My Net Worth: Barbara Edmonds, Labour's finance spokesperson

My Net Worth: Barbara Edmonds, Labour's finance spokesperson
Barbara Edmonds first entered Parliament as a public servant working in the offices of two National Party ministers. (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
MP Barbara Edmonds became the Labour Party’s finance spokesperson in February after Grant Robertson’s retirement from Parliament. She’s also the spokesperson for economic development and infrastructure and has represented the Wellington electorate of Mana since becoming an MP in 2020. By 2022 she held the prestigious role of chair of Parliament’s finance and expenditure committee, and entered the Cabinet the following year with portfolios including Internal Affairs, Pacific Peoples, Economic Development, Revenu...

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