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ACT candidate Brent Miles has pulled out, weeks before the election.
Act Party’s Taranaki King Country candidate, Brent Miles, has withdrawn his candidacy just weeks out from the general election.
Miles, who stood for ACT at the 2020 election, withdrew last week for personal reasons, making him the fifth candidate for the party to pull out in recent weeks.
A party spokesperson told Stuff they would not be making further comment.
Miles’ decision means five ACT candidates have now withdrawn in recent weeks.
The party’s Rangitata candidate, Elaine Naidu Franz, resigned in August after it emerged she compared Covid mandates to concentration camps.
Anto Coates – who was number 33 on the party list – stepped down in July “for personal reasons” after comments about Covid and former PM Jacinda Ardern.
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The ACT leader saw red when he was asked about his Waikato candidate Darren Gilchrist.
Another candidate, Waikato’s Darren Gilchrist – who apologised for linking the Covid vaccine to drownings – also resigned “for personal reasons”.
And Scott Boness – the party’s Auckland Central candidate – withdrew in early August.
