New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 2017
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The New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 2017 was held on 1 August 2017 to choose the next leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. The election was won by Mount Albert MP Jacinda Ardern.
Labour leader Andrew Little had led Labour since 2014 and after several low polling results announced his intention to retire from the leadership following intense media speculation.
As Ardern was the only officially nominated candidate, she was universally elected as party leader and took over Little's role as Leader of the Opposition as well. Kelvin Davis was then elected unopposed as deputy leader filling the vacancy caused by Ardern's elevation. At 37, Ardern became the youngest leader of the Labour Party. She is also the second woman to lead the party after Helen Clark. Ardern's tenure as leader began just eight weeks before the 2017 general election, and at a press conference following her election as leader, she said that the forthcoming election campaign would be one of "relentless positivity".
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