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Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Appointments — Chief Electoral Officer

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🗣️ Speech Hon Kiritapu Allan (New Zealand Labour Party — Member for East Coast)
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on behalf of the Minister of Justice: I move, That, pursuant to section 4D(1)(a) of the Electoral Act 1993 and section 32 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, this House recommend Her Excellency the Governor-General appoint Karl Mervyn Le Quesne as Chief Electoral Officer for a term of five years.

The Electoral Commission is responsible for maintaining the electoral rolls, administering parliamentary elections, and—

💬 SPEAKER: Order! There’s no debate.

Well, that makes my job very much easier.

💬 SPEAKER: It does make the job a lot easier, and I think we’ll probably say that the member’s sheet and mine probably have different references to it. The question is that motion be agreed to.

Motion agreed to.

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