ACT New Zealand,known simply as ACT,is a right-wing,classical-liberal political party in New Zealand,promoting libertarianism with a prominent right-wing populist faction. Young ACT is an associated student wing.
Libertarianz was a political party in New Zealand that advocated libertarianism,favouring self-government and limiting the power of the government over the individual. Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism was a major influence on the party. Its slogan "More Freedom,Less Government" is indicative of the party's basic policy platform. It went into recess and was de-registered by its own request in 29 January 2014.
John Archibald Banks is a New Zealand former politician. He was a member of Parliament for the National Party from 1981 to 1999,and for ACT New Zealand from 2011 to 2014. He was a Cabinet Minister from 1990 to 1996 and 2011 to 2013. He left Parliament after being convicted of filing a false electoral return –a verdict which was later overturned.
Rodney Philip Hide is a former New Zealand politician of the ACT New Zealand party. Hide was a Member of Parliament for ACT from 1996 until 2011,was ACT's leader between 2004 and 2011,and represented the Epsom constituency from 2005 to 2011. In the Fifth National Government,Hide was Minister of Local Government,Associate Minister of Commerce and Minister of Regulatory Reform until 2011.
The 1902 New Zealand general election was held on Tuesday,25 November,in the general electorates,and on Monday,22 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 15th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 415,789 (76.7%) voters turned out to vote.
Epsom is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate,returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. As of the 2020 general election,its member of parliament is David Seymour,the leader of ACT New Zealand.
The 2011 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 26 November 2011 to determine the membership of the 50th New Zealand Parliament.
John Spencer Boscawen is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the ACT New Zealand Party and served as a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011.
The 2014 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 20 September 2014 to determine the membership of the 51st New Zealand Parliament.
Paul Jonathan Goldsmith is a New Zealand politician and,since the 2011 election,a list member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is the National Party spokesperson for justice,and workplace relations and safety.
David Breen Seymour is a New Zealand politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Epsom and leader of ACT New Zealand since 2014.
The 2017 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 23 September 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament. The previous parliament was elected on 20 September 2014 and was officially dissolved on 22 August 2017. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives under New Zealand's mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system,a proportional representation system in which 71 members were elected from single-member electorates and 49 members were elected from closed party lists. Around 3.57 million people were registered to vote in the election,with 2.63 million (79.8%) turning out. Advance voting proved popular,with 1.24 million votes cast before election day,more than the previous two elections combined.
Christopher Bishop is a New Zealand National Party politician who was first elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2014 as a list MP. Bishop won the Hutt South electorate in 2017 but lost the seat in 2020. He returned to Parliament as a National list MP and served as National spokesperson for Housing and Infrastructure and is the Shadow Leader of the House. He is the Chairperson of National's 2023 Election Campaign.
Several polling firms conducted opinion polls during the term of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament in the lead up to the 2020 general election,which elects the 53rd Parliament. The 52nd Parliament was elected on 23 September 2017 and dissolved on 6 September 2020. The 2020 election was originally due to take place on Saturday 19 September 2020,but due to a second COVID-19 outbreak it was delayed until Saturday 17 October 2020.
Jamie Ross Strange is a New Zealand politician. He is a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.
The 2023 New Zealand general election to determine the composition of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand is planned to be held on 14 October 2023,after the currently elected 53rd Parliament is dissolved or expires. Voters will elect 120 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system,a proportional representation system in which 72 members will be elected from single-member electorates and 48 members from closed party lists.
Brooke Olivia van Velden is a New Zealand politician who has been a Member of Parliament since the 2020 general election for ACT New Zealand. She has been the party's deputy leader since June 2020.
James Samuel McDowall is a New Zealand libertarian politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2020 general election as a representative of the ACT New Zealand party.
Toni Gae Severin is a New Zealand politician who became a Member of Parliament in the New Zealand parliament at the 2020 general election as a representative of the ACT New Zealand party.
Several polling firms have conducted opinion polls during the term of the 53rd New Zealand Parliament (2020–present) for the 2023 New Zealand general election. The regular polls are the quarterly polls produced by Television New Zealand conducted by Verian and Discovery New Zealand (Newshub) conducted by Reid Research,along with monthly polls by Roy Morgan Research,and by Curia. The sample size,margin of error and confidence interval of each poll varies by organisation and date.
