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Elections / 2017 / [208] / Maureen PUGH
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2017 general election Sitting MP
Standing for [208]

Maureen PUGH

Kind
Electorate & list
Source
elections-wikipedia
As of
4 May 2026

Background

Research run #72 · 5 May 2026
Every claim below traces to a verbatim quote in the cited source. Click any footnote [1] in the prose, or expand the citation index below, to see where the fact came from.

Maureen Pugh is a National Party MP who, according to a single secondary source, currently holds the electorate seat of West Coast-Tasman [12].

Pugh's background in local government preceded her parliamentary career. According to a single secondary source, she became a member of Westland District Council from 1998 [13] and subsequently served as Mayor of the Westland District [7][8][9], with one source placing the start of her mayoralty at 2004 [7]. She is also noted, according to a single secondary source, as an active farmer [1].

In 2014, she stood as a candidate for the West Coast-Tasman electorate [3] and entered Parliament as a list MP for the National Party from that year [15]. She is affiliated with the National Party [17]. Also in 2014, according to a single secondary source, she was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit (Officer) [16].

Pugh has held a number of roles within Parliament. According to a single secondary source, she served as Junior Whip of the National Party caucus from 10 November 2020 [5] and has also been noted as Assistant Speaker of Parliament [4]. From 2023, according to a single secondary source, she has held the electorate seat of West Coast-Tasman [12], having previously represented the area as a list MP [11][15].

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AI-generated biography. Assembled by an LLM from public sources (Wikipedia, parliament register, Beehive, news archives). Every claim is backed by a verbatim quote in one of the cited sources below and tagged confirmed, unverified, or disputed by corroboration. Use as a starting reference, not a final source — cross-check anything load-bearing.
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Career

Political offices

Party affiliation

Civic roles & honours

Looked for, not found

  • LinkedIn profile for Maureen Pugh (pre-politics career details including West Coast PHO chair role) - access blocked (403 error).
  • Secondary-source verbatim confirmation of Maureen Pugh's education at St Mary's High School, Greymouth - Wikipedia mentions it with [citation needed]; the NZ Herald page did not yield verbatim extraction.

The agent checked these topics across the allowed public sources but could not find verbatim-quotable evidence. Absence doesn't rule the fact out — it just means no journalist-accessible source covered it at run time.

Pecuniary interests

2025 register · as of 27 May 2026

As a sitting MP, this candidate files an annual Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests. Items below are the most recent declarations from the Register.

Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
O'Conor Home Memorial Trust O'Conor Home Memorial Trust (trustee)
Company directorships and controlling interests
Pugh Contracting Limited Pugh Contracting Limited – beef and sheep farm
Organisations and trusts seeking Government funding
Westland Heritage Industrial Park Westland Heritage Industrial Park – restoration of historic machinery
Other companies and business entities
JMS Partnership JMS Partnership (not trading)
Real property
Family home – Turiwhate
Farm – Turiwhate
Timeshare – Toormina, New South Wales, Australia
Retirement schemes
Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Scheme Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Scheme

Companies Office links

as of 18 Jul 2026

Directorships, shareholdings, and trusteeships filed against this person in the Companies Office register.

Directorships

Trusteeships

Recent press

50 articles across 6 outlets
RNZ 12
1News 11
Otago Daily Times 9
NZ Herald 7
The Spinoff 7
Stuff 4