completed in 2004. Worth had a career in law and management, including being the executive chairperson of Simpson Grierson, one of New Zealand's larger law firms, from 1986 to 1999. He was the consul for Colombia for six years, and later, the honorary consul for Monaco for eight. He was also a director of Prada America's Cup (NZ) Limited, but would later quit after suggestions it was disloyal for an MP to be linked to a syndicate challenging the New Zealand team. Worth joined the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserves in 1968, rising to captain, and had the role of Chief of Naval Reserves from July 1990 to July 1994. Worth was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (military division) in the 1994 New Year Honours for his work in the Naval Volunteer Reserves. Worth has also been involved in the Order of St John who, in 2008, made him a Knight of the Order of St John. Worth was married and had one daughter. Member of Parliament Electoral history and roles Worth entered Parliament when he successfully stood as the National Party's candidate for the Auckland electorate of Epsom in the 1999 election, winning with a majority of 1,908. National did not win the election overall and so Worth became an Opposition MP. He was re-elected in the 2002 election with an increased majority of 5,619. In his first six years in Parliament, Worth served on the Regulations Review committee and Law and Order committee, and had appointments as the National Party spokesperson for defence, veterans' affairs and justice. Worth lost his electorate seat in the 2005 election to the ACT New Zealand leader Rodney Hide. Hide had put out a tactical voting message calling on National voters to support him in order to elect a coalition partner for National; without winning Epsom, ACT was unlikely to win another electorate seat or to get five percent of the party vote, so would not enter Parliament. National and Worth continued to fight for the seat, but Worth lost by more than 3,000 votes. Worth was however elected as a list MP, and National's party vote in Epsom was the highest of any electorate in the country in that election. When John Key became National Party leader in November 2006, Worth was reassigned to the economic development portfolio. At the 2008 election, Worth lost Epsom again,