John Banks | |
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| Leader of ACT New Zealand | |
| In office 16 February 2012 – 1 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Don Brash |
| Succeeded by | Jamie Whyte |
| 38th Mayor of Auckland City | |
| In office 1 November 2007 – 31 October 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Dick Hubbard |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished Len Brown (as Mayor of Auckland) |
| In office 1 November 2001 – 31 October 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Fletcher |
| Succeeded by | Dick Hubbard |
| 29th Minister of Police | |
| In office 2 November 1990 – 2 March 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Jim Bolger |
| Preceded by | Richard Prebble |
| Succeeded by | John Luxton |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Whangarei | |
| In office 28 November 1981 – 27 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | John Elliott |
| Succeeded by | Phil Heatley |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Epsom | |
| In office 12 December 2011 – 8 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Rodney Hide |
| Succeeded by | David Seymour |
| Minister for Small Business | |
| In office 12 December 2011 – October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Maurice Williamson |
| Succeeded by | Steven Joyce |
| Minister for Regulatory Reform | |
| In office 12 December 2011 – October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Rodney Hide |
| Succeeded by | Bill English |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Archibald Banks 2 December 1946 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Political party | ACT New Zealand |
| Other political affiliations | National Party (until 2011) |
| Spouse | Amanda Medcalf |
| Children | 4 |
John Archibald Banks CNZM QSO JP (born 2 December 1946) is a New Zealand former politician. He was a member of Parliament for the National Party from 1981 to 1999, and for ACT New Zealand from 2011 to 2014. He was a Cabinet Minister from 1990 to 1996 and 2011 to 2013. He left Parliament after being convicted of filing a false electoral return – a verdict which was later overturned.[1][2][3][4]
In between his tenures in Parliament, he served as Mayor of Auckland City for two terms, from 2001 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2010.[5] When seven former smaller councils were combined into one to run the Auckland 'supercity' in 2010, Banks unsuccessfully ran for mayor again.[6] The electoral return that he filed after that campaign, detailing donations received and campaign expenses, was the subject of Banks' conviction and eventual acquittal.[3][7] After new evidence came to light, it was decided in May 2015 that there would be no retrial.
- ^ Steward, Ian (7 August 2014). "John Banks appeals his fraud conviction". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ Bennett, Adam (28 November 2014). "John Banks' wife's obsessive detective work". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ a b Orsman, Bernard (29 January 2015). "John Banks facing a retrial over charge of filing false electoral return". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "John Banks to stand trial in July". Radio New Zealand. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ Bernard Orsman (13 October 2007). "Banks ousts Hubbard". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
- ^ "Preliminary results". Archived from the original on 12 October 2010.
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