Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waitakere
In office 8 December 2008 – 14 August 2014
Preceded by
Lynne Pillay
Succeeded by
constituency abolished
Majority
9
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Upper Harbour
In office 21 September 2014 – 17 October 2020
Preceded by
constituency established
Succeeded by
Vanushi Walters
Majority
9,692
Personal details
Born
(1969-04-09) 9 April 1969 (age 55) Auckland, New Zealand[1]
Political party
National Party
Spouse
Alan Philps[2]
Children
1
Alma mater
Massey University (BA)
Occupation
Recruitment consultant
Paula Lee Bennett (born 9 April 1969) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 18th deputy prime minister of New Zealand between December 2016 and October 2017. She served as the deputy leader of the National Party from 2016 to 2020 and as MP for Upper Harbour from 2014 to 2020.
Bennett previously represented the electorate of Waitakere, which was abolished prior to the 2014 general election.[3][4] She held the Cabinet portfolios of State Services, Women, Tourism, Police, and Climate Change Issues in the fifth National Government until 2017. She retired from Parliament at the 2020 general election.
^Paula Bennett. "Address in reply". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. New Zealand Parliament. p. 191. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^"MP Paula Bennett marries mystery man". Stuff.co.nz. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^"Paula Bennett to seek Upper Harbour nomination". 3 News NZ. 21 November 2013.
^"Bennett to contest new seat". Radio NZ. 21 November 2013.
Paula Lee Bennett (born 9 April 1969) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 18th deputy prime minister of New Zealand between December...
soap opera The Archers. In 2023, she began a series regular role as Dr PaulaBennett in ITV series Vera. "This one's for Nellie – by Sarah Kameela-Impey"...
Paula Michelle Devicq is a Canadian actress, known for her role as Kirsten Bennett on the Golden Globe-winning television drama Party of Five, a role she...
the 39th Prime Minister on 12 December 2016. State Services Minister PaulaBennett and Transport Minister Simon Bridges announced they would contest the...
Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Bennett, Lucy (24 May 2018). "Grounded: Phil Twyford offers to resign, stripped...
serving as Deputy Prime Minister, he took former National ministers PaulaBennett and Anne Tolley, the Ministry of Social Development, its former chief...
Down There Press. ISBN 978-0-940208-29-2. Bennett, Consultant Nurse Honorary Lecturer Paula; Bennett, Paula; Rosario, Vernon A.; Rosario, Vernon (2005-04-01)...
The corrections and police portfolios were given to Louise Upston and PaulaBennett, respectively. Bill English announced his resignation as leader of the...
Retrieved 26 October 2017. "Bill English stays as National's leader, PaulaBennett still deputy". New Zealand Herald. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October...
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Bridges as leader and Leader of the Opposition, and Nikki Kaye replaced PaulaBennett as deputy leader of the party. Muller himself then resigned on 14 July...
Ministership. He withdrew from the election process when it became clear PaulaBennett had the numbers to win. New Prime Minister Bill English made changes...
general election. In late April 2024, former Deputy Prime Minister PaulaBennett was appointed as the Chair of Pharmac. Pharmac has been hailed for its...
culture. Since 2017, some of his most popular videos are of politicians PaulaBennett, Simon Bridges and Jacinda Ardern. He uses wigs, costumes and Snapchat...
He left Parliament on 13 March 2018. On 20 February, Deputy Leader PaulaBennett announced that a concurrent deputy leadership election would take place...
Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin; September 17, 1966) is an American civil servant. A former Arkansas state employee, Jones sued United States...
1999 until 2008. In turn, the child policies of the National Party's PaulaBennett were later given the 'nanny state' label by a Māori Community Law Service...
returned to government after the 2014 general election, Tolley succeeded PaulaBennett as Minister of Social Development. A key achievement during this term...
meeting and voted to oust both leader Simon Bridges and deputy leader PaulaBennett, replacing them with Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye, respectively. Less...
Employment, while Sharples was made Minister of Māori Affairs. When PaulaBennett stepped down as Minister for Disability Issues on 30 June 2009, Key...
Loraine Keeling (born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Haley Bennett, is an American actress. She made her film debut in the romantic comedy...
original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2010. Chateau, Eugene Bingham, Paula Oliver and Carroll du (26 July 2008). "John Key: The man who would be PM"...
National Party caucus after Key's unexpected resignation a week earlier. PaulaBennett (member for Upper Harbour) was appointed deputy prime minister, thus...
poetry. Critics such as John Cody, Lillian Faderman, Vivian R. Pollak, PaulaBennett, Judith Farr, Ellen Louise Hart, and Martha Nell Smith have argued that...
Labour's Carmel Sepuloni won Kelston, while National's PaulaBennett won Upper Harbour. Bennett previously held Waitakere, which was disestablished prior...
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