Penny Webster
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Penny Webster is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1999 to 2002, representing the ACT New Zealand party.
Before entering politics, Webster was a farmer, and headed the Auckland branch of the Federated Farmers organisation. She was first elected to Parliament in the 1999 elections, becoming a list MP. In the 2002 elections, however, she was ranked in thirteenth place, a low position for a sitting MP. While this was seen by some as a reflection of her ineffectiveness as an MP, Owen Jennings, another former farmer, was also ranked lowly, prompting some to suggest that ACT was not as interested in the rural vote as it might once have been. ACT did not win sufficient votes for thirteen seats, and so Webster did not return to Parliament.
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