Shane Henderson is a New Zealand politician who is an
Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a ...
lor.
Political career
After graduating from law school, Henderson worked as a community lawyer in
Henderson.
In 2013, Henderson campaigned as a local counsellor for the
Henderson-Massey Local Board, winning a seat and being elected as the deputy chair. In the 2016 local council election, Henderson received the highest number of votes among the Henderson-Massey Local Board candidates, and was elected to be the chairperson.
In the 2019 local body elections, Henderson was elected as a councillor for the
Waitākere ward
Waitākere Ward is a district of Auckland Council in New Zealand. It consists of the part of the old Waitakere City lying west of a line from Te Atatū Peninsula to Titirangi.
The ward elects two councillors, currently Shane Henderson and Ken ...
. He received 14,695 votes, the second highest number of votes and 55 behind
Linda Cooper.
Henderson was re-elected in 2022.
References
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Living people
21st-century New Zealand politicians
Auckland Councillors
New Zealand Labour Party politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)