Lan Pham
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Pham in 2023
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Green party list | |
| Assumed office 14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) | |
| Canterbury Regional Councillor for Christchurch Central Christchurch (2016–2019) | |
| In office October 2016 – October 2022 | |
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| Born | 1985 or 1986 (age 38–39) |
| Political party | Green |
| Other political affiliations | The People's Choice (2016–2019) |
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| Occupation | Ecologist |
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Ngoc-Lan Thi Pham (born 1985 or 1986) is a New Zealand politician and ecologist.[1] She was a regional councillor for Environment Canterbury for six years and was elected to Parliament as a Green in the 2023 New Zealand general election.
Pham was born in 1985 or 1986[2] and has Vietnamese and Pākehā ancestry.[3] She grew up in Wellington and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in ecology from Massey University in 2009.[4] Pham moved to the South Island to work for the Department of Conservation in freshwater ecology, which prompted an interest in freshwater fish. She completed a Master of Science in ecology at the University of Otago in 2014.[5][6][7] Pham's professional specialisation is in the rivers of Canterbury.[8]
Pham was elected to the Canterbury Regional Council, also known as Environment Canterbury, at the 2016 New Zealand local elections. She ran her campaign while working on Raoul Island.[9] She stood as a candidate for the four-member Christchurch constituency under the ticket The People's Choice–Independent and received the most votes of the eight candidates.[10] In at the 2019 she was re-elected to the council in the new Christchurch Central constituency, this time under "The Common Good" ticket, choosing not to run with The People's Choice.[11][12] Pham has been a resource management commissioner, and a freshwater commissioner at the Office of the Chief Freshwater Commissioner.[13][9]
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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| 2023–present | 54th | List | 6 | Green | |
Pham was selected by the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand to contest the Banks Peninsula electorate at the 2023 New Zealand general election.[3] She was placed at number six on the national party list.[14] During the 2023 election, Pham came third place in the Banks Peninsula electorate but was elected to Parliament on the party list.[15][16]
In late November 2023, Pham assumed the Green Party's environment, water services, biosecurity, emergency management and recovery, land information, statistics, tourism and hospitality, and customs spokesperson portfolios.[17]
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