| Nick Leggett | |
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| 4th Mayor of Porirua | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2010 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1978/1979 (age 32–33) |
| Residence | Plimmerton |
Nick Leggett (born 1979) is the current Mayor of Porirua. He was the youngest mayor in New Zealand at the time of his election in October 2010.
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Leggett was born in Porirua City in either 1978 or 1979. He received his early education from Paremata School and Tawa College. He graduated with a BA in political science from Victoria University. While growing up, he lived in Whitby, Plimmerton, Papakowhai and Paremata.[1]
Leggett worked as a real estate agent, specialising in commercial and industrial sales.[2]
Leggett was first elected to Porirua City Council as a councillor in 1998 when he was aged 19. He wanted to achieve better representation of younger people on council, as 75% of the population were under the age of 45, yet nobody on council was.[3] He was re-elected in 2001, but did not stand for election in 2004.[1] In 2007, he was elected in the Porirua Northern Ward, coming second.[4]
In the October 2010 local body elections, he contested the Porirua mayoralty as one of nine candidates. He was endorsed by the outgoing mayor of twelve years, Jenny Brash.[5][6] Leggett was successful, obtaining 5930 votes, with his closest rival (incumbent deputy mayor Litea Ah Hoi) receiving 2973 votes.[7] Aged 31 in October 2010, he is currently New Zealand's youngest mayor.[8] There have been younger mayors before him, including the late Prime Minister Norman Kirk, who was, by the age of 30, mayor of Kaiapoi in 1953.[3]
Leggett was elected to the Porirua Community Trust in 2004–2007 and was elected for another three year term in 2010.[1][9]
He currently lives in Plimmerton. His family moved into the Porirua area in the 1950s, where most of them still reside.[1]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jenny Brash |
Mayor of Porirua 2010 – present |
Incumbent |