What is Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party?
{{Infobox official post |post = Deputy Leader of the Labour Party |body = |insignia = |image = Kelvin Davis.jpg |incumbent = [[Kelvin Davis (politician)|Kelvin Davis]] |incumbentsince = 1 August 2017 |residence = |appointer = |termlength = No fixed term |formation = 27 August 1919 |inaugural = [[James McCombs]] |precursor = }} The '''deputy leader of the Labour Party''' is the second-most senior politician within the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] in [[New Zealand]]. The officeholder represents [[Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party|leader of the Labour Party]] at party-specific events. In all cases where the leadership is vacant, the deputy leader can be [[Acting (law)|acting]] leader until a new leadership election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constitution and Rules|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/sites/default/files/parties/rules/labour_party_constitution_2015.pdf|publisher=New Zealand Labour Party|date=2016}}</ref> [[Kelvin Davis (politician)|Kelvin Davis]] is the current Deputy Leader, elected on 1 August 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Mikaela|last2=de Graaf|first2=Peter|title=Te Tai Tokerau's Kelvin Davis made deputy Labour leader|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=11897682|access-date=29 April 2018|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=2 August 2017|language=en-NZ}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:New Zealand politicians| ]] {{stub}}