| Mount Albert | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Mount_Albert_electorate,_2014.svg) Location of Mount Albert within Auckland | |
| Region | Auckland |
| Area | 20.24 km2 (7.81 sq mi) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1946 |
| Current MP | Helen White |
| Party | Labour |
| List MP | Melissa Lee (National) |
| List MP | Ricardo Menéndez March (Green) |
Mount Albert is a parliamentary electorate based around the suburb of Mount Albert in Auckland, New Zealand, returning one member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Representatives. It has elected only Labour Party MPs since it was first contested at the 1946 election. The electorate is currently held by Helen White and was recently represented by Jacinda Ardern, formerly Prime Minister of New Zealand, who was first elected in a 2017 by-election and stepped down from parliament on 15 April 2023.[1] Before her, Mt Albert was represented by David Shearer from 13 June 2009 to 31 December 2016; it was represented by Helen Clark from the 1981 general election until her resignation from Parliament on 17 April 2009.
The area that the electorate contains is notable for having produced three Labour prime ministers – Michael Joseph Savage, who represented the Auckland West electorate that Mt Albert was created out of in 1946; Helen Clark; and Jacinda Ardern. Additionally, David Shearer served as Labour Party leader in opposition.[2] Warren Freer, who represented the electorate from 1947 to 1981, served as acting prime minister on three occasions.[3]
- ^ "Jacinda Ardern wins landslide victory Mt Albert by-election". The New Zealand Herald. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ Moir, Jo (2 August 2017). "Mt Albert – the political home of Labour leaders for almost 100 yearselection". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ Freer 2004, p. 190.