Rod David Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Current Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand logo The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... Jeanette Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. ...

He also served as the Green Party spokesperson on Buy Kiwi Made, Commerce, Electoral Reform, Finance and Revenue, Land Information, Regional Development and Small Business, Superannuation, Sustainable Economics, State Services, Statistics, Tourism, Trade, and Waste. Buy Kiwi Made is a promotion for people to buy products made in New Zealand. ... Commerce is the trading of something of value between two entities. ... Electoral reform projects seek to change the way that public desires are reflected in elections through electoral systems. ... A small business may be defined as a business with a small number of employees. ... A pension (also known as superannuation) is a retirement plan intended to provide a person with a secure income for life. ... Sustainability is a systemic concept, relating to the continuity of economic, social, institutional and environmental aspects of human society. ... An example of statistics used in educational assessment. ... Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... A fruit stand at a market. ... WASTE is a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and piece of software developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003. ...

He lived in Christchurch, New Zealand with his partner Nicola Shirlaw and three daughters Holly, Emma and Zoe. For other uses, see Christchurch (disambiguation). ...

Donald held Values Party membership from 1974 to 1979 and then Labour Party membership from 1982 to 1988. On becoming national spokesperson of the impartial Electoral Reform Coalition from 1989 to 1993 he had to resign his party membership. After the success of the MMP referendum at the 1993 election he joined the Green Party in February 1994. After he became co-leader of the Greens in 1995, voters first elected him to parliament in the 1996 election as an Alliance List MP. A logo used by the Values Party The Values Party, sometimes considered the worlds first national-level environmentalist party, was established in 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The 1993 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ... The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... Current Alliance logo The Alliance, when referring to New Zealand politics, refers to a left-wing political party. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

After the Green Party left the Alliance to stand alone at the 1999 election he won election at number two on the Greens' party list. He retained his list seat in the 2002 and 2005 elections. The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament. ... Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems used in multiple-winner elections (e. ... The 2002 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. ... The 2005 New Zealand general election was held on 17 September 2005. ...

For many years Donald had a special interest in electoral reform in New Zealand. From 1989 to 1993 he served as spokesperson for the Electoral Reform Coalition during the campaign that led to the introduction of MMP. Subsequently he played a major part in getting legislation passed to allow STV voting in local body elections in New Zealand. Until 1996, New Zealand used the British system of first past the post (FPP) for parliamentary elections . ... The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system where some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ... This STV ballot for the Australian Senate illustrates group voting tickets. ... Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state. ...

Shortly after midnight on 6 November 2005, the day before his scheduled swearing-in in for his fourth term in Parliament, he died suddenly at his Christchurch home after suffering for a few days from what he believed was food poisoning from eating whitebait. An autopsy initially ruled out a heart attack, but subsequent test-results determined that death resulted from an inflammation of the heart muscle from viral myocarditis, which causes such symptoms only in rare cases. He was 48 years old. His funeral took place at the cathedral of Christ Church, with his casket arriving on board an electric bus, and his wake took place at a local pub. November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Christchurch (disambiguation). ... Foodborne illness or food poisoning is caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites. ... Whitebait are young fish; in Europe the term applies to young herring, but in other parts of the world it is used for similar fish of other species. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Myocardium is the muscular tissue of the heart. ... The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) A virus is a microscopic parasite that infects cells in biological organisms. ... In medicine (cardiology), myocarditis is inflammation of the myocardium, the muscular part of the heart. ... Cathedral Square in Christchurch, with Christ Church in the background. ... A wake is a ceremony associated with death. ...

References

• “Greens co-leader dies,” NZPA, 6 November 2005.
• “Farewell to 'noble New Zealander',” The Press, 11 November 2005.
• “Cause of Donald's death revealed,” NZPA, 11 November 2005.

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External links

• Rod Donald biography (Green Party website)
• Rod Donald biography (NZ Parliament website)