The Act Party has today announced their list for November's general election but with a name missing from the number three spot.
ACT leader Don Brash, who rolled former leader Rodney Hide in April, takes the number one spot and ACT's current parliamentary leader, John Boscawen, takes the number two
spot.
However, the number three spot has been left blank.
It has been rumoured that Hong Kong-based corporate lawyer Cathy Odgers - known as blogger "Cactus Kate" - will stand for the party and it is possible the spot is being held for her.
Dr Brash said the number three position was being held "for someone who has the unanimous support of the board, and has strong credentials for the role, but is not currently in a position to confirm availability".
He confirmed the person was not a current MP.
Current Act MP Hilary Calvert, who switched sides to allow Dr Brash to roll Rodney Hide as leader, does not appear on the list.
The list:
1 Dr Don Brash
2 John Boscawen
3
4 Don Nicolson
5 Hon John Banks
6 David Seymour
7 Chris Simmons
8 Stephen Whittington
9 Kath McCabe
10 Robyn Stent
11 John Thompson
12 John Ormond
13 Lyn Murphy
14 Kevin Moratti
15 Robin Grieve
16 Pratima Nand
17 Dominic Costello
18 Toni Severen
19 Richard Evans
20 Ian Cummings
21 Gareth Veale
22 Toby Hutton
23 Dan Stratton
24 Robert Burnside
25 Hayden Fitzgerald
26 Alex Spiers
27 Peter McCaffrey
- NZPA
