A Labour-Green-NZF Cabinet

James Henderson at The Standard blogs he thinks would be the best -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
  • – 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 , being 36 Labour, 17 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:

  1. Russel Norman
  2. David Parker
  3. Winston Peters
  4. Metiria Turei
  5. Jacinda Ardern
  6. Clayton Cosgrove
  7. Kevin Hague
  8. Nanaia Mahuta
  9. Maryan Street
  10. Catherine Delahunty
  11. William Su'a Sio
  12. Tracey Martin
  13. Phil Twyford
  14. Kennedy Graham
  15. Charles Chauvel
  16. Lianne Dalziel

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.

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