George Hampton is a New Zealand Labour Party politician [52] and confirmed diplomat [11], most recently selected as the Labour candidate for Christchurch Central [45].
Hampton was educated at the University of Canterbury [36], where he served as student president [30]. He subsequently studied at Columbia University [38] and at Harvard [39], with a single secondary source indicating attendance at the Harvard Kennedy School [41] and another pointing to Harvard Business School [40]. He is a confirmed Fulbright Scholar [48], and according to a single secondary source was awarded a Columbia University entrepreneurship award in 2015 [47] and recognised as a Gleitsman Leadership Fellow [50].
Early in his career, Hampton served as an administrator in the government service [5] and, according to a single secondary source, as private secretary to the New Zealand cabinet minister for disarmament and arms control [29] and as a political adviser to the New Zealand Prime Minister [28]. He held a confirmed role as a member of a local community board [25] and as a Youth Council member [20].
Hampton's diplomatic career included representing New Zealand in Europe and at the United Nations in New York [14], with a confirmed role at the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the UN in New York according to one secondary source [1]. He is also reported, from a single secondary source, to have been responsible for trade, Asia-Pacific affairs, and international security within the New Zealand foreign ministry [15]. He is a confirmed senior United Nations climate official [16], and according to single secondary sources served as senior adviser to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All [17] and as Executive Director for Global Policy and Multilateral Initiatives at the United Nations Foundation [44]. A single secondary source indicates he worked on global renewable energy projects and policy at the UN from 2018 [4]. According to a single secondary source, he served as an assistant to Helen Clark during her 2016 bid to become UN Secretary-General [21].
Outside his diplomatic and public roles, Hampton is a confirmed part-owner of Mr Whippy NZ [34], and a single secondary source describes him as a start-up founder [18] and board director [6]. According to a single secondary source, he is also a violist of the Noise Quartet [19]. Hampton was reported as a Labour candidate for the North Shore electorate in 2023 [46] before his confirmed selection as the Labour candidate for Christchurch Central [45].