Heather Roy
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The Honourable Heather Roy |
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| Minister of Consumer Affairs | |
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In office 19 November 2008 – 17 August 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Judith Tizard |
| Succeeded by | John Boscawen |
| Deputy Leader of ACT Party | |
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In office 2006–2010 |
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| Leader | Rodney Hide |
| Preceded by | Muriel Newman |
| Succeeded by | John Boscawen |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for ACT Party List |
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In office 2002–2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 March 1964 Palmerston, Otago |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | ACT Party |
| Spouse(s) | Duncan Roy |
| Children | 5 |
| Occupation | Physiotherapist, Member of Parliament, New Zealand Army Reserve |
Heather Roy (born 5 March 1964), is a former New Zealand politician who served as an ACT Member of Parliament from 2002 until 2011.
From 2006 until 17 August 2010, Roy was ACT's Deputy Leader. Following the signing of the National–ACT Supply and Confidence Agreement after the 2008 general election she was appointed as Minister (outside Cabinet) of Consumer Affairs, as well as Associate Minister of Defence and Associate Minister of Education. On 17 August 2010, Roy was replaced as Deputy Leader by first term ACT MP John Boscawen who took over her primary Ministerial role. In June 2011, Roy announced that she would retire at the 2011 general election.
Before entering politics, Roy worked as a physiotherapist, medical research co-ordinator, manager of a private kindergarten and as publicity officer for the New Zealand Portrait Gallery. Following her retirement from Parliament, Roy is now non-executive Chair of Medicines New Zealand and has also resumed her role as a Reserve Forces field engineer in the New Zealand Army.
In the 1999 elections ACT ranked her tenth on its party list, and she narrowly missed out on a seat in Parliament. In the 2002 elections, however, ranked ninth, she won election as a list MP. She also contested the United Future safe seat of Ohariu-Belmont, polling fifth.
In June 2005, she won promotion from ninth list position to second – even before she became the party's deputy leader. In the 2005 elections, she again campaigned for ACT party vote and accompanied Rodney Hide through much of his Epsom campaign. However, she also stood in Ohariu-Belmont, coming fifth.
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