Ginny Andersen

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Ginny Andersen (2017)

Virginia Ruby "Ginny" Andersen is a New Zealand politician. She was Deputy Chairwoman of the Labor Party from 2015 to 2017 and has been a member of the House of Representatives since September 2017 .

life and career

Personal life

Andersen earned a Masters of Arts in Political Science from Canterbury University and then settled in Wellington and later in the Hutt Valley in the Wellington region.

Andersen lives in Belmont in Lower Hutt and has four children. From 2006 to 2017 she worked as a political initiative leader with the New Zealand Police . Prior to that, she worked at the Office of Treaty Settlements and served as private secretary and senior political advisor to several Labor Party MPs , including Trevor Mallard , David Cunliffe , Mark Burton and Margaret Wilson .

Her great uncle, Bill Andersen, was a noted activist and union leader.

Political career

In the 2014 general election , Andersen ran in the constituency of Ōhāriu and was defeated by long-serving incumbent Peter Dunne of the United Future party by a narrow margin of 610 votes (1.91 percent). Andersen was Labor Party's vice-chair from 2015 to 2017 but resigned to focus on her candidacy in the 2017 general election .

In October 2016, Andersen was named Labor Party candidate for the 2017 general election at Walhreis Hutt South , against Hutt City Councilor Campbell Barry and list candidate Sarah Packer. She replaced the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, Trevor Mallard , who in July 2016 announced his intention to run as a candidate on the list with the intention of becoming chairman of the House of Representatives . In the 2014 general election in Hutt South, Mallard had defeated candidate Chris Bishop ( National Party ) by a margin of 709 votes (1.83 percent), presumably because of the changes in the constituency boundary and Holly Walker's candidacy for the Green Party , which resulted in a vote splitting led. Andersen was ranked 28th on the Labor Party's list. She did not win a constituency, but entered parliament through the party list.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Labor selects former Ohariu candidate Virginia Andersen to run in Hutt South electorate. In: stuff.co.nz . October 31, 2016, accessed January 13, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b 2017 Candidates. (No longer available online.) New Zealand Labor Party , archived from the original on January 5, 2017 ; accessed on January 13, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Ginny Andersen. New Zealand Labor Party , accessed January 13, 2017 .
  4. ^ Upper Hutt Leader. August 2, 2017, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  5. ^ Labor announces Ohariu candidate. Radio New Zealand , February 20, 2014, accessed January 13, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Mike Smith: Ginny Andersen a rising star electorate. In: The Standard. May 11, 2014, accessed January 14, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Official Count Results - Ōhāriu. Electoral Commission , October 10, 2014, accessed January 13, 2017 .
  8. ^ Nicholas Boyack: Labor MP Trevor Mallard vacates Hutt South electorate to apply for Speaker position. In: stuff.co.nz. July 25, 2016, accessed January 13, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Official Count Results - Hutt South. Electoral Commission, October 10, 2014, accessed January 13, 2017 .
  10. ^ Revised Labor Party List for the 2017 Election. In: scoop.co.nz. August 15, 2017, accessed August 15, 2017 .
  11. ^ Successful Candidates. Electoral Commission , September 23, 2017, accessed September 30, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Andersen, Ginny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andersen, Virginia Ruby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician (Labor Party)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century