Michael Wood
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Michael Wood’s Elections & Candidacies
Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.
Contested 10 races — 3 elected 6 not elected 1 pending
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: WOOD, Michael PhilipFinal Not elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: WOOD, Michael PhilipFinal Not electedVote share • 39.9%14,095 votes
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: WOOD, Michael PhilipFinal Not elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: WOOD, Michael PhilipFinal ElectedVote share • 61.8%23,050 votes
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: WOOD, Michael PhilipFinal Not elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: WOOD, Michael PhilipFinal ElectedVote share • 55.3%19,094 votes
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Final ElectedVote share • 66.7%11,623 votes
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Final Not elected
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Final Not electedVote share • 9.4%3,470 votes
Offices held
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MP for Mt RoskillParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: LabourDec 2016 – Oct 2023
In the News
Former minister accused of telling ‘horror story’ about Talley’s
Newsroom — October 8, 2025Michael 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, 2025Former Labour Minister Michael Wood and TVNZ’s head of news Phil O’Sullivan gave evidence.
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