Chlöe Swarbrick

Chlöe Swarbrick
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Green Party List
Assumed office
23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)
Personal details
Born (1994-06-26) 26 June 1994
Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand
Political party Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Website Green Party profile

Chlöe Charlotte Swarbrick (born 26 June 1994) is a New Zealand politician and entrepreneur.[1] Following a high-profile but unsuccessful run for the 2016 Auckland mayoral election, she became a candidate for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, standing in the 2017 New Zealand general election.[2]

Early life

Swarbrick was born in Auckland in 1994, and went to Epsom Girls' Grammar School.[3] She entered the University of Auckland at age 17, and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.[4][5]

Career

In 2012, Swarbrick opened her first business, a New Zealand-made fashion label called The Lucid Collective, with Alex Bartley Catt.[6] Around the same time, she began working in the newsroom at the student radio station 95bFM as a news writer and news reader, before becoming a producer and eventually host of The Wire. In April 2016, she resigned from her position as a regular host.

In 2014, Swarbrick began writing for What's Good magazine. She became editor, and an owner.[7] Later that year, The Lucid Collective held a New Zealand Fashion Week side-show at the Gow Langsford Gallery and participated in the "Youthquake" exhibition at the New Zealand Fashion Museum.[8] The label went on to be stocked across Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch,[9] before Swarbrick and Bartley Catt closed the business.

Swarbrick began The Goods, an offshoot of What's Good, in late 2015. The project opened a pop-up store in St Kevin's Arcade on Karangahape Road.[10] Swarbrick won a New Zealander of the Year Local Hero Award.[11]

In 2016, Swarbrick and Bartley Catt started a digital consultancy and artist management agency called TIPS. The pair also opened a cafe and gallery, Olly, next to the Crystal Palace theatre in Mount Eden.[12]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
2017–present 52nd List 7 Green

Swarbrick ran in the 2016 Auckland mayoral election, coming in third place, with 29,098 votes—almost 160,000 votes behind the winner, Phil Goff.[13] Swarbrick gained significant media attention in New Zealand largely due to her age. After losing the mayoral race, she joined the Green Party.[14]

Swarbrick gave a speech at a human blockade (organised by Auckland Peace Action) that briefly interrupted a weapons expo.[15][16][17][18][19]

Soon after joining the Green Party, Swarbrick announced she would challenge sitting Green MP Denise Roche as the party's candidate in the Auckland Central electorate for the 2017 general election. Her challenge was unsuccessful, as the local branch selected Denise Roche to stand in the seat again.[20] Swarbrick was selected instead to stand for the Maungakiekie electorate, and placed 7th on the party list.[21] She is the youngest politician to enter Parliament since Marilyn Waring in 1975.[22][23]

In 2018, Swarbrick launched the political podcast Authorised By with Kiri Allan.[24]

References

  1. ↑ Farman, Madeleine (2 August 2014). "Entrepreneurs chase their dreams". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chloe Swarbrick, Auckland mayoral candidate, joins the Greens". Newshub. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "12 Questions: Chloe Swarbrick". The New Zealand Herald. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Art of Coffee and Politics – Verve". Verve. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Let me be your ruler: The impatient ambition of Chloe Swarbrick". The Spinoff. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Lucid Collective". nzfashionmuseum.org.nz. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Interview: Chlöe Swarbrick Officially Cröwned Local Herö | The Wire | 95bFM". 95bFM. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Ralph, Fiona (26 September 2014). "A new movement from the NZ Fashion Museum". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "the unknown collective | Rebe's Runway". rebesrunway.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "The Goods Pop-Up : : DECEMBER 2015". Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Cactuslab. "Interview: Chlöe Swarbrick Officially Cröwned Local Herö | The Wire | 95bFM". 95bFM. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Olly — doughnuts, art and coffee collide at this über cool pitstop | The Denizen". www.thedenizen.co.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  13. ↑ Newshub. "Chloe Swarbrick 'hoped for better'", Newshub, NZ, 8 October 2016. Retrieved on 7 January 2017.
  14. ↑ Davison, Isaac (11 November 2016). "Greens win contest for Chloe Swarbrick". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Safety counterclaims at Auckland waterfront military conference protest". Stuff. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  16. ↑ "Protest against defence industry conference turns violent in Auckland". New Zealand Herald. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "Protesters forming human blockade at defence conference in Auckland". New Zealand Herald. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  18. ↑ Carnegie, Tom (17 November 2016). "Safety counterclaims at Auckland waterfront military conference protest". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  19. ↑ "New Zealand activists shut down an arms fair!". CAATblog. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  20. ↑ Davison, Isaac. "Swarbrick misses out on Auckland Central nomination for Green Party". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  21. ↑ "Green Party unveils strongest ever candidate list". Green Party (via Scoop.co.nz). 30 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  22. ↑ "Chloe Swarbrick to be youngest MP in 42 years". Radio New Zealand. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  23. ↑ Flahive, Brad (24 September 2017). "Chloe Swarbrick set to become New Zealand's youngest MP in 42 years". Stuff. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  24. ↑ "KFC, babies, and tax - the new political podcast 'Authorised By'". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
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