Paul Swain

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For the American Roman Catholic bishop, see Paul J. Swain.

Parl.	Electorate	List Pos.	Party
43rd	Eastern Hutt	n/a	Labour
44th	Eastern Hutt	n/a	Labour
45th	Rimutaka	none	Labour
46th	Rimutaka	26	Labour
47th	Rimutaka	18	Labour
48th	Rimutaka	17	Labour

Paul Swain (b. 1951) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party. He became the MP for the seat of Eastern Hutt in the 1990 elections, and has been the MP for Rimutaka since the 1996 elections.

Swain has held a number of ministerial portfolios, including Associate Minister of Finance, Minister of Commerce, Minister of Communications, Minister of Corrections, Minister of Immigration, Minister for Information Technology, Minister of Labour, Minister of Statistics, Minister for State Owned Enterprises, and Associate Minister for Economic Development.

After the 2005 election, Swain decided not to seek a Cabinet post in the new government.

Before entering politics, he worked in the social welfare sector, and has also been a bus driver in Wellington. He was born in Palmerston North. Swain has a daughter with his wife Toni Reeves-Swain, and two sons from an earlier marriage.

In 2007 Paul Swain was represented by Robert Anderson of St. Patrick's College, Silverstream in the 2007 Youth Parlaiment.