Douglas Armstrong

Douglas Keith Armstrong (born ) is a former city councillor on the Auckland City Council, New Zealand for the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket. Since 2013, he has been a member of Auckland District Health Board (ADHB).

Career Armstrong was born in . He grew up in the Auckland suburb of Kohimarama and attended Auckland Grammar School. and former member of the Prime Minister's Enterprise Council. When consultancy work dried up, he turned to teaching at Auckland Technical Institute and rose through the administrative ranks until he became chief executive officer of Unitec, one of Auckland's polytechnical institutes. He retired from Unitec in 1999.

In October 2010 Armstrong unsuccessfully stood as a Citizens & Ratepayers candidate on the Ōrākei ward of the new Auckland Council: he was defeated by Cameron Brewer, an independent.

In the 2013 Auckland local elections, Armstrong successfully contested a position on the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB). He has been a member of ADHB since. He is also a trustee of the Sir Woolf Fisher Trust for excellence in education.

Private life Since 1976, Armstrong has lived at Karaka Bay. He owns a bach on Rakino Island.