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Grant Robertson’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 7 races — 4 elected 3 not elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: ROBERTSON, GrantFinal Elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: ROBERTSON, GrantFinal Not elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: ROBERTSON, GrantFinal ElectedVote share • 57.7%27,366 votes
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: ROBERTSON, GrantFinal Not elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: ROBERTSON, GrantFinal ElectedVote share • 49.3%20,873 votes
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Final Not elected
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Parliament of New Zealand (See full results)Affiliation: Labour PartyFinal Elected
Offices held
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List MPParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: LabourOct 2023 – Mar 2024
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MP for Wellington CentralParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: LabourNov 2008 – Oct 2023
In the News
Fulfilling the mission of universities
Otago Daily Times — January 30, 2026The future of universities and research: light or gloom? PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Politicians need to set out their plans for tertiary education, Grant Robertson writes.
Is Nicola Willis losing the right?
The Spinoff — December 11, 2025A war of words between the finance minister and Ruth Richardson has forced open long-simmering tensions over the government’s economic direction, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin.
Grant Robertson, the rock star of Queenstown
Newsroom — November 3, 2025Steve Braunias reports on this weekend’s Queenstown Writers Festival The post Grant Robertson, the rock star of Queenstown appeared first on Newsroom .
Windbag: Key takeaways from Wellington’s red wave local election
The Spinoff — October 13, 2025Andrew Little won the largest mayoral victory in 142 years, and Labour and the Greens grew their governing majority at the council table.
Should we fret about public debt?
The Spinoff — August 28, 2025Depending 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.
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This database currently contains data from the 2025 local government eleciton, and general elections in 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014. It is being backfilled with older data. Please get in touch if you want to help.