| Benjamin Doyle | |
| Birth Name: | Benjamin Cody Doyle |
| Constituency Mp3: | Green party list |
| Parliament3: | New Zealand |
| Predecessor3: | Darleen Tana |
| Party: | Green |
| Children: | 1 |
Benjamin Cody Doyle (born) is a New Zealand politician, representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand[1] as a Member of Parliament since replacing Darleen Tana, who was removed in 2024. Doyle became the first non-binary Member of Parliament.
Doyle was born in,[2] and grew up in Whangaparāoa.[3] They are of Ngāpuhi, Scottish, and Irish descent. They lived in Auckland through high school and university.[4]
Doyle was a teacher at Auckland Girls' Grammar School and Manurewa High School. Later, they held positions of head of Māori at Melville High School and head of social sciences at Rototuna Senior High School.[1] [5] They then worked as a kaupapa Māori researcher and facilitator at the University of Waikato,[5] and as a community organiser for artists and LGBTQIA+ communities. Until becoming an MP, they worked at Burnett Foundation Aotearoa.
Doyle identifies as non-binary, takatāpui and whaikaha (disabled).[1] [6] [7], they live in Hamilton with their partner and child.
Doyle spoke against allowing the anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (known as Posie Parker) into New Zealand, saying "Posie Parker should not be allowed into Aotearoa. In letting her enter, the minister has chosen to allow hateful anti-trans rhetoric into Aotearoa. That is unacceptable."[5]
Doyle contested the electorate in the .[8] They were 18th on the Green Party list.[9] Doyle came third in the Hamilton West electorate with 3,230 votes.[10] The Green Party won 12 list seats in the election, and therefore Doyle was not elected at 18th on the party list.[11]
Following the removal of Darleen Tana as a List MP in October 2024, Doyle was declared elected on 22 October 2024.[12] They said about Tana's removal:
Doyle is the first non-binary member of New Zealand's parliament.