Robert Malcolm Simcock is a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 1996 to 2002 and Mayor of Hamilton from 2007 to 2010.
The Republic of New Zealand Party is an unregistered New Zealand political party which seeks to end monarchy in New Zealand. It was a registered party from 2005 to 2009,contesting two general elections in that time and each time receiving the lowest share of the party vote. After deregistration,some members continued in politics under the party name,though since at least 2011 only one person,Jack Gielen,has contested elections under the name.
Grant Thomas is a New Zealand politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hamilton West from 1990 to 1993,and a Hamilton city councillor from 1995 to 2007,including a period as deputy mayor.
Garry B. Mallett is a New Zealand politician. He was the fourth President of ACT New Zealand. As of 2010 he resides in Hamilton,New Zealand,and is a former owner-operator of a branch of Les Mills International there.
Bay of Plenty is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current representative is Todd Muller of the National Party,first elected at the 2014 election. He replaced Tony Ryall,also of the National Party,who retired after representing the seat since 1996.
Hamilton East is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It is currently held by Jamie Strange MP of the Labour Party.
Hamilton West is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It has been held by Gaurav Sharma MP previously of the Labour Party since the 2020 general election. Sharma now sits as an independent and on 18 October 2022,he resigned from parliament,thus triggering a by-election in the electorate.
Manukau East was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate that returned one member of parliament to the House of Representatives. It was first formed for the 1996 election. Between the 2014 election and the 2020 electorate adjustment it was held by Jenny Salesa,a member of the Labour Party,who also won the replacement Panmure-Ōtāhuhu seat in the 2020 election.
Port Waikato is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate which existed for four parliamentary terms from 1996 to 2008,and was recreated by the 2019/20 electoral redistribution ahead of the 2020 election. It was held by Bill Birch for one term,and by Paul Hutchison for the following three terms;both were members of the National Party.
Remutaka is an electorate returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current representative is Chris Hipkins,a member of the Labour Party who has represented the seat since the 2008 New Zealand general election.
Te Atatū is a parliamentary electorate,returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Te Atatūis Phil Twyford of the Labour Party.
Wellington Central is an electorate,represented by a Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives. Its MP since November 2008 has been Labour Party's Grant Robertson. In the 2020 election he was opposed by James Shaw (Greens) and Nicola Willis (National),both also entered parliament via their respective party lists.
Botany is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate,returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was contested for the first time at the 2008 general election,and won by Pansy Wong for the National Party. Following Wong's resignation in late 2010,a by-election returned Jami-Lee Ross,who was confirmed by the voters in the 2011 general election. Ross left the National Party in October 2018 and became an independent. Ross did not contest the seat at the 2020 general election,and was succeeded by the new National candidate,Christopher Luxon,who became the party's leader and the Leader of the Opposition in November 2021.
Waikato is an electorate in the New Zealand Parliament. A Waikato electorate was first created in 1871 and an electorate by this name has existed from 1871 to 1963,1969 to 1996,and 2008 to the present,though exact borders have often changed.
Timothy Harley Macindoe is a New Zealand politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2008 for the Hamilton West electorate. Macindoe previously served as the Minister of Customs in the Fifth National Government.
Taupō is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives. Taupo first existed between 1963 and 1981,and was recreated for the introduction of MMP in 1996. The current MP for Taupōis Louise Upston of the National Party. She has held this position since 2008.
Peseta Samuelu Masunu "Sam" Lotu-Iiga is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Maungakiekie electorate,having been elected in the 2008 election. Lotu-Iiga was one of two National Party Pacific Island MPs. Lotu-Iiga holds the Samoan high chiefly title of Peseta.
Carol Ann Beaumont is a New Zealand unionist and Labour Party politician. She twice served as a list member of Parliament from 2008 to 2011 and 2013 to 2014,and was elected Labour Party senior vice president in 2021.
Andrew King is a New Zealand politician who served as the Mayor of Hamilton,New Zealand from October 2016 to October 2019.
The 2022 Hamilton West by-election is an upcoming by-election in New Zealand's Hamilton West electorate. The seat became vacant due to the resignation of former Labour Party MP Gaurav Sharma on 18 October 2022 after expulsion from the party caucus.
