2009 Mount Albert by-election

2009 Mount Albert by-election
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Turnout20,943 (c. 60.8%)
 
Candidate David Shearer Melissa Lee
Party Labour National
Popular vote 13,260 3,542
Percentage 63.31% 16.91%
 
Candidate Russel Norman John Boscawen
Party Green ACT
Popular vote 2,567 968
Percentage 12.26% 4.62%
Member before election

Helen Clark
Labour

Elected Member

David Shearer
Labour

The 2009 Mount Albert by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Mount Albert on 13 June 2009.[1] There were fifteen candidates in the election.[2] David Shearer of the Labour Party won the election with 63% of the vote. The seat was vacated by former Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark, who resigned from the New Zealand Parliament on 17 April 2009[3] following her appointment to head the United Nations Development Programme. Main issues surrounding the campaign included the building of the Waterview Connection and the Auckland Region becoming a supercity.[4]

  1. ^ "Date set for Mt Albert by-election". The New Zealand Herald. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Mt Albert by-election candidates named". The New Zealand Herald. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  3. ^ Young, Audrey (18 April 2009). "Haere ra Helen and Heather". The New Zealand Herald.
  4. ^ Norman, Russel (10 May 2009). "The muscle to protect Mount Albert's services". Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2010.