Nancy Lu

Lu was born in China in 1987. 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. Lu graduated with a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in May 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. Lu has been a board member on ContainerCo (NZ) Ltd in New Zealand. == Member of Parliament ==

Lu stood as a list-only candidate for the National Party in the , ranked 26th on the party list. She was the highest-ranking new candidate for National, ranked ahead of 17 sitting National MPs, Lu was National's only candidate of Chinese ethnicity in 2020. 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. 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. Bayly then won a by-election for Port Waikato held on 25 November 2023 and vacated his list seat, which was taken by Lu. Lu is a member of the Finance and Expenditure Committee and since January 2025 has been deputy chair of the Regulations Review Committee. ==References==