Christopher John Leitch, a New Zealand politician best known as the leader of the Social Credit Party has died. Leitch led the party from 2018 until his death on Jan. 20, 2023.
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What was Chris Leitch’s cause of death? Chris Leitch died after a long battle with neck cancer, the Party’s president said in a statement.
Leitch joined the Social Credit Party in the early 1970s and was elected party leader in June 2018.
Under his stewardship, the party increased its activities by frequently putting out press releases and occasionally full-page ads in newspapers.
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On 8 February 2022, Social Credit released a press statement advocating for an end to the government’s vaccine mandate.
Leitch travelled to Wellington to attend the anti-mandate 2022 Wellington protests and spoke to protesters directly on 11 February 2022.
Leitch later called for the government to compensate all people who lost their jobs due to vaccine mandate regulations.
Leitch is survived by his wife Anne, son Andrew, two stepdaughters Tracey and Darian, and brother Tim.
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