Celia Wade-Brown
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Celia Wade-Brown’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 3 races — 0 elected 3 not elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Green PartyBallot name: WADE-BROWN, CeliaFinal Not elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Green PartyBallot name: WADE-BROWN, CeliaFinal Not electedVote share • 4.2%1,832 votes
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Green PartyBallot name: WADE-BROWN, CeliaFinal Not electedVote share • 3.1%1,359 votes
Offices held
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List MPParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Green PartyJan 2024 – present
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MayorWellington City CouncilOct 2010 – Oct 2016
In the News
Green MP Celia Wade-Brown to step down at the election
Stuff — January 28, 2026The former Wellington mayor says it’s time to make way for new talent.
Celia Wade-Brown calls time on her political career
The Post — January 28, 2026The Green Party list MP and former Wellington mayor will call it quits later this year, swapping the debating chamber for cycling, tramping and “things that don’t fit easily into a Parliamentary schedule”.
‘Too many councils’ is a myth: Wade-Brown
The Post — December 31, 2025In the third of a summer series on Wairarapa leaders’ views on the Government’s proposed local council reforms, Wairarapa-based Green Party List MP and spokesperson on local government, Celia Wade-Brown, shares her perspectives.
Why regional councils will cease to exist, and what comes next
The Spinoff — November 26, 2025Mayors are set to gain more power as the government proposes to abolish regional councils – but what will take their place is a work in progress.
Former mayor says no to keeping possums at home
The Post — October 23, 2025Former Wellington mayor and Green Party associate conservation spokesperson Celia Wade-Brown has joined Greater Wellington Regional Council in a call aimed at protecting native wildlife and biodiversity.
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