New Zealand Gazette – 2014 – No. 7

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✨ Electoral Declaration



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SUPPLEMENT TO

New Zealand Gazette

OF THURSDAY, 16 JANUARY 2014

WELLINGTON: WEDNESDAY, 22 JANUARY 2014 — ISSUE NO. 7

Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Electoral Commission

Electoral Act 1993

Declaration by Electoral Commission That Joanne Kowhai Hayes is Elected a Member of Parliament

WHEREAS—

A. The Electoral Commission has received a warrant from His Excellency the Governor-General, to supply a member of Parliament to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Katrina May Shanks, pursuant to section 55(1)(f) of the Electoral Act 1993;

B. Under section 137(2) of the Electoral Act 1993, the Electoral Commission has determined that, of the unelected candidates on the party list of the New Zealand National Party, Paul Bernard Quinn stood highest in the order of preference on that list;

C. Under section 137(3) of that Act, the Electoral Commission has asked the Secretary of the New Zealand National Party whether Paul Bernard Quinn remains a member of that party and the Commission has been informed that he remains a member of that party;

D. Under section 137(4) of that Act, the Electoral Commission has asked Paul Bernard Quinn whether he is willing to be a member of Parliament and he has indicated that he is not willing to be a member of Parliament;

E. Under section 137(5) of the Electoral Act 1993, the Electoral Commission has determined that, of the unelected candidates on the party list of the New Zealand National Party, Joanne Kowhai Hayes stood next highest in the order of preference on that list;

F. Under section 137(3) of that Act, the Electoral Commission has asked the Secretary of the New Zealand National Party whether Joanne Kowhai Hayes remains a member of that party and the Commission has been informed that she remains a member of that party;

G. Under section 137(4) of that Act, the Electoral Commission has asked Joanne Kowhai Hayes whether she is willing to be a member of Parliament and she has indicated that she is willing to be a member of Parliament.

THEREFORE, pursuant to section 137(5) of that Act, the Electoral Commission declares that

Joanne Kowhai Hayes

is elected as a member of Parliament by publication of this declaration as a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of January 2014.

ROBERT ANDREW PEDEN, Electoral Commissioner.

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🏛️ Declaration of Joanne Kowhai Hayes as a Member of Parliament

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
22 January 2014
Electoral Commission, Member of Parliament, Declaration, Resignation, New Zealand National Party
  • Katrina May Shanks, Resigned as Member of Parliament
  • Paul Bernard Quinn, Declined to be a Member of Parliament
  • Joanne Kowhai Hayes, Elected as a Member of Parliament

  • Robert Andrew Peden, Electoral Commissioner