Lan Pham
Lan Pham | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Green party list | |
Assumed office 14 October 2023 | |
Canterbury Regional Councillor for Christchurch Central Christchurch (2016–2019) | |
In office October 2016 – October 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 or 1986 (age 37–38) |
Political party | Green |
Other political affiliations | The People's Choice (2016–2019) |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Ecologist |
Ngoc-Lan Thi Pham (born 1985 or 1986) is a New Zealand politician and ecologist.[1] She was a regional councillor for Environment Canterbury for six years and was elected to Parliament as a Green in the 2023 New Zealand general election.
Early life and career[edit]
Pham was born in 1985 or 1986[2] and has Vietnamese and Pākehā ancestry.[3] She grew up in Wellington and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in ecology from Massey University in 2009.[4] Pham moved to the South Island to work for the Department of Conservation in freshwater ecology, which prompted an interest in freshwater fish. She completed a Master of Science in ecology at the University of Otago in 2014.[5][6][7] Pham's professional specialisation is in the rivers of Canterbury.[8]
Political career[edit]
Local Government[edit]
Pham was elected to the Canterbury Regional Council, also known as Environment Canterbury, at the 2016 New Zealand local elections. She ran her campaign while working on Raoul Island.[9] She stood as a candidate for the four-member Christchurch constituency under the ticket The People's Choice–Independent and received the most votes of the eight candidates.[10] In at the 2019 she was re-elected to the council in the new Christchurch Central constituency, this time under "The Common Good" ticket, choosing not to run with The People's Choice.[11][12] Pham has been a resource management commissioner, and a freshwater commissioner at the Office of the Chief Freshwater Commissioner.[13][9]
Member of Parliament[edit]
Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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2023–present | 54th | List | 6 | Green |
Pham was selected by the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand to contest the Banks Peninsula electorate at the 2023 New Zealand general election.[3] She was placed at number six on the national party list.[14] During the 2023 election, Pham came third place in the Banks Peninsula electorate but was elected to Parliament on the party list.[15][16]
In late November 2023, Pham assumed the Green Party's environment, water services, biosecurity, emergency management and recovery, land information, statistics, tourism and hospitality, and customs spokesperson portfolios.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ Fletcher, Jack (22 August 2017). "Councillor's music video takes on freshwater pollution". Stuff. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Mann, Britt; McKeen, Chris (27 May 2018). "125 years of suffrage: Meet NZ's next generation of rebel women". Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ a b Kenny, Lee (20 February 2023). "Former ECan councillor Lan Pham to contest Banks Peninsula at general election". Stuff. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Massey University graduates database search". Massey University. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Graduate Search". University of Otago. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Law, Faculty of. "Congratulations to Lan Pham". University of Otago. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Pham, Lan Thi (2013). Rotenone use for native fish conservation: Macroinvertebrate community recovery and the reintroduction of a native galaxiid (Galaxias fasciatus) following piscicide treatment in two streams (MSc thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago.
- ^ "Behind New Zealand's clean, green image is a dirty reality". ABC News. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b David Williams (26 September 2023). "The Sure Things: Lan Pham goes from hermit life to public life". Newsroom. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "2016 Triennial Elections: Declaration of Result". Environment Canterbury. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2017.
- ^ "2019 Triennial Elections: Declaration of Result". Environment Canterbury. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2023.
- ^ Gorman, Paul (23 October 2019). "Which councillors are eyeing up the chair at Environment Canterbury?". Stuff. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Lan Pham | Banks Peninsula | List Rank #6". Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Green Party unveils its list for October's general election". NZ Herald. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Banks Peninsula – Official Result". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "2023 General Election: Successful candidates". Electoral Commission. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Greens unveil portfolio spokespeople". 1 News. 29 November 2023. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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