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Jacinda Ardern
MP
Official New Zealand Labour Party portrait of Jacinda Ardern
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Labour Party List
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 November 2008
Personal details
Born (1980-07-26) 26 July 1980 (age 44)
Hamilton, New Zealand[1]
Nationality New Zealand
Political partyLabour Party

Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern[2] (b. 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician. A member of the Labour Party, she was elected as a list MP at the 2008 general election.[3]

Professional life

Ardern has spent time in London, working as a senior policy advisor.[4] In early 2008 she was elected as the President of the International Union of Socialist Youth.[5]

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
2008–2011 49th List 20 Labour
2011–present 50th List 13 Labour
Ardern, with Phil Goff and Carol Beaumont, at an anti-mining march on 1 May 2010.

After being placed high on Labour's party list for the 2008 election (at number 20 she was virtually guaranteed a seat in Parliament) she returned from London to campaign full time. She was selected as the Party's candidate for the Waikato electorate. Upon election, she was the youngest sitting MP in Parliament, succeeding fellow Labour MP Darren Hughes, and remained the youngest MP until the election of Gareth Hughes on 11 February 2010.

Ardern was appointed Labour's spokesperson for Youth Affairs, and associate spokesperson for Justice (Youth Affairs) by Labour leader Phil Goff.[6]

Jacinda Ardern has featured as a panel guest on the TVNZ show Back Benches. The episode's panel was all young members of the political parties. On 19 November 2008, shortly after the 2008 general election, Ardern featured for her first time on this show. She featured again on Wednesday 23 June 2010,shortly after the shadow cabinet reshuffle, in which Ardern had no portfolio change.

She has also made regular appearances on TVNZ's Breakfast programme as part of the 'Young Guns' feature in which she appeared alongside National MP Simon Bridges.

Ardern contested the Auckland Central seat for Labour at the 2011 general election, against incumbent National MP Nikki Kaye for National and Greens candidate Denise Roche. She came second in the electorate, 717 votes behind Kaye, and was returned to Parliament via the party list.[7]

She was elevated to the fourth-ranking position in the Shadow Cabinet on 19 December 2011, becoming Spokesperson for Social Development under new leader David Shearer.

References

  1. ^ "Candidate profile: Jacinda Ardern". 3 News. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Hansard - Members Sworn [Volume:651;Page:2]". Parliament of New Zealand.
  3. ^ Election results
  4. ^ "People - New Zealand Labour Party".
  5. ^ "iusy".
  6. ^ "Five newcomers to Labour's frontbench".
  7. ^ "Auckland Central electorate results 2011".

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