Nick Leggett

Nick Leggett
4th Mayor of Porirua
In office
2010 – present
Preceded by Jenny Brash
Personal details
Born Nicholas Oliver Leggett
1979
Porirua, New Zealand
Spouse(s) Emily Pita (m. 2014)

Nicholas Oliver "Nick" Leggett (born 1979) is a New Zealand politician. He is the current Mayor of Porirua, and at the time of his election in October 2010 he was the youngest mayor in New Zealand.

Early life

Leggett was born in Porirua City in 1979 and grew up in Whitby, Plimmerton, Papakowhai and Paremata. He was educated at Paremata School and Tawa College, and then studied at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a BA in political science.[1]

Professional life

Leggett worked as a real estate agent, specialising in commercial and industrial sales.[2]

Local-body politics

Leggett was first elected to Porirua City Council as a councillor in 1998 when he was 19. He wanted to achieve better representation of younger people on council, as 75 per cent of the population were under 45 but nobody on council was.[3] He was re-elected in 2001, but did not stand for election in 2004.[1] In 2007, he was elected in the Porirua Northern Ward, coming second.[4]

At the local-body elections in October 2010, Leggett contested the Porirua mayoralty as one of nine candidates. He was endorsed by the outgoing mayor of 12 years, Jenny Brash, as well as former mayor, John Burke.[5][6] Leggett was successful with 5930 votes, his closest rival, incumbent deputy mayor Litea Ah Hoi, receiving 2973 votes.[7] When he was elected he became the youngest mayor in New Zealand at the time, although there have been younger mayors, including Norman Kirk, was 30 when elected mayor of Kaiapoi in 1953.[3] Leggett was re-elected mayor in 2013.[8]

Leggett served on the Porirua Community Trust from 2004 to 2007, and 2010 to 2013.[9] In 2013 he was elected a member of the Capital and Coast District Health Board.[10]

Personal life

He currently lives in Camborne and is married to Emily Pita, to whom he became engaged in 2013,[1]and married in 2014.[11] In early 2011 Leggett underwent a lap band operation to combat issues surrounding obesity, and he subsequently reduced his weight from 110 kg to 79 kg.[12]

He is a member of the New Zealand Labour Party,[11] but has stood as an independent candidate for local government.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Nick". Nick Leggett. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Gilchrist, Jennifer (3 July 2010). "Nine contenders compete in Porirua mayoral race". Newswire.co.nz. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  3. 1 2 Broun, Britton (11 October 2010). "Porirua's new mayor New Zealand's youngest". Dominion Post. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "Porirua City Council – Northern Ward". Elections2010.co.nz. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Open race for mayoralty of Porirua". Radio NZ. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "New mayor for Porirua". Radio NZ. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Porirua City Mayor". Elections 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  8. ↑ McBride, Kerry (12 October 2013). "Leggett wins Porirua race". Dominion Post. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Porirua Community Trust Ward 1". Elections NZ. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  10. ↑ McBride, Kerry (14 October 2013). "Porirua's Leggett wins spot on CCDHB". Dominion Post. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  11. 1 2 Johnstone, Tessa (12 July 2014). "Mayor to leg-it before wedding day". Dominion Post. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  12. ↑ Awarau, Aroha (23 August 2013). "Mayor Nick Legget loses 30kg and gains love". New Zealand Woman's Weekly. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Jenny Brash		 Mayor of Porirua
2010 – present 		Incumbent
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