Terisa Telesia Ngobi is a New Zealand politician. She was the
Member of Parliament for
ÅŒtaki representing the
Labour Party from 2020 to 2023.
Early life
Born in
Levin, she is of
Samoan and
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
descent. Before entering Parliament, she spent 16 years working for government and non-profit organisations.
Political career
A member of the ruling
centre-left
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Labour Party, she was elected the
Member of the Parliament for
ÅŒtaki in
2020 election, defeating the
National candidate
Tim Costley by a margin of 2,988 votes.
During the
2023 New Zealand general election
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, Ngobi was
unseated
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Austral ...
by National candidate Tim Costley, who won by a margin of 6,271 votes.
References
External links
Terisa Ngobion
Facebook
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Living people
New Zealand Labour Party MPs
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Levin, New Zealand
New Zealand people of Samoan descent
New Zealand people of Scottish descent
21st-century New Zealand women politicians
Candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 2023 New Zealand general election
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Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives