Paulo Garcia (New Zealand politician)

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New Zealand Parliament
Paulo Garcia
MP
GARCIA, Paulo - New Lynn (cropped).png
Garcia in 2023
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for New Lynn
Assumed office
14 October 2023
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2019–2020 52nd List50 National
2023 –present 54th New Lynn 34 National

In the 2017 election Garcia stood for National in the New Lynn electorate and was placed 50 on their party list. [7] He came second to Deborah Russell with 38.55% of the vote and was not ranked high enough on National's party list to be allocated a seat in Parliament.

In February 2018 Garcia 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. [8] Garcia later entered Parliament in 2019 upon the resignation of National MP Nuk Korako. [9] He was declared elected on 16 May 2019. [10] He became New Zealand's first MP of Filipino descent. [4] He is the first person born in the Philippines who has been elected to the national legislature of another country. [11] In 2020 he was briefly deputy chairperson of the Parliamentary committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade and a National Party associate spokesperson on foreign affairs and justice. [12]

In February 2020 the National Party board decided that Garcia would be a list-only candidate in the 2020 general election. [13] National polled poorly at the election and Garcia lost his seat in Parliament. [14]

Ahead of the 2023 New Zealand general election, Garcia was selected as the National Party candidate for New Lynn again. [15] He defeated incumbent Deborah Russell with a final majority of 1,013 votes. [16]

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  2. ↑ "Declaration by Electoral Commission That Paulo Reyes Garcia is Elected a Member of Parliament – 2019-au2167 – New Zealand Gazette". gazette.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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