West Coast-Tasman to elect new MP as Pugh and O'Connor leave

West Coast-Tasman will elect a new MP on 7 November. National MP Maureen Pugh is stepping down in November, according to RNZ. Labour's Damien O'Connor, who represented the West Coast for 33 years, is standing in Waitaki in Otago and South Canterbury. Pugh beat O'Connor by just over 1,000 votes in 2023.