Peter McCardle - Post-parliamentary Career

Post-parliamentary Career

Soon after the 1999 election Dr. Muriel Newman, the ACT Welfare Spokesman, hired McCardle as a consultant. McCardle eventually was offered the role as head of the ACT Parliamentary Research Unit.

In the 2001 local body elections and district health board elections McCardle was elected as a Upper Hutt City councillor and Hutt Valley District Health Board member, both roles he successfully defended in the 2004 and 2007 elections.

McCardle left his ACT Parliamentary Office role before the 2005 election to write his memoirs.

McCardle resigned from the Hutt Valley District Health Board in 2008, when he became senior advisor to the new National Party Minister of Health, Tony Ryall. McCardle and Ryall entered Parliament together in 1990.