Don Brash: Difference between revisions

On 28 April 2011 the incumbent leader of the ACT Party, Rodney Hide, announced that he was stepping down as leader in favour of Brash who had joined the party that morning. His membership was ratified by the party board on Saturday 30 April and the ACT party parliamentary caucus confirmed him as leader the same day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Rodney-Hide-resigns-makes-way-for-Brash/tabid/419/articleID/208855/Default.aspx|title=Rodney Hide resigns, makes way for Brash|work=[[3 News]]|access-date=27 April 2011|date=27 April 2011|first=Dan|last=Satherley|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001221323/http://www.3news.co.nz/Rodney-Hide-resigns-makes-way-for-Brash/tabid/419/articleID/208855/Default.aspx|archive-date=1 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party board re-convened later that day to ratify his leadership. Rodney Hide remained in Parliament until its dissolution prior to the 2011 general election. Brash was leader of the party outside Parliament and former [[Auckland City]] mayor [[John Banks (New Zealand politician)|John Banks]] stood in [[Epsom]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4934835/ACT-leadership-stoush-Rodney-Hide-resigns|title=Brash 'highly unlikely' to get top post|work=Stuff|publisher=Fairfax NZ Ltd|first=Andrea |last=Vance |first2= Belinda |last2=Mccammon|date=28 April 2011|access-date=30 April 2011 }}</ref> The ''Listener'' compared Brash's successful bid for the leadership of the ACT Party to a hostile takeover.<ref>{{cite news|title= Don Brash|url=http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/don-brash/|last=Wichtel |first=Diana|date=16 May 2011 |access-date=17 June 2011 |work=New Zealand Listener |quote=going after the leadership of a party to which he did not belong in a manner inviting comparison to a hostile takeover.}}</ref> Brash hoped to get ACT 15% of the party vote in the 2011 election, but it only managed 1%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/hide-sees-possibility-returning-parliament-nn-92598|title=Hide sees possibility of returning to parliament|access-date=26 November 2011|archive-date=12 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512224545/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/hide-sees-possibility-returning-parliament-nn-92598|url-status=dead}}</ref> Brash resigned on election night and was later replaced as leader by John Banks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/election-2011/92214/banks-pledges-to-rebuild-act-as-leader-quits|title=Banks pledges to rebuild Act as leader quits|date=27 November 2011|publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]]}}</ref>