Nancy Lu | |
|---|---|
| 陆楠 | |
.png) Lu in 2023 | |
| Member of theNew Zealand Parliament forNationalparty list | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Bayly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) China |
| Party | National |
| Residence(s) | Auckland, New Zealand |
Nancy Nan Lu (simplified Chinese:陆楠;traditional Chinese:陸楠;pinyin:Lù Nán; born 1987) is a New Zealand politician andMember of Parliament in theHouse of Representatives for theNational Party.
Lu was born in China in 1987.[1][2] She moved to New Zealand with her parents in 1997. She received her New Zealand education fromAvondale Primary School,Pakuranga Intermediate, andMacleans College. She then attendedAuckland University, from where she graduated with aBachelor of Commerce ininternational business and accounting as adouble major.[3] Lu graduated with a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in May 2023.[4] She is married with two daughters.[3]
After university, Lu worked as a chartered accountant forPwC,EY,Fonterra, among others, and was based in New Zealand, Hong Kong and China.[3] She now lives inAuckland, New Zealand. She has been a board member for the Chinese New Settlers Services Trust, an organisation that supports new Chinese immigrants in New Zealand.[5] Lu has been a board member on ContainerCo (NZ) Ltd in New Zealand.
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–present | 54th | List | 20 | National | |
Lu stood as a list-only candidate for theNational Party in the2020 election, ranked 26th on theparty list. She was the highest-ranking new candidate for National, ranked ahead of 17 sitting National MPs,[5] and was given one of the few list-only slots that National allowed for.[6] Lu was National's only candidate of Chinese ethnicity in 2020.[5][7] National did not perform strongly enough for Lu to be elected.
The National Party released its list for the2023 general election on 19 August 2023. Lu was ranked 20th, the highest-ranked candidate not already in parliament.[8] After the election, she was the highest ranked National list candidate not elected.Andrew Bayly had been expected to win thePort Waikato seat, but another candidate for Port Waikato died after advance voting had started, so the electorate votes were not counted and Bayly was elected from the list ahead of Lu.[9] Bayly then won aby-election for Port Waikato held on 25 November 2023 and vacated his list seat, which was taken by Lu.[10]
Lu is a member of theFinance and Expenditure Committee and since January 2025 has been deputy chair of the Regulations Review Committee.[11]
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