Paul Piesse

Paul Egerton Piesse is a co-leader of the Alliance, a New Zealand political party.

Piesse has been heavily involved in the union movement, and has held a number of senior organisational roles. He was originally a supporter of the Labour Party, but joined NewLabour in protest of the economic policies Labour pursued in the late 1980s. NewLabour eventually helped form the Alliance, and Piesse became involved in the new party. In the 1999, he stood as the Alliance candidate in the Christchurch East electorate, winning 6.7% of the vote. He was ranked 58th on the Alliance list.

Following the splintering of the Alliance, Piesse sided with the Harré-McCarten faction. In the 2002 elections, he stood again as an Alliance candidate, gaining 0.5% of the vote in Waimakariri. He was not on the party list. After Harré and McCarten also left the Alliance, Piesse was elected co-leader, alongside Jill Ovens.