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Michael Wood

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Michael Wood’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 8 races — 3 elected 5 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Not elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Elected
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Elected
2016 Mt Roskill Byelection • December 3, 2016 General
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Dec 2016 – Oct 2023
In the News
Former minister accused of telling ‘horror story’ about Talley’s
Newsroom — October 8, 2025

Michael Wood’s claims of serious safety deficiencies at Talley’s, and what influenced his statements, are dissected in the High Court The post Former minister accused of telling ‘horror story’ about Talley’s appeared first on Newsroom .

Former Labour minister grilled in Talley’s defamation case
Stuff — October 7, 2025

Former Labour Minister Michael Wood and TVNZ’s head of news Phil O’Sullivan gave evidence.

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