2015 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand co-leadership election

Leadership election within the New Zealand Green Party April 2024 February 2017 2015 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand co-leadership election 100px presidential no 2009 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand co-leadership election 2009 2018 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand co-leadership election 2018 30 May 2015 James Shaw 2014 (green background).jpg James Shaw 098137 54.33% File:Kevin Hague 2008 (cropped).jpg Kevin Hague 098137 44.09% Co-leader Co-leader after election Russel Norman James Shaw 69 56 The 2015 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand co-leadership election was held to elect a Green Party co-leader. The election was won on the first ballot by first term List MP James Shaw. Background In January 2015, Russel Norman announced his intention to stand down as co-leader of the Green Party.http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/65583217/green-party-coleader-russel-norman-resigns Green Party co-leader Russel Norman resigns Stuff.co.nz 30 January 2015 30 January 2015 This triggered an election to fill the now vacant male co-leadership. Candidates James Shaw James Shaw had been a List MP since 2014 and was ranked 12th on the Green Party list. He was the Greens' spokesperson for economic development, justice, trade and small business. He put himself forward as a candidate able to grow the Greens' party vote and strengthen its economic credentials in the minds of voters.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11455774 Greens' co-leadership race: Sensible or flash – the Green choice The New Zealand Herald 28 May 2015 28 December 2015 Davidson, Isaac Kevin Hague Serving as a List MP since 2008, a former Chief Executive of the West Coast District Health Board and ranked 3rd on the party list, Kevin Hague had the most experience of the four nominees. At the time he was the Greens' spokesperson for ACC, health, housing, rainbow (LGBT) issues. He was seen by commentators as the "safe choice" as the most experienced candidate with the strongest record in Parliament. Gareth Hughes A List MP since 2010, Gareth Hughes was ranked 5th on the party list. He was serving as the Green Party's Musterer (whip) as well as their spokesman for energy, mining, ICT, and science. Hughes (aged 33) was seen as a choice representing a generational shift and was seen as the strongest voice on environmental issues, a key area of concern for the party. Vernon Tava Vernon Tava was a member of the Waitematā Local Board, Green Party Auckland co-convener and was an electorate candidate for Northcote in 2011. Tava was pitched as an outsider (having never been an MP) and pledged a return to the party’s roots and core values as neither left nor right wing and placing the environment back at the top of party priorities. Result The voting was conducted via an STV vote by 127 party delegates from electorates across the country. The following table gives the ballot results:http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1505/S00595/james-shaw-elected-new-green-party-male-co-leader.htm James Shaw elected new Green Party male Co-leader Scoop.co.nz 30 May 2015 8 January 2018 CandidateVotes% James Shaw 69 54.33 Kevin Hague 56 44.09 Gareth Hughes 1 0.78 Vernon Tava 1 0.78Majority 13 10.23Turnout 127 Post-election Shaw became the Green Party's third male co-leader and joined Metiria Turei in leadership duties. Shaw set himself the goal of making the Greens "more like modern New Zealand" and an ambitious target to expand the party membership to over 20,000. At the time the party had around 6000 members and he wished to double the membership of the party in a year, then double it again the following year.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11457558 'More like modern NZ' says new co-leader The New Zealand Herald 31 May 2015 1 June 2015 Davidson, Isaac By the time of the 2017 general election, Shaw was the sole Green Party leader; Turei resigned her co-leadership following public scrutiny of her announcement that she had committed benefit fraud in the early 1990s.https://www.greens.org.nz/news/press-release/green-party-co-leader-metiria-turei-resigns-co-leader Green Party Co-Leader Metiria Turei resigns as Co-leader 9 August 2017 28 August 2017 28 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170828143530/https://www.greens.org.nz/news/press-release/green-party-co-leader-metiria-turei-resigns-co-leader dead Hague later admitted that losing was a "blow" and when he was approached by Forest & Bird, he decided to resign from the House of Representatives and take up the CEO role for that organisation instead. His resignation was announced in September 2016.Radio New Zealand https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/312597/green-mp-kevin-hague-resigns-from-parliament 5 September 2016 30 December 2016 Green MP Kevin Hague resigns from Parliament Vernon Tava later quit the Green Party altogether believing the party had lost its way from environmentalism and was becoming "too socialist". He joined the 2017 campaign team of National's East Coast Bays candidate Erica Stanford.http://politik.co.nz/en/content/politics/1038/Top-Green-resigns-and-says-party-has-become-socialist-Vernon-Tava-Greens.htm Top Green resigns and says party has become socialist Politik 28 February 2017 28 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170411031310/https://www.politik.co.nz/en/content/politics/1038/Top-Green-resigns-and-says-party-has-become-socialist-Vernon-Tava-Greens.htm 11 April 2017 References Category:2015 elections in New Zealand Category:Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand leadership elections Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand male co-leadership election