Louisa Wall
| Louisa Wall | |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Manurewa |
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Assumed office 12 April 2011 |
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| Preceded by | George Hawkins |
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17 February 1972 Taupo, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
| Previous teams |
Silver Ferns (netball) Black Ferns (rugby) |
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Representing  New Zealand
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| World Cup | ||
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1998 Amsterdam | Rugby |
Louisa Hareruia Wall (born 17 February 1972) is a New Zealand Member of Parliament and former national representative netball and rugby union player.
Born in Taupo, Wall has Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Waikato ancestry. She was named after her father's cousin Louis, who died on the day she was born.
She attended secondary school at Taupo-nui-a-Tia College and earned qualifications from the Waikato Institute of Technology, the University of Waikato and Massey University. She worked in the health field. She identifies openly as lesbian.
In the 2005 election Wall stood unsuccessfully in the Port Waikato electorate and occupied the 46th position on the Labour list. She became a Labour Party MP on 4 March 2008 to replace retiring list MP Ann Hartley.
In the 2008 election she stood in Tāmaki Makaurau, against Māori Party leader Pita Sharples. She failed to win the seat, and due to her low list placing (position 43) did not return to Parliament as an MP. However, in December 2010, she was selected to represent Labour in Manurewa for the 2011 election due to the retirement of George Hawkins. After Darren Hughes resigned from Parliament in April 2011, and people higher on Labour's list, such as Dave Hereora, Judith Tizard and Mark Burton, decided not to take up the list position, Wall was returned to Parliament as a Labour List MP serving in the 49th New Zealand Parliament. She subsequently won the Manurewa electorate and was returned to the 50th New Zealand Parliament; she had opted not to be on Labour's party list for that 2011 election. She was back on the list (in position 12) for the 2014 election but won her electorate comfortably.
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