A Labour-Green-NZF Cabinet
James Henderson at The Standard blogs who he thinks would be the best Labour-Green Cabinet, based on portfolios. They are:
- PM – Shearer
- Finance – Norman
- Social Dev – Turei
- Econ Dev – Parker
- Health – Hague
- Education – Robertson G
- CERA – Dalziel
- Housing – Ardern
- Transport – Genter
- Justice – Chauvel
- Energy – Hughes
- Labour – Little
- Environment – Twyford
- Attorney-General – Chauvel
- Foreign Affairs – Goff
- Maori/Treaty – Mahuta
- Climate Change – Graham
- Police – Little
- Internal Affairs – Dyson
- Commerce – Cosgrove
I thought I’d blog a possible Cabinet also, but not base it on my preferences but on current rankings. It is based on if there are 60 Govt MPs, being 36 Labour, 17 Greens and 7 NZ First. I applied the St Lague formula to get a proportional allocation (that Shearer and Norman say would be their rough guide) and then allocated MPs from their current caucus ratings. They would be:
- David Shearer
- Russel Norman
- Grant Robertson
- David Parker
- Winston Peters
- Metiria Turei
- Jacinda Ardern
- Clayton Cosgrove
- Kevin Hague
- Nanaia Mahuta
- Maryan Street
- Catherine Delahunty
- William Su’a Sio
- Tracey Martin
- Phil Twyford
- Trevor Mallard
- Kennedy Graham
- Charles Chauvel
- Lianne Dalziel
- Eugenie Sage
At this stage I’m assuming Hone wouldn’t be a Minister, unless they needed his vote. Note this is not a prediction of 2014, just looking at what a left Government may look like.