Leader of ACT New Zealand | |
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Type | Party political office |
Formation | 1994 |
First holder | Roger Douglas |
Website | https://www.act.org.nz |
The leader of ACT New Zealand is the highest-ranked political position within ACT New Zealand. The current leader is David Seymour.
The leader is appointed by the party board. The leader is not required to be a member of parliament; when the leader is a member of parliament, the party constitution states that the leader is responsible for "the supervision, co-ordination and conduct of the Party’s activities in Parliament." [1] The leader serves until they resign or the board removes them.
The party leader and deputy party leader are ex officio members of the ACT board. The board consists of a maximum of thirteen members, consisting of regional representatives, party MPs, the party president, party vice-president, the party treasurer, and others at the discretion of the board. [2]
No. | Leader | Portrait | Electorate | List Placement [lower-alpha 1] | Term Start | Term End | |
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1 | Roger Douglas (b. 1937) | None (was previously a Labour MP; re-elected as the third-ranked ACT list MP in the 2008 election, after leadership term) | 1994 | 24 March 1996 | |||
2 | Richard Prebble (b. 1948) | Wellington Central | 1st | 1996–1999 | 26 March 1996 | 13 June 2004 | |
List | 1999–2005 | ||||||
3 | Rodney Hide (b. 1956) | List | 7th | 1996–1999 | 13 June 2004 | 28 April 2011 | |
5th | 1999–2002 | ||||||
2nd | 2002–2005 | ||||||
Epsom | 1st | 2005–2010 | |||||
4 | Don Brash (b. 1940) | None (was previously leader of National; was first on the ACT party list for the 2011 election but ACT did not gain enough party votes) | 28 April 2011 | 26 November 2011 | |||
5 | John Banks (b. 1946) | Epsom | 4th | 2011–2014 | 15 February 2012 | 2 February 2014 | |
6 | Jamie Whyte (b. 1965/1966) | None (was first on party list for the 2014 election but ACT did not gain enough party votes) | 2 February 2014 | 3 October 2014 | |||
7 | David Seymour (b. 1983) | Epsom | None | 2014–2017 | 4 October 2014 | incumbent | |
1st | 2017–present |
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