Leader of ACT New Zealand

The leader of ACT New Zealand is the highest-ranked political position within ACT New Zealand. The current leader is David Seymour, who became the leader in October 2014. He is the longest serving ACT Leader, serving more than 10 years as of 2024.

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."ACT Constitution (2019), p. 14 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.ACT Constitution (2019), p. 10

List of leaders + No. Leader Portrait ElectorateList placement Term start Term end1Roger DouglasNone199424 March 19962Richard PrebbleWellington Central1st1996–199926 March 199613 June 2004List1999–20053Rodney HideList7th1996–199913 June 200428 April 20115th1999–20022nd2002–2005Epsom1st2005–20104Don BrashNone28 April 201126 November 20115John BanksEpsom4th2011–201415 February 20122 February 20146Jamie WhyteNone2 February 20143 October 20147David SeymourEpsomNone2014–20174 October 2014incumbent1st2017–present

Timeline

Deputy leader

The party also has a deputy leader who acts as leader when required in the leaders absence. The current leader is Nicole McKee. +No.Deputy leaderPortraitElectorateList placementTerm startTerm endLeader1Ken ShirleyList 3rd1996–199919942004Douglas2nd1999–2002Prebble7th2002–2005None2Muriel NewmanList 8th1996–199920042005Hide7th1999–20023rd2002–2005None3Heather RoyNone17 September 200517 August 2010List9th2002–20052nd2005–20082008–20114John BoscawenList4th2008–201117 August 2010Brash5Kenneth WangNone15 April 20149 July 2017WhyteList10th2004–2005SeymourNone6Beth HoulbrookeNone9 July 201728 June 20207Brooke van VeldenNone28 June 202028 June 2026Tāmaki2nd2020–20268Nicole McKeeList3rd2020–present28 June 2026incumbent

See also

Leader of the New Zealand National Party Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party Co-leaders of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori Libertarianism

Footnotes

References

Sources

"ACT New Zealand – Constitution & Rules" (PDF), 2019. Elections NZ. ACT New Zealand. Retrieved 15 March 2024