Labour has selected David Shearer to contest the Mount Albert by-election.
The party has often criticised National for not having enough women MPs, but gender obviously wasn’t enough to sway votes in this selection although I think – and please correct me if I’ve got this wrong – Helen Clark, who held the seat until she resigned last month, was the only woman to hold an Auckland electorate for Labour after last year’s election.
Labour does have Auckland-based female list MPs.
Act selected list MP John Bowscawen yesterday and Green party co-leader Russel Norman is contesting the seat for his party.
National’s selection will take place tomorrow with List MP Melissa Lee and Ravi Musuku, who contested the seat last year, seeking the candidacy.
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