Nancy Lu

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Nancy Nan Lu ({{zh|s=陆楠|t=陸楠|p=Lù Nán}}; born 1987) is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party.

Personal life

Lu was born in China in 1987.{{cite web |title=National selects Nancy Lu as List only candidate |url= https://www.national.org.nz/national-selects-nancy-lu-as-list-only-candidate |publisher=National Party |access-date=24 September 2023 |page=8 August 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Manch |first1=Thomas |title=Election 2020: National Party announces list of MPs and candidates for upcoming election |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122388888/election-2020-national-party-announces-list-of-mps-and-candidates-for-upcoming-election |website=Stuff |accessdate=8 August 2020 |date=8 August 2020}} She moved to New Zealand with her parents in 1997. She received her New Zealand education from Avondale Primary School, Pakuranga Intermediate, and Macleans College. She then attended Auckland University, from where she graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in international business and accounting as a double major.{{cite press release |title=National Selects Nancy Lu As List Only Candidate |url= https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2008/S00093/national-selects-nancy-lu-as-list-only-candidate.htm |publisher=New Zealand National Party |agency=Scoop |date=8 August 2020 |access-date=30 September 2023}} Lu graduated with a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in May 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.times.co.nz/news/accountant-nancy-lu-selected-as-national-party-candidate/ | title=Accountant Nancy Lu selected as National Party candidate | date=30 July 2023 }} She is married with two daughters.

Career

After university, Lu worked as a chartered accountant for PwC, EY, Fonterra, among others, and was based in New Zealand, Hong Kong and China. She now lives in Auckland, New Zealand. She has been a board member for the Chinese New Settlers Services Trust, an organisation that supports new Chinese immigrants in New Zealand.{{cite web |last1=Sachdeva |first1=Sam |title=Nancy Lu biggest surprise in National list rankings |url= https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nancy-lu-biggest-surprise-in-national-list-rankings |website=Newsroom |accessdate=8 August 2020 |date=8 August 2020}} Lu has been a board member on ContainerCo (NZ) Ltd in New Zealand.

Member of Parliament

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Lu stood as a list-only candidate for the National Party in the {{NZ election link|2020}}, ranked 26th on the party list. She was the highest-ranking new candidate for National, ranked ahead of 17 sitting National MPs, and was given one of the few list-only slots that National allowed for.{{cite web |last1=Wade |first1=Amelia |title=Who's up, who's down in National's new list rankings |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12354807 |website=New Zealand Herald |accessdate=8 August 2020 |date=8 August 2020}} Lu was National's only candidate of Chinese ethnicity in 2020.{{cite thesis |last=Du |first=Yu |date=2022 |title=An interpretive case study of Chinese New Zealanders' political participation in Aotearoa New Zealand |url= https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/64261 |type= doctoral thesis |page=75 |publisher=University of Auckland |docket= |oclc= |access-date=30 September 2023}} National did not perform strongly enough for Lu to be elected.

The National Party released its list for the 2023 general election on 19 August 2023. Lu was ranked 20th, the highest-ranked candidate not already in parliament.{{cite news |access-date=1 October 2023 |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/election-2023-christopher-luxon-unveils-list/GL4GFUFMIRHYLISNHYCZS2OPFM/ |title=Election 2023: Christopher Luxon unveils list, senior MP withdraws |date=19 August 2023 |work=The New Zealand Herald |first=Thomas |last=Coughlan}} After the election, she was the highest ranked National list candidate not elected. Andrew Bayly had been expected to win the Port Waikato seat, but another candidate for Port Waikato died after advance voting had started, so the electorate votes were not counted and Bayly was elected from the list ahead of Lu.{{cite news |last1=Sowman-Lund |first1=Stewart |title=Next on the list: Nancy Lu's political future hangs on Port Waikaro |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-11-2023/next-on-the-list-nancy-lus-political-future-hangs-on-port-waikato |access-date=15 December 2023 |work=The Spinoff |date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204172537/https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-11-2023/next-on-the-list-nancy-lus-political-future-hangs-on-port-waikato |archive-date=4 December 2023|url-status=live}} Bayly then won a by-election for Port Waikato held on 25 November 2023 and vacated his list seat, which was taken by Lu.{{cite news|first=Emma |last=Stanford |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/503271/port-waikato-by-election-national-s-andrew-bayly-wins-by-landslide-i-feel-pretty-humbled |title=Port Waikato by-election: National's Andrew Bayly wins by landslide – 'I feel pretty humbled' |work=Radio New Zealand|date=26 November 2023 |access-date=26 November 2023}}

Lu is a member of the Finance and Expenditure Committee and since January 2025 has been deputy chair of the Regulations Review Committee.{{cite web |date=4 April 2025 |title=Lu, Nancy |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/lu-nancy/ |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=New Zealand Parliament}}