term in 2014, and Foss was appointed Minister for Small Business, Minister of Statistics, Minister of Veterans' Affairs, Associate Minister of Immigration, and Associate Minister of Transport, but no longer served in the Cabinet. On 14 December 2016, following a change to the National Party leadership, Foss announced that he would retire from politics at the 2017 general election. He relinquished his ministerial roles on 20 December 2016. The Tukituki electorate was won at the election by Lawrence Yule, who had succeeded Foss as the National Party's candidate. Local government Foss was elected to the Hawke's Bay Regional Council in the 2019 New Zealand local elections, alongside his former parliamentary rival Rick Barker. References External links Craig Foss MP official site Profile at National party |- |- 1963 births Living people New Zealand National Party MPs People from Lower Hutt Victoria University of Wellington alumni Unsuccessful candidates in the 2002 New Zealand general election Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates 21st-century New Zealand politicians