| Botany | |||||||
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| Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |||||||
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| Formation | 2008 | ||||||
| Region | Auckland Region | ||||||
| Character | Suburban | ||||||
| Term | 3 years | ||||||
| Member for Botany | |||||||
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:LUXON,_Christopher_-_Botany_(cropped).png) Christopher Luxon since 17 October 2020 | |||||||
| Party | National | ||||||
| Previous MP | Jami-Lee Ross (Ind) | ||||||
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Botany is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was contested for the first time at the 2008 general election, and won by Pansy Wong for the National Party. Following Wong's resignation in late 2010, a by-election returned Jami-Lee Ross, who was confirmed by the voters in the 2011 general election. Ross left the National Party in October 2018 and became an independent. Ross did not contest the seat at the 2020 general election, and was succeeded by the new National candidate, Christopher Luxon, who became the party's leader in November 2021 and has served as prime minister since November 2023.