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en-wikipedia-org-1342		David Shearer - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3312	467	68	David James Shearer MBE (born 28 July 1957) is a New Zealand United Nations worker and politician. He was elected as leader of the Labour Party on 13 December 2011 but resigned on 15 September 2013, being succeeded by David Cunliffe. Shearer was viewed as unlikely to win the election; Claire Trevett of The New Zealand Herald originally expected that only Cunliffe and Parker would run for the leader's role,[13] and The Dominion Post's Vernon Small wrote that "Mr Shearer's bid is seen as a way to lift his profile".[14] On 9 December, Horizon Research released a demographically-weighted survey which found that 35.4% of adult New Zealanders supported Shearer's bid for the leadership, and 19.9% backed Cunliffe.[15] On 8 December 2016 Shearer announced he would resign from Parliament after being chosen to head the United Nations Mission in South Sudan by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon,[28] replacing Dane Ellen Margrethe Løj.[29] His resignation forced a by-election for his seat in the Mount Albert electorate, which lead to future Labour leader and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern winning the seat.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1342.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1342.txt