Rodney Hide

Rodney Hide
13th Minister of Local Government
In office
19 November 2008 – 14 December 2011
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byNanaia Mahuta
Succeeded byChris Tremain
Minister for Regulatory Reform
In office
19 November 2008 – 14 December 2011
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Succeeded byJohn Banks
Leader of ACT New Zealand
In office
13 June 2004 – 28 April 2011
DeputyMuriel Newman
Heather Roy
Preceded byRichard Prebble
Succeeded byDon Brash
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for ACT List
In office
1996–2005
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Epsom
In office
2005–2011
Preceded byRichard Worth
Succeeded byJohn Banks
Majority3102 (8.67%)
Personal details
Born (1956-12-16) 16 December 1956 (age 67)
Oxford, New Zealand
Political partyACT New Zealand
SpouseLouise Crome
Children4
OccupationEconomist

Rodney Philip Hide QSO (born 16 December 1956) is a former New Zealand politician of the ACT New Zealand party. Hide was a Member of Parliament for ACT from 1996 until 2011, was ACT's leader between 2004 and 2011, and represented the Epsom constituency from 2005 to 2011. In the Fifth National Government, Hide was Minister of Local Government, Associate Minister of Commerce and Minister of Regulatory Reform until 2011.[1]

He stepped down as ACT leader in April 2011 after a leadership challenge from Don Brash and retired from Parliament at the general election later that year.[2]

  1. ^ Kay, Martin (17 November 2008). "New groups part of deals". The Dominion Post.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Satherley, Dan (27 April 2011). "Rodney Hide resigns, makes way for Brash". 3 News. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2011.