Hon Erica Stanford

Erica Stanford is the Minister of Education, Minister of Immigration, and the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions. She has been the MP for East Coast Bays since the 2017 election.

Erica completed a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours at the University of Auckland, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Māori Studies. She worked in a number of export sales roles for New Zealand manufacturers.

She also spent four years working in the electorate office of former MP for East Coast Bays, Hon Murray McCully.