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The deputy chair of the Rodney Local Board, Beth Houlbrooke, has been selected as the ACT party candidate for Kaipara ki Mahurangi for the 2020 General Election.
Ms Houlbooke says if she should enter Parliament, she would likely relinquish her Board role.
A by-election would need to be held if more than one person sought her Board position.
Ms Houlbrooke says one of the frustrations of working in local politics is the extent of Government regulation and red tape, which severely restricts what local politicians can achieve.
“It’s all going too far and not helping us as a country. It’s crushing the Kiwi spirit,” she says.
Ms Houlbrooke hopes by entering national politics she can drive moves to cut red tape.
Ms Houlbrooke is currently ACT deputy party leader. Assuming she retains this position, she will likely be number two on the ACT party list due to be announced at the end of this month.
She says on current polling, ACT could expect to gain three seats at the next General Election.
“But that’s just current polling and a week is a long time in politics,” she says.
Ms Houlbrooke has served served three terms on the Rodney Local Board, including one term as chair.
ACT Leader and MP for Epsom David Seymour says Beth is a doer and a worker.
“Her rich experience of business, education, and local government would make her a better MP than 90 per cent of incumbents on day one,” he says.
