Botany by-election, 2011
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A by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Botany on 5 March 2011. The seat was vacated by former National Ethnic Affairs Minister Pansy Wong, who announced her resignation from the New Zealand Parliament on 14 December 2010 following allegations her husband Sammy has misused taxpayer money in relation to overseas travel.
The seat was won by Jami-Lee Ross, retaining the seat for the New Zealand National Party but with a 27% reduction in majority.
The Botany electorate was created shortly before the 2008 election and is considered a safe National seat. A third of the population is born overseas and it has a large Chinese population.
Wong won the seat with 17382 (56.22%) votes in the 2008 general election. Labour candidate Koro Tawa was runner-up with 6510 (21.06%) and ACT's Kenneth Wang on 4717 (15.26%). Party votes were National 19355 (61.25%), Labour 7958 (25.18%) and Act 1528 (4.84%).
Nominations opened on 2 February and closed at noon on 8 February.
The National Party selected Jami-Lee Ross, a member of the Auckland Council representing Howick, as their candidate. He was selected from a shortlist of five candidates, the other four being former Auckland City councillor Aaron Bhatnagar, media presenter Maggie Barry,Elim Christian College teacher Darron Gedge, and health research scientist Edward Saafi.
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