Erica Stanford

Minister of Education, Minister for Immigration

Electorate: East Coast Bays

Before Politics

◆Teacher and school principal

Parliamentary Career

◆MP for East Coast Bays since 2017
◆Minister of Education and Immigration since November 2023

Key Positions

→Structured literacy and phonics-based reading curriculum reform
→Mandatory maths and reading testing
→Tighter immigration settings

Accomplishments

✓Led major literacy curriculum overhaul — structured literacy rollout nationally
✓Polled as one of most preferred alternative National leaders in 2025

Controversies

!Immigration processing delays and backlogs during her tenure
!Cuts to ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) funding criticised

Bio Summary

Education and Immigration Minister; former teacher championing literacy reform and streamlining post-COVID immigration settings.

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