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Chris Carter
LabourFormer MP
Career MP Salary
$243,000
1 years tracked
Career MP Expenses
$212,735
2 years of data
Professional Background
Updated 3 Feb 2026No biographical information available
Education
Not specified
Qualifications
None listed
Salary & Role History
1 years of remuneration data| Year | Primary Role | Salary Category | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Minister of Education | Minister (Cabinet) | $243,000(highest) |
| Total Career Earnings (1 years) | $243,000 | ||
Salary data from Remuneration Authority. Annual salary based on highest-paid role held during the year.
Expense History
Role types: MP (Parliament) · Minister (Executive)
| Year | Role | Accommodation | Travel | Inter-Parl. | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | Other | Air | Surface | VIP | ||||
| 2011 | MP | - | - | $572 | $149 | $721 | - | $1,442 |
| 2008 | Minister | $20,489 | $1,040 | $23,020 | $83,657 | - | $83,087 | $211,293 |
MP expenses from Parliament disclosure. Minister expenses disclosed separately via DIA Executive disclosure. Years showing '-' may indicate the person held a ministerial role during that period.
Cross-Sector Roles
Crown Entity Roles (1)
- Member of Parliament
Declared Financial Interests
5 years of declarations20105 declared interests▼
overseas travel costs (1)
- •China – study visit. Contributor to travel: Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (internal air travel within China). Contributor to accommodation: Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs.
Company Directorships (1)
- •Preston-Leiden Holdings – property holding
Real Property (1)
- •Family home, Te Atatu, Auckland Holiday home, Palm Beach, Waiheke Island
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Mercer Individual Retirement Plan
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
20093 declared interests▼
Company Directorships (1)
- •Preston-Leiden Holdings – rental property
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Mercer Individual Retirement Plan
Real Property (1)
- •Family home, Te Atatu, Auckland Holiday home, Waiheke Island
20089 declared interests▼
overseas travel costs (4)
- •Brisbane, Australia – Australian Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council meeting
- •Alaska – International Whaling Commission Conference
- •Canada – Canadian Housing and Renewal Association Annual Congress
- •Netherlands – Ministerial Round Table of the Conference of the Parties (CoP14) of the
Company Directorships (1)
- •Preston-Leiden Holdings – rental property
Real Property (1)
- •Family home, Te Atatu, South Auckland Holiday home, Waiheke Island, Auckland
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Individual Retirement Plan
Debts Owed to the Member (1)
- •National Bank of New Zealand – long-term deposit
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
200710 declared interests▼
Company Directorships (1)
- •Preston Leiden Holdings – property
Real Property (1)
- •Family residence, Te Atatu, Auckland House, Waiheke Island
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Individual Retirement Plan
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
overseas travel costs (6)
- •Brazil and Argentina – Convention of Biological Diversity
- •Australia – Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council Meeting
- •Fiji, Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Nauru – meetings relating to upcoming International Whaling Commission Conference
- •St Kitts and Nevis, USA, United Kingdom – International Whaling Commission Conference, conservation-related visits, and Housing Conference
- •Australia – Housing Ministers’ Conference
- •USA – funeral of former President Gerald Ford The primary expenses related to this travel were funded by the Crown. Some incidental expenses were met by the host government.
20064 declared interests▼
Debts (Mortgages & Loans) (1)
- •
Retirement Schemes (1)
- •Individual Retirement Plan
Real Property (1)
- •Family home, Te Atatu, Auckland
Company Directorships (1)
- •Preston Leiden Holdings Limited – residential property
Source: Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of Members of Parliament
Data Sources
- MP expenses from Parliament.nz
- CE remuneration from Te Kawa Mataaho
- Financial interests from Register of Pecuniary Interests