David Cunliffe
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The Honourable David Cunliffe MP |
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| 34th Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 15 September 2013 – 27 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Deputy | David Parker |
| Preceded by | David Shearer |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Little |
| 15th Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 15 September 2013 – 27 September 2014 |
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| Deputy | David Parker |
| Preceded by | David Shearer |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Little |
| 37th Minister of Health | |
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In office 31 October 2007 – 19 November 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Pete Hodgson |
| Succeeded by | Tony Ryall |
| Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
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In office 15 August 2002 – 19 November 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Paul Swain |
| Succeeded by | Steven Joyce |
| Member of Parliament for Titirangi |
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In office 27 November 1999 – 27 July 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency reestablished |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for New Lynn |
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Assumed office 27 July 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Personal details | |
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David Richard Cunliffe 30 April 1963 Te Aroha, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Karen Price (c.1984–2015) |
| Relations | Richard Seddon (great-great uncle) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
| Religion | Anglican |
David Richard Cunliffe (born 30 April 1963) is a New Zealand politician and former Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. He is the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) for New Lynn, West Auckland. He served as the Minister of Health, Minister for Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Immigration, as well as a range of associate economic portfolios for the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand from October 2007 until November 2008.
After the defeat of the Labour Party in the 2008 general election, and the resignation of Helen Clark as the party leader, Cunliffe was appointed the party's finance spokesman and number three on the front bench. After Labour lost the 2011 general election and Phil Goff stood down as party leader, Cunliffe ran for the leadership, but narrowly lost to David Shearer.
On 26 August 2013, Cunliffe announced a second leadership bid after David Shearer's departure from the leadership and was elected on 15 September 2013. Following Labour's defeat at the general election in September 2014, he resigned as leader of the Labour Party.
On 1 November 2016, Labour leader Andrew Little announced that Cunliffe would not seek re-election at the 2017 general election, and would likely step down late in 2017 to avoid triggering a by-election in New Lynn.
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