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Grant Robertson

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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 — 4 elected 3 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Wellington Central
    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 Wellington Central
    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
  • MP for Wellington Central
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Oct 2023 – Mar 2024
  • MP for Wellington Central
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Nov 2008 – Oct 2023
In the News
Should we fret about public debt?
The Spinoff — August 28, 2025

Depending on who you talk to, New Zealand is either drowning in debt or starving the country of the investment it needs because of a self-righteous fixation on driving debt down. Here’s an attempt to get to the bottom of it.

Grant Robertson stands by Covid era spending in wake of Treasury 'rewriting history'
RNZ — August 19, 2025

The former Finance Minister is also rejecting the suggestion the last Labour government did not have enough real-world experience to run the country.

The prime minister we almost had: Grant Robertson’s memoir, reviewed
The Spinoff — August 19, 2025

Henry Cooke reviews Anything Could Happen by former deputy prime minister Grant Robertson.

People are saying a lot about Grant Robertson's decisions in the Covid years. Now, he's having his say
Stuff — August 18, 2025

Says the former minister of finance: “A lot of the history of my time was being written around me.”

Grant Robertson reveals clash with Adrian Orr over housing policy
NZ Herald — August 18, 2025

The former Finance Minister reflects on political and personal relationships in new book.

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