Eric Roy (politician)

In September 2018, Roy announced that his cattle were being tested for the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis. In 2018, it was reported that Roy nominated Yikun Zhang, a businessman and political donor with connections to the Communist Party of China, for the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Roy was elected to the Southland Regional Council in 2016. He attempted to become chairman and deputy chairman but lost both votes 5–7.

Roy was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services as a Member of Parliament, in the 2015 New Year Honours.

On 15 June 2015, it was announced that Roy had been appointed to the board of Landcorp.

Roy announced in January 2014 that he would retire at the 2014 election.

In 2005, he contested the Invercargill electorate for the National Party and was re-elected to Parliament after winning the bellwether seat. He increased his majority in the 2008 election, was re-elected in 2011 election, and served as the Deputy Speaker of the House.

Roy was not elected in the 2002 election; he was defeated by Labour's Mark Peck in Invercargill and, at 26, was not placed high enough on the National Party list to be re-elected.

He first entered Parliament in the 1993 election as MP for the Awarua electorate. For the 1996 election, Awarua was merged into Invercargill and he was beaten by Labour's Mark Peck, but he remained in Parliament through being elected through the party list. He unsuccessfully contested the Invercargill electorate in the 1999 election but remained a list MP. Roy served as Assistant Speaker of the House from 1998 to 2002, initially under National's Doug Kidd and then under Labour's Jonathan Hunt.

Eric Wilbur Roy QSO JP (born 27 June 1948) is a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the National Party. He was first elected in 1993 and served, with one three-year break, until 2014.

Roy was born in Gore in 1948. Before entering politics, he was a farmer and company director. He is a Justice of the Peace.