This is a summary of the electoral history of
John Key
Sir John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand retired politician who served as the 38th prime minister of New Zealand, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016 and as Leader of the New Zealand National Party from 2006 to ...
,
Prime Minister of New Zealand
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The prime minister (inform ...
(2008–2016), Leader of the
National Party (2006–2016), and
Member of Parliament
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for (2002–2017).
History
Key had first decided to stand for National at the 2002 election in late 2001. He was then working at
Merrill Lynch
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, an
investment bank
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. Key decided to not stand on the list. One of the seats he considered standing in was , but National officials convinced him not to stand, as
Clem Simich
Clement Rudolph "Clem" Simich or Šimić (born 2 June 1939) is a New Zealand politician for the National Party.
Early life
Simich was born in Te Kōpuru, Northland in 1939.
Member of Parliament
He was first elected to Parliament in ...
—the Member of Parliament for Tamaki—had a good base in the electorate. Beverley Revell—a registered nurse—was Key's campaign manager. Key eventually chose Helensville to contest, against the unfavourably rated
Brian Neeson
Brian Kevin Neeson (born 30 September 1945) is a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1990 to 2002, representing the National Party, and a member of the Waitematā District Health Board from 2004 to 2010.
Early life
Neeson was born in Dur ...
. Many in National feared that Labour would take over the seat, and Key won the nomination 32–28. He also won the electorate at the .
The 2005 election showed close results heading in with
Don Brash
Donald Thomas Brash (born 24 September 1940) is a former New Zealand politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the New Zealand National Party from October 2003 to November 2006, and the Leader of ACT New Zealand from April to No ...
as its leader, with Labour winning 48-50 seatwise, while also having large political party support. Brash later revealed in his
autobiography
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that he never intended to spend a full term as Prime Minister, and would give the position over to Key. Key later deposed Brash from leader position after the , in 2006.
Parliamentary elections
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Electoral history of John Key
Key, John