Her expected win was announced at 11am this morning by her only rival, Alex Foulkes, who issued a press release 30 minutes before the formal announcement in Auckland at 11.30am.
"I would like to congratulate Chlöe Swarbrick on her victory and overwhelming mandate to be co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.
"I have spoken to Chlöe and given her my congratulations on being elected. Chlöe will do an incredible job alongside Marama Davidson, and I would like to wish them both all the best in leading the party into the future," Foulkes said.
Swarbrick announced on February 2 that she would contest the co-leadership position, three days after James Shaw announced he would be stepping down.
The co-leadership is decided by Green Party members. By convention, MPs do not say who they are supporting or endorse particular candidates.
She promised to grow the Green Party and revealed her ultimate goal: "the nation’s first Green-led government" and described herself as a "well-researched radical".
Following the contest, she joined the Green Party and became a list MP at the 2017 election.
Three years later, she won the seat of Auckland Central despite the big red wave sweeping the country in 2020, and then kept it last year despite voter resentment towards an incumbent government the Greens were a part of.
She has shared some of her personal life too, including being queer and her experiences with depression. And she’s garnered international headlines for her "okay, Boomer" quip in the House in 2020.
Swarbrick regularly features in the preferred Prime Minister stakes in political polls.
