Beth Houlbrooke
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Beth Houlbrooke | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Leader of ACT Party | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Leader | David Seymour |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Wang |
Beth Houlbrooke is the Deputy Leader of ACT New Zealand. She currently serves on the Rodney Local Board and was formerly the Chair thereof.
Biography
Houlbrooke started her political career in local politics and was formerly the chair of the Rodney local board.[1] She co-founded and was the leader of the Rodney First local government ticket, which secured five of the nine available seats on the Rodney Local Board in 2016, in their first election[2].
She contested the Rodney electorate in both 2011 and 2014 for ACT placing sixth on both occasions.[3][4] In the lead up to the 2017 election, Houlbrooke was appointed Deputy Leader of ACT New Zealand after the resignation of Kenneth Wang.[5] She contested Rodney again and was placed number 2 on ACT's party list.[6]
References
- ^ Clayton, Renee (5 November 2016). "Rodney First gets majority on the Local Board". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ Monday; October 2016, 10; First, 3:52 pm Press Release: Rodney. "Rodney First gets majority on Rodney Local Board | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 2011 election results
- ^ "Official Count Results -- Rodney (2014)". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ McCulloch, Craig. "ACT's new deputy will 'broaden voter appeal'". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "ACT unveils Party List". Scoop.co.nz. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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