Nicholas Oliver Leggett was born on 1979 and is a former New Zealand politician and, as of 2016, a member of the New Zealand National Party.
18 Facts About Nick Leggett
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Nick Leggett was Mayor of Porirua from 2010 until 2016, and at the time of his election in October 2010, he was the youngest mayor in New Zealand.
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Nick Leggett was born in Porirua City in 1979 and grew up in Whitby, Plimmerton, Papakowhai, and Paremata.
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Nick Leggett was educated at Paremata School and Tawa College, and then studied at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a BA in political science.
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Nick Leggett was first elected to Porirua City Council as a councillor in 1998, when he was 19.
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Nick Leggett 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.
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Nick Leggett was re-elected in 2001, but did not stand for election in 2004.
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At the local-body elections in October 2010, Nick Leggett contested the Porirua mayoralty as one of nine candidates.
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Nick Leggett was then working as a real estate agent, specialising in commercial and industrial sales.
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Nick Leggett was re-elected Porirua mayor in 2013 with 9252 votes.
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Nick Leggett served on the Porirua Community Trust from 2004 to 2007 and 2010 to 2013.
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Nick Leggett then changed allegiance to the National Party later that year citing ideological differences with Labour's leadership and announced he intended to seek the National candidacy for the Mana electorate in 2017.
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Nick Leggett later abandoned his plans to run for Parliament but stated he would still campaign for the National Party in the area.
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When he contested the Wellington mayoralty in 2016, Nick Leggett moved to Johnsonville.
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In 2018 Nick Leggett was the executive director of the New Zealand Alcohol Beverages Council.
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In October 2018 Nick Leggett was appointed the CEO of Transporting New Zealand, a lobby group which promotes and the interests of the trucking road freight industry.
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Nick Leggett left Transporting New Zealand to become CEO of Infrastructure New Zealand in 2023, and was appointed Chair of Wellington Water the same year.
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Nick Leggett married Emily Pita in 2014; they have a son.