William Sio
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Su'a William Sio MP |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour party list |
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In office 29 March 2008 – 8 November 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Dianne Yates |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Māngere |
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Assumed office 8 November 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Taito Phillip Field |
| Majority | 14,933 in 2014 |
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| Nationality | Samoa, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
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Brigham Young University Carrington Polytechnic Institute |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) |
Su'a William Sio is a politician who became a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives on 1 April 2008 for the Labour Party as a list MP. Since the 2008 election, he has represented the Māngere electorate.
A Samoan, Sio has the matai (chieftain title) of Su'a from the Matatufu village of the Lotofaga district on the island of Upolu. Sio came to New Zealand in 1969. He belongs to the extended family called Aiga Sa Aupito headed by the High Chief Aupito, a matai title currently held by his father. Sio is married with a family of adult and young children. He is a Mormon and has previously served as one of their bishops.
Sio had served as a Manukau City Councillor, representing the Ōtara ward from 2001. Sir Barry Curtis, the Mayor of Manukau, selected Sio as chair of the planning committee in November 2004. In October 2007, the newly elected Mayor of Manukau, Len Brown, appointed Sio deputy mayor, making him the first Pacific Islander to hold this position in Manukau City.
In the 2005 parliamentary elections Sio was ranked 47th on the Labour party list and failed to be elected by two places. However Labour Party list MP Dianne Yates left the Parliament on 29 March 2008, and Sio was declared elected in her place (the person above him on the list, Louisa Wall, had already been declared elected to replace Ann Hartley).
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