Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/politics/New MPs/John Hart (New Zealand politician)

John Hart is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2017 general election as a representative of the Green Party.

Career before Parliament
Hart moved to the Wairarapa in 2008 and began farming sheep and cattle. In 2015 set up 'Fab Lab', a technology hub in Masterton.

Political career
Hart contested Wairarapa for the Greens at the 2014 New Zealand general election and was ranked 17th on the party list. With the Greens winning 14 seats, he did not enter Parliament. Hart stood again in 2017; he was ranked 12th but the Green Party only won 8 seats.

Hart ran again in in the 2020 general election.