Ginny Andersen

Ginny Andersen
Andersen in 2023
52nd Minister of Justice
In office
24 July 2023 – 27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChris Hipkins
Preceded byKiri Allan
Succeeded byPaul Goldsmith
42nd Minister of Police
In office
20 March 2023 – 27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChris Hipkins
Preceded byMegan Woods
Succeeded byMark Mitchell
2nd Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications
In office
1 February 2023 – 27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChris Hipkins
Preceded byDavid Clark
Succeeded byJudith Collins
14th Minister for Seniors
In office
1 February 2023 – 27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChris Hipkins
Preceded byAyesha Verrall
Succeeded byCasey Costello
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
Assumed office
23 September 2017
ConstituencyList (2023–present)
Hutt South (2020–23)
List (2017–20)
Personal details
Born1975 (age 48–49)
New Zealand
Political partyLabour
SpouseGeoff Gwyn
RelationsBill Andersen (great-uncle)
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
WebsiteLabour Party profile

Virginia Ruby Andersen[1][2][3] (born 1975)[4] is a New Zealand politician. She has been a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party since the 2017 New Zealand general election.

Andersen held the offices of Minister of Police and Minister of Justice in the final months of the Sixth Labour Government.

  1. ^ "Labour selects former Ohariu candidate Virginia Andersen to run in Hutt South electorate". Stuff. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Candidates". New Zealand Labour Party. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Ginny Andersen". New Zealand Labour Party. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.