2017 Mount Albert by-election

New Zealand by-election

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.

2017 Mount Albert by-election

← 201425 February 20172017 →

The Mount Albert electorate seat in the House of Representatives
Turnout13,649 (30.0%)
 
Jacinda Ardern, 2018.jpg
Julie Anne Genter MP.jpg
CandidateJacinda ArdernJulie Anne Genter
PartyLabourGreen
Popular vote10,4951,564
Percentage76.8911.45

Mount Albert electorate boundaries used for the by-election

MP before election

David Shearer
Labour

Elected MP

Jacinda Ardern
Labour

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