Hon Heather Roy
About Heather
Heather Roy - Wife, Mother, Physiotherapist, Soldier, MP, first entered Parliament as an ACT New Zealand List MP in July 2002.
Heather was a member of the Health Select Committee from 2002-05, a member of the Social Services Committee from 2005-08, and now sits on the Education & Science and Local Government & Environment Committees.. She also has ACT Parliamentary Spokesman responsibilities for Health, Employment, Foreign Affairs and Tertiary Education, among others.
Originally from Palmerston in the South Island, Heather - now a Wellington Central resident and ACT’s representative MP for the area - is a former physiotherapist who has worked in both the public and private health sectors in New Zealand and the UK.
On returning to New Zealand, she co-ordinated medical research trials for pharmaceutical firms over a 10-year period in the areas of cardiology and psychiatry.
She has also worked as the manager of a private kindergarten, as publicity officer for the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, and has always been an active participant in community events.
In 2006, Heather joined the Territorial Force of the New Zealand Army as a Field Engineer in the 5th (Wellington, West Coast & Taranaki) Battalion Group, where she completed basic and specialised training.
Heather is married to Dr Duncan Roy and has five children.
Responsibilities
Parliamentary
Portfolios
Foreign Affairs
Health
Social Development and Employment
Police
Corrections
Courts
Labour
Science and Innovation
Pacific Affairs
Ethnic Affairs
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Tourism
Sports and Recreation
Youth Affairs
Tertiary Education
Select Committees
Education and Science
Local Government and Environment
Parliamentary Service Commission
