appointed deputy mayor of Upper Hutt, a position he maintained until 2013. McCardle resigned from the Hutt Valley District Health Board in 2008, when he was hired as a senior advisor to the new National Party Minister of Health, Tony Ryall. McCardle and Ryall entered Parliament together in 1990. After Ryall's retirement in 2014, McCardle continued working under the successive Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman. McCardle was elected to his fourth and final term on the Upper Hutt City Council in 2010. He stood down from the council at the 2013 election to campaign against local-body amalgamation in the Wellington region. References 1955 births Living people Deputy mayors of places in New Zealand People from Upper Hutt New Zealand First MPs New Zealand National Party MPs New Zealand city councillors Independent MPs of New Zealand New Zealand list MPs New Zealand MPs for Hutt Valley electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand public servants Hutt Valley District Health Board members