Member of Parliament. At the 1998 local-body elections Matthewson ran for the position of Mayor of Dunedin, but was defeated by incumbent Sukhi Turner. Post-politics He was the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the University of Otago from 2002 to 2008, and between 23 July 2004 and 30 September 2008 was on the board of directors for the New Zealand Railways Corporation. Personal life Matthewson is married with five children. Katherine Rich, a former National Party MP, is his niece. Notes References 1944 births Living people People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit New Zealand Labour Party MPs Leaders of political parties in New Zealand Engineers from Dunedin United New Zealand MPs University of Canterbury alumni New Zealand MPs for Dunedin electorates Unsuccessful candidates in the 1981 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand civil engineers University of Otago faculty