2017 Mount Albert by-election

2017 Mount Albert by-election
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The Mount Albert electorate seat in the House of Representatives
Turnout13,649 (30.0%)
 
Jacinda Ardern, 2018.jpg
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Candidate Jacinda Ardern Julie Anne Genter
Party Labour Green
Popular vote 10,495 1,564
Percentage 76.89 11.45
Mount Albert electorate boundaries used for the by-election
MP before election

David Shearer
Labour

Elected MP

Jacinda Ardern
Labour

The 2017 Mount Albert by-election was a New Zealand by-election held in the Mount Albert electorate on 25 February 2017 during the 51st New Zealand Parliament.

The seat was vacated after the resignation of David Shearer, a former Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.[1][2]

No all right and centre-right parties ran, and turnout was low. The electorate was won by Labour Party list MP Jacinda Ardern by a large margin. Another Labour member, Raymond Huo, filled Ardern's list seat.

References

  1. ↑ Audrey Young (8 December 2016). "David Shearer to quit for UN job: Mt Albert byelection looms". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Green Party to stand against Labour in Mt Albert by-election". stuff.co.nz. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.