Agnes Loheni

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Agnes Loheni
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Loheni in 2023
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National Party party list
In office
31 January 2019 –17 October 2020
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2019–2020 52nd List 49 National

In 2017 election Loheni stood for the National Party in the Māngere electorate and was placed 49 on National's party list. [5] She was defeated by the incumbent Labour Member of Parliament William Sio, who won by a margin of 14,597 votes. [6] Loheni was not ranked high enough on National's party list to be allocated a seat in parliament. In February 2018 Loheni and several other "next in line" list candidates attended National's parliamentary caucus meeting to help ease their transition into parliament should they enter during the course of the parliamentary term. [7]

Loheni became a Member of Parliament on 31 January 2019, following the retirement of National MP Chris Finlayson, and was sworn in on 12 February. [8] [9] She was appointed as National's associate spokesperson for small business and associate spokesperson for Pacific people by leader Simon Bridges. [10] [11]

In November 2019 she stood for the National nomination in the safer seat of Botany, but lost to former Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon. [12] In May 2020 she indicated that she was seeking the National nomination for the new seat of Takanini, [13] but a month later the party announced Rima Nakhle as its candidate. [14] Loheni was instead selected to contest Māngere for a second time. [15]

During the 2020 New Zealand general election, Loheni contested Māngere a second time but was defeated by the Labour incumbent William Sio by a final margin of 19,396 votes. [16] Due to National's landslide defeat, Loheni lost her seat in Parliament since she did not rank high enough on the party list. [17]

During the 2023 New Zealand general election, Loheni stood as a "list only candidate" for the National Party. While campaigning, she identified the cost of living crisis, crime and poor education and health outcomes as issues of concern to Auckland families. [18] Despite National's election victory, Loheni was not ranked highly enough to enter Parliament on the National party list. [19]

Views

Loheni has taken an anti-abortion stance. She served on the Abortion Legislation Select Committee to consider the Abortion Legislation Act 2020. Loheni wrote a minority report for the committee criticising the bill for what she considered its lack of safeguards on late-term abortions and foetal abnormalities. [20] [21] [22]

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  6. ↑ "Māngere – Official Result". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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  13. ↑ "National MP Sets Sights On Takanini Seat". Scoop. 12 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "Rima Nakhle National's Candidate In Takanini". Scoop. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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