Former army officer becomes Canterbury's newest MP
Canterbury will gain a new MP as former army officer Dan Rosewarne enters Parliament from the Labour list to replace Kris Faafoi, who is stepping down.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that Faafoi, a front bencher and Cabinet minister, was quitting Parliament to spend more time with his family.
Rosewarne contested the Waimakariri seat for Labour at the last two elections, and was beaten on both occasions by National’s Matt Doocey. He was at number 56 on the Labour Party list.
Rosewarne is an army officer who has served on overseas tours, including two to Afghanistan, and was part of Defence Force missions in the Solomon Islands in 2008 and in Christchurch and Kaikōura after the earthquakes.
He is also a cancer survivor who took immunotherapy drugs to battle leukaemia which would otherwise have been fatal.
He was born in 1981 and has a young family.
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