Deletion of David Shearer

Comment: Just being ... an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability" (). He is not ''just'' a candidate for political office and even if he was it would not necessarily rule out notability, it just would "not guarantee notability". Candidacy + UN work + NZer of the Year + MBE + chances of election + number of sources together get him over the line IMO
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: substanial press coverage meets  - 37 exact matches at NZ Heraldhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/david-shearer/search/results.cfm?kw1=%22David%20Shearer%22&kw2=&op=all&searchorder=2&display=10&start=0&thepage=1&st=gsa, 44 at TVNZhttp://tvnz.co.nz/search/?q=%22David+Shearer%22&sort=date%3AD%3AS%3Ad1, 10 at stuff.co.nz http://www.stuff.co.nz/searchresults?cof=FORID%3A9&cx=006730714154542492986%3Aoh6vl0ybuqy&ie=UTF-8&q=%22David+Shearer%22#1258, 10 at 3Newshttp://www.3news.co.nz/Home/gSearchResults/tabid/431/Default.aspx?cx=014519039365600221706%3Aym2itsw8shk&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=%22David+Shearer%22#1396, ODT has 20 http://www.odt.co.nz/search?query=%22David+Shearer%22. If he doesn't win then he may well run again at the 2011 general election
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)