Tim Macindoe

Currently serving: East General Ward, Hamilton City Council
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Tim Macindoe’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2022 and 2017 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 7 races — 2 elected 3 not elected 2 pending

2025 NZ Local Government • October 11, 2025 Local
  • East General Ward
    Hamilton City Council
    Filed
  • Mayor
    Hamilton City Council
    Filed
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Hamilton West
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Not elected
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Hamilton West
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • MP for Hamilton West
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • East General Ward
    Hamilton City Council
    Feb 2024 – present
  • MP for Hamilton West
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Nov 2008 – Oct 2020
In the News
The battle for Hamilton: A former climate activist takes on a former National MP
The Spinoff — October 8, 2025

One candidate once took the government to court over its climate change targets. Now her main rival for mayor is banging the cost-cutting drum, and it’s demanding more compromise than her past self would have liked

Police callouts, oddball policy, and occasional political debate in Hamilton
The Spinoff — September 30, 2025

It was a strange and eventful night, but in the end all the candidates at National’s 2025 Hamilton mayoral debate united on one difficult, perhaps even impossible, course of action. About half an hour into the National Party’s Hamilton mayoral debate, a man gets up and starts shouting.

Who wants to be the next mayor of Hamilton?
The Spinoff — August 6, 2025

There’s a wide-open race to lead the city of the future. With incumbent mayor Paula Southgate headed for the door, it’s anyone’s game for the Hamilton mayoralty. Nominations for the race are now closed and 12 candidates are in the running.

Two former Labour MPs vie for seats on Hamilton City Council
RNZ — August 3, 2025

Sue Moroney and Jamie Strange will run against a field of 26 candidates, including former National MP Tim Macindoe, in the East Ward. Six seats available in each of Hamiltons East and West wards.

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