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Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith (born 20 January 1975) is a British Conservative politician and journalist who, since 2010, has represented Richmond Park as its Member of Parliament (MP). Goldsmith was selected, in 2015, as the Conservative candidate to contest the 2016 London Mayoral election. From 1998 to 2007 he served as editor of ''The Ecologist'' magazine, whilst continuing as a campaigner and commentator on environmental issues. He was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Quality of Life Policy Group in 2005, co-authoring its report published in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General election 2015 pledges on the NHS, health and social care - The King’s Fund )〕 Goldsmith was placed on the Conservative "A-List" of prospective parliamentary candidates by David Cameron, then Leader of the Opposition, in 2006. Through an open primary in March 2007, he was selected to contest the constituency of Richmond Park against the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP, Susan Kramer. At the 2010 election, he won the seat with a majority of 4,091. At the 2015 general election, Goldsmith was returned to the Commons with a majority of 23,015, an increase of almost 19,000 since 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zac Goldsmith MP )〕 ==Early life== Born at Westminster Hospital in London, Goldsmith is the middle child of Sir James Goldsmith, a member of the prominent Goldsmith family of German Jewish descent and his third wife, the Anglo-Irish aristocrat, Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart. Goldsmith was brought up at Ormeley Lodge in Ham with his siblings, Jemima and Ben.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Zac Goldsmith MP on life in west London )〕 He has five paternal half-siblings,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=- Person Page 5917 )〕 and is also half-brother to Robin and India Jane Birley, his mother's children from her first marriage. His maternal great-grandfather was the 7th Marquess of Londonderry, the well-known Ulster Unionist politician. As a child, Goldsmith was an avid reader of naturalist Gerald Durrell's works〔 and developed a committed passion for Sir David Attenborough's wildlife programmes. He later recalled, "(Sir David) was my hero, and it was his work that made me fall in love with the natural world". His ecological interests were nurtured further when his father gave him a copy of Helena Norberg-Hodge's book ''Ancient Futures'', with a note saying: "This will change your life".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zac Goldsmith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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