Victor Billot

Victor Billot is a former co-leader and electoral candidate for New Zealand's Alliance party.

He is also known as a writer, musician, unionist, past editor of Critic Te Ārohi magazine, and a performer in the bands Alpha Plan,[1] Age of Dog[2] and Das Phaedrus.

At the 2007 national conference, held in Dunedin, two co-leaders were elected, Billot and Kay Murray, with Paul Piesse returning to his former role as Party President.

[12] Billot still engages in left wing activism in Dunedin, campaigning against cuts to postal services in 2015.

[16] Billot has published three poetry collections: His work has also appeared in Australian and New Zealand literary journals including Cordite,[20] Meniscus,[21] Minarets[22] and Takahē.