New Zealand National Party leadership election, 2016
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The 2016 New Zealand National Party leadership election was held on 12 December 2016 to determine the 12th leader of the National Party and the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand. A secret exhaustive ballot of the 59-member National parliamentary caucus was to be used in the event of a contested leadership.
The election followed the resignation announcement of Prime Minister and parliamentary leader John Key on 5 December 2016. Deputy Prime Minister Bill English became the sole candidate and was elected, following the 8 December withdrawal of Police Minister Judith Collins and Health Minister Jonathan Coleman.Paula Bennett was appointed as the new deputy leader, replacing English in this position.
John Key became National Party leader in 2006, as a second term electorate MP for Helensville. Following two years as Leader of the Opposition, Key led his party to victory in the 2008 general election, forming the Fifth National Government of New Zealand, and repeated this feat in both the 2011 and 2014 general elections. At the time of his resignation in late 2016, National had enjoyed a sustained period of strong polling leading up to the 2017 general election.
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