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Gareth Hughes is a New Zealand politician who has been a Member of Parliament for the Green Party since 2011. He was born on 31 October 1981 in Gisborne, New Zealand.
Gareth Hughes attended Gisborne Boys' High School and graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations.
Gareth Hughes was first elected to Parliament in 2011 and was re-elected in 2014 and 2017. He has held a number of portfolios in the Green Party, including Energy and Resources, Climate Change, and Conservation.
Gareth Hughes is currently the Green Party's spokesperson for Climate Change, Conservation, and Energy and Resources. He is also the party's spokesperson for the Pacific.
Gareth Hughes is married to his wife, Sarah, and they have two children.
Gareth Hughes has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
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42 years old |
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31 October, 1981 |
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31 October |
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Gisborne, New Zealand |
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Gareth Hughes Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Gareth Hughes's Wife?
His wife is Meghan Hughes
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Meghan Hughes |
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Arlo (b. 2008) and Zoe (b. 2010) |
Gareth Hughes Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Gareth Hughes worth at the age of 42 years old? Gareth Hughes’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from . We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Hughes has indicated he will leave Parliament at the 2020 New Zealand general election.
In November 2016, it was announced that Hughes would be running for the East Coast electorate against National Party MP Anne Tolley. This electorate is the one he was raised in. He was returned to Parliament as the Greens' fifth-ranked and longest serving list MP. When the Greens agreed to support a Labour-New Zealand First coalition Government, Hughes was not appointed to a Ministerial position and instead continued as the party musterer. In 2019, he announced his intention to retire at the next general election. Ahead of his retirement, and for family reasons, he relocated himself to be the Green Party's member of Parliament based in Dunedin.
Hughes, along with the rest of the Green Party, voted in support of Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013, allowing same-sex couples to legally marry in New Zealand.
In the 2011 general election he stood in the Ōhariu electorate again and was ranked seventh on the Green party list, and was re-elected as a list MP. In the 2014 general election he stood only on the party list, ranked fifth, and was elected for a third time. During this term of Parliament, the male co-leader of the Party, Russel Norman, resigned and Hughes stood for the vacant co-leadership role as the self-described "underdog." Ultimately, the contest was won by first-term MP James Shaw.
Hughes contested the 2008 election for the Green Party. Placed at 11 on the party list and campaigning mostly for the party vote, Hughes finished fourth in the Ōhariu electorate. The party did not poll sufficiently high for Hughes to be elected immediately, but he was declared elected after the retirement of list MP and former co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. Hughes was sworn in as an MP on 16 February 2010. He was the youngest MP in Parliament at the time of his election.
In his maiden speech on 24 February 2010, Hughes declared his support for a New Zealand republic. In his first term, Hughes was the Green Party's spokesperson on housing, ICT, libraries and archives, tertiary education, GE, food, oceans, transport, and youth.
In 2009 Hughes co-ordinated Greenpeace New Zealand's 'Sign On' campaign, which called for stronger action on climate change.
In May 2004, Hughes was arrested after dressing as Ronald McDonald and chaining himself to the gates of McDonald's New Zealand distribution centre in Wiri, Auckland, protesting against the use of genetically modified chicken feed.
Hughes grew up in Gisborne, and, after attending Gisborne Boys' High School, studied religious studies, history and politics at Victoria University of Wellington. He became a vegetarian while a student. He worked for Greenpeace in Australia and New Zealand from 2000–2005, and then worked for the Green Party on climate change issues. He is married with two children, Arlo and Zoe.
Gareth Thomas Llewelyn Hughes (born 31 October 1981) is a New Zealand politician and member of the Green Party. He took a seat in Parliament as the next person on the Green party list following the retirement of Jeanette Fitzsimons in February 2010.
