John Boscawen
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The Honourable John Boscawen |
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| Minister of Consumer Affairs | |
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In office 18 August 2010 – 3 May 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Heather Roy |
| Succeeded by | Simon Power |
| Deputy Leader of ACT Party | |
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In office 2010–2011 |
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| Leader | Rodney Hide |
| Preceded by | Heather Roy |
| Succeeded by | Don Nicolson |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for ACT Party List |
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In office 2008–2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | ACT New Zealand |
| Occupation | Businessman |
John Spencer Boscawen (born c.1957) is a former ACT New Zealand member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and as of May 2011, ACT's Parliamentary Leader and former Minister of Consumer Affairs of New Zealand. He came to parliament in the 2008 general election as a list MP, having been ranked fourth. Before entering parliament he was best known for his campaign against the Electoral Finance Act. He sat on the Finance and Expenditure, Commerce, and Parliamentary Service select committees, and is ACT's spokesperson for a range of issues including Housing, Transport, Energy and Economic Development.
In January 2013 he became the president of the ACT Party. On 2 February 2014, after unsuccessfully running for ACT Leader, he relinquished the role of president to allow classical liberal philosopher Jamie Whyte to become ACT Leader and David Seymour to become the party's new Epsom candidate.
Boscawen was an accountant in the 1980s, but became insolvent after borrowing heavily to invest in the sharemarket before the stockmarket crash of 1987. With help from his parents, he was able to return to investing, developing the K-Mart Plaza in Hastings.
He became an associate member of the New Zealand Business Roundtable.
ACT New Zealand was formed in 1994 and Boscawen became a member the following year. He has served on the party's board and been its treasurer, was Epsom campaign manager for the 2005 election and overall campaign manager in 2008. He also donated NZ$100,000 to the party. In 2008 he was ranked fourth on the ACT party's list. With ACT winning 3.65% of the vote at the 2008 general election, Boscawen entered parliament as ACT's fourth MP.
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