Leaders of a New Zealand libertarian party
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]
List of leaders
No.
|
Leader
|
Portrait
|
Electorate
|
List Placement[a]
|
Term Start
|
Term End
|
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
|
Timeline
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