Lan Pham | |
|---|---|
 Pham in 2023 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Green party list | |
| Assumed office 14 October 2023 | |
| Canterbury Regional Councillor for Christchurch Central Christchurch (2016–2019) | |
| In office October 2016 – October 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1985 or 1986 (age 38–39) |
| Political party | Green |
| Other political affiliations | The People's Choice (2016–2019) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Ecologist |
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.
Early life and career
[edit]Pham was born in 1985 or 1986[2] to a Catholic mother of English and Irish ancestry and a Buddhist Vietnamese father.[3][4][5] Pham's mother was a supporter of the Alliance and Labour.[5] She grew up in Brooklyn, Wellington and attended Sacred Heart Cathedral School and St Mary's College, Wellington.[5] She moved to Palmerston North to study and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in ecology from Massey University in 2009.[5][6] 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.[7][8][9] Pham's professional specialisation is in the rivers of Canterbury.[10]
Political career
[edit]Local government
[edit]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.[11] 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.[12] In the 2019 elections she ran with Axel Downard-Wilke on the ticket The Common Good , choosing not to run with The People's Choice.[13][14] She was re-elected to the council in the new Christchurch Central constituency.[15] Pham has been a resource management commissioner, and a freshwater commissioner at the Office of the Chief Freshwater Commissioner.[16][11]
Member of Parliament
[edit]| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[4] She was placed at number six on the national party list.[17] During the 2023 election, Pham came third place in the Banks Peninsula electorate but was elected to Parliament on the party list.[18][19]
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.[20]
Personal life
[edit]Pham has two children with her husband Emerson.[21] In 2024, Pham and her family sold their home in Woolston, Christchurch and moved to Wellington to spend more time together.[22]
References
[edit]- ^ Fletcher, Jack (22 August 2017). "Councillor's music video takes on freshwater pollution". Stuff. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Mann, Britt; McKeen, Chris (27 May 2018). "125 years of suffrage: Meet NZ's next generation of rebel women". Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Cowan, John (26 June 2023). "Real Life with John Cowan: From ecologist to 6th on the list, Greens candidate Lan Pham on impressive entry into politics". Newstalk ZB. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ a b Kenny, Lee (20 February 2023). "Former ECan councillor Lan Pham to contest Banks Peninsula at general election". Stuff. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d Mathias, Shanti (18 September 2023). "Meet Lan Pham, the MP-in-waiting who loves native fish and hates politics". The Spinoff. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Massey University graduates database search". Massey University. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Graduate Search". University of Otago. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Law, Faculty of. "Congratulations to Lan Pham". University of Otago. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Pham, Lan Thi (2013). Rotenone use for native fish conservation: Macroinvertebrate community recovery and the reintroduction of a native galaxiid (Galaxias fasciatus) following piscicide treatment in two streams (MSc thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/4081.
- ^ "Behind New Zealand's clean, green image is a dirty reality". ABC News. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b David Williams (26 September 2023). "The Sure Things: Lan Pham goes from hermit life to public life". Newsroom. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "2016 Triennial Elections: Declaration of Result". Environment Canterbury. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2017.
- ^ Gorman, Paul (23 October 2019). "Which councillors are eyeing up the chair at Environment Canterbury?". Stuff. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Time to 'throw an axel in the works'". The Star. 25 July 2019. p. 4.
- ^ "2019 Triennial Elections: Declaration of Result". Environment Canterbury. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Lan Pham | Banks Peninsula | List Rank #6". Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Green Party unveils its list for October's general election". NZ Herald. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Banks Peninsula – Official Result". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "2023 General Election: Successful candidates". Electoral Commission. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Greens unveil portfolio spokespeople". 1 News. 29 November 2023. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ Lopez, India (26 January 2024). "Green Party MP Lan Pham on putting family first". Now to Love. Are Media. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Croad, Maddy (20 July 2024). "A real struggle: MP moves cities to juggle work and family". The Press. Retrieved 21 July 2024.