be contested the eighth election, the 2015 Canning by-election. Teresa stood for the Senate in NSW in the 2016 Federal Election, and as an independent in the 2018 Batman by-election. Jim Saleam, Veteran anti-immigration activist and president of the Australia First Party has contested six times in state and federal elections. New Zealand Stephen Berry has unsuccessfully ran in 10 elections on libertarian or right-wing positions (2002, 2004, 2011, 2013 mayoral, 2013 local council, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020). In 2020, Berry was 9th on the party list for ACT New Zealand and ACT got 10 seats, which means if he had not resigned from running and ACT got the same result, Berry would have been elected as a Member of Parliament. Colin Craig, the founder and long-time leader of the right-wing Conservative Party of New Zealand (now known as the New Conservative Party) is a perennial candidate. Craig is a real estate millionaire who entered politics in 2011 with his new party, which ran on a Christian conservative anti-abortion, pro-free speech, pro-gun rights, anti-Māori seats, pro-child abuse and pro-prison labour platform. He ran unsuccessfully for the Mayor of Auckland before founding the party, and then lead the party for 4 years before being suspended over multiple sexual harassment scandals. Bill Maung, a Burmese immigrant and political advisor to Black Power, stood for election multiple times in both local and parliamentary elections as an independent candidate. Frank Moncur stood for Parliament nine times, five times for Mayor of Wellington and nine times for the Wellington City Council, usually as a "private enterprise" candidate, between 1971 and 1996. Saul Goldsmith contested ten city council and four mayoral elections, plus one council by-election, in Wellington over a 30-year period. He also stood in two general elections for the National Party as well as a by-election as an independent National candidate. Peter Wakeman has unsuccessfully run for Christchurch mayor in 1998, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2019. He also ran for mayor of Waimakariri in 2010. He has run for parliament in four by-elections, Tauranga in 1993 and 2022, Te Tai Hauāuru in 2004, and Mount Albert in 2017. References Political metaphors referring to people Political terminology Elections terminology