand. Working as a teacher, he also became involved in the teachers' unions. Benson-Pope is married with two twin children, Henry Benson-Pope and Sammy Benson-Pope.
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