Dan Bidois

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Dan Bidois
MP
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Northcote
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 October 2023
YearsTermElectorateParty
2018 –2020 52nd Northcote National
2023 –present 54th Northcote60 National

On 22 March 2018, then-Member for Northcote Jonathan Coleman announced his resignation from Parliament, triggering the first by-election of the 52nd Parliament. [9] On 15 April, Bidois was chosen as National's candidate for the Northcote by-election, [6] [10] which he subsequently won by 6.28%, receiving 10,566 votes and taking 50.67% of the overall vote. [11] Bidois was sworn into the 52nd Parliament on 27 June 2018 as the Member for Northcote and gave his maiden speech on 3 July 2018.

On 3 July 2018, Bidois was announced as National's Spokesperson for the Future of Work, and Associate Spokesperson for Workplace Relations and Safety. This created criticism due to his views on trade unions. [12]

Transport was a major campaign issue of Bidois' during the 2018 by-election. Since election he has challenged Auckland Transport on delivery of services locally including petitions with his Onewa Road petition gathering over 4,000 signatures. [13]

Ahead of the 2020 general election he was ranked at 43 on National's party list. [14] At the election, Bidois lost Northcote to his by-election Labour opponent, Shanan Halbert, by a final margin of 2,534 votes, and was ranked too low on National's list to return to Parliament as a list MP. [15] [16]

In November 2022, the National party once again selected Bidois as their candidate for the Northcote electorate ahead of the 2023 New Zealand general election. [17] On 14 October 2023, Bidois managed to flip the seat back to National with a 9,270 vote majority, ousting incumbent Shanan Halbert, who Bidois himself had lost the seat to in 2020. [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Dropout wins scholarship to Harvard". New Zealand Herald. 23 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Failure is a big part of the success of new Northcote MP Dan Bidois". New Zealand Herald. 10 June 2018.
  4. ↑ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/failure-is-a-big-part-of-the-success-of-new-northcote-mp-dan-bidois/STKLUN3XGMYNCWDONHOHDGN3BM/?c_id=1&objectid=12067940 [ bare URL ]
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  6. 1 2 "National selects Northcote by-election candidate". Radio New Zealand . 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "National releases 2017 Party List". Scoop. 30 July 2017. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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  9. ↑ "Thursday, 29 March 2018 – Volume 728 – New Zealand Parliament" . Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Labours Northcote candidate Shanan Halbert and Nationals Dan Bidois both kiwi battlers". Stuff (Fairfax). 1 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Northcote by-election official results". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "National Wants There To Be No Unions". The Standard. 30 November 2018.
  13. ↑ Flahive, Brad (18 July 2019). "North Shore locals petition Auckland Transport for solution to Onewa Rd congestion". Stuff.
  14. ↑ Scotcher, Katie (8 August 2020). "National unveils party list for 2020 election". Radio New Zealand . Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  15. ↑ "Northcote – Official Result". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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  18. ↑ "Northcote – Official Result". Electoral Commission. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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