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ACT Party
The ACT Party (Rōpū ACT) is a right-wing libertarian and populist party that advocates free-market policies and reducing the role of government. It currently has 10 seats in parliament. ACT was formed in 1994 from the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers by former National MP Derek Quigly and former Labour minister of finance Roger Douglas. It has had seats in parliament since 1996 and has held the Epsom electorate since 2005. ACT gave support to the fifth National government from 2008 to 2017 through a confidence and supply agreement.
- Year founded1993
- Times in government1
- Current MPs10
- Number of electorates held1
- 2023 donations$1,743,725
- 2023 polling average10.3%
Party List
01 | LeaderView moreDavid Seymour
Candidate for the Epsom electorate
02 | DeputyView moreBrooke van Velden
Candidate for the Tāmaki electorate
03View moreNicole McKee
Candidate for the Rongotai electorate
04View moreTodd Stephenson
Candidate for the Southland electorate
05View moreAndrew Hoggard
Candidate for the Rangitīkei electorate
06View moreKaren Chhour
Candidate for the Upper Harbour electorate
07View moreMark Cameron
Candidate for the Northland electorate
08View moreSimon Court
Candidate for the Te Atatū electorate
09View moreParmjeet Parmar
Candidate for the Pakuranga electorate
10View moreLaura Trask
Candidate for the Banks Peninsula electorate
11View moreCameron Luxton
Candidate for the Bay of Plenty electorate
12View moreAntonia Modkova
Candidate for the Panmure-Ōtāhuhu electorate
13View moreHimanshu Parmar
Candidate for the Hamilton East electorate
14View moreToni Severin
Candidate for the Christchurch East electorate
15View moreBen Harvey
Candidate for the Selwyn electorate
16View moreRob Douglas
Candidate for the Tukituki electorate
17View moreChris Baillie
Candidate for the Nelson electorate
18View moreChristine Young
Candidate for the Tauranga electorate
19View moreZane Cozens
Candidate for the Taupō electorate
20View moreLeo Foley
Candidate for the Northcote electorate
21View moreAnna Yallop
Candidate for the North Shore electorate
22View moreLily Brown
Candidate for the Mana electorate
23View moreMike McCormick
Candidate for the Papakura electorate
24View moreAndy Parkins
Candidate for the Hutt South electorate
25View moreFelix Poole
Candidate for the Auckland Central electorate
26View moreRahul Chopra
Candidate for the Mt Roskill electorate
27View moreMichael Howe
Candidate for the East Coast electorate
28View moreOllie Murphy
Candidate for the Mt Albert electorate
29View moreKeith Griffiths
Candidate for the Kaikōura electorate
30View moreRae Ah Chee
Candidate for the Takanini electorate
31View moreSusan Stevenson
Candidate for the Hamilton West electorate
32View moreMichael McCook
Candidate for the East Coast Bays electorate
33View moreJuan Alvarez De Lugo
Candidate for the New Lynn electorate
34View morePawel Milewski
Candidate for the Napier electorate
35View moreNeil Christensen
Candidate for the Port Waikato electorate
36View moreDion Anderson
List only candidate
37View moreSimon Angelo
Candidate for the Whangaparāoa electorate
38View moreSean Beamish
Candidate for the Waitaki electorate
39View moreSusy Bretherton
Candidate for the Whangārei electorate
40View moreRoss Campbell
Candidate for the Waimakariri electorate
41View moreSimon Casey
Candidate for the Wairarapa electorate
42View moreJake Curran
Candidate for the Kelston electorate
43View moreScott Donaldson
Candidate for the Invercargill electorate
44View moreMatthew Fisken
Candidate for the Christchurch Central electorate
45View moreMike Harnett
Candidate for the Palmerston North electorate
46View morePothen Joseph
Candidate for the Māngere electorate
47View moreKelly Lilley
Candidate for the West Coast-Tasman electorate
48View moreKevin Matthews
List only candidate
49View moreBurty Meffan
Candidate for the Taieri electorate
50View moreMarten Rozeboom
Candidate for the Rotorua electorate
51View moreSean Rush
Candidate for the Ōtaki electorate
52View moreCraig Dredge
Candidate for the Whanganui electorate
53View moreTim Newman
Candidate for the Dunedin electorate
54View moreBo Burns
Candidate for the Botany electorate
55View moreJoanna Verburg
Candidate for the Coromandel electorate
56View moreAnkita Lynn
Candidate for the Wigram electorate
56View moreBrent Miles
Candidate for the Taranaki-King Country electorate
57View moreBrent Bailey
Candidate for the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate
58View moreMargo Onishchenko
Candidate for the Maungakiekie electorate
59View moreMichael Hurle
Candidate for the Remutaka electorate
60View morePaul Day
Candidate for the Ōhāriu electorate
61View moreBruce McGechan
Candidate for the New Plymouth electorate
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