Gerry Brownlee

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gerry Brownlee
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 4, 1956(1956-02-04)
Age	68
Birthplace	Christchurch
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Canterbury
Horoscope	Aquarius

Gerry Brownlee Biography

Gerry Brownlee is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 4, 1956 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Gerard Anthony Brownlee (born 4 February 1956) is a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Brownlee was criticized during the 1999 campaign after he was kicked out Neil Able, a 60-year-old Native Forest Action campaigner, from the National Party’s campaign’s launch. The expulsion took place using some, including journalists, deemed to be excessive force. Neil Able started civil assault proceedings against Brownlee seeking compensation of $60,000. In 2002 an District Court judge found in the favor the Ms. Able and found that Brownlee was guilty of having “used excessive and unnecessary force on Mr Abel when he tried to remove him from a staircase handrail”. Brownlee received a fine of Neil Able $8,500 in damages. Brownlee was unsuccessful in his attempt to have his $48,000 legal costs reimbursed by the government.

Shortly after his election, however, Smith opted to take two weeks of stress leave, saying that the protracted leadership disputes had exhausted him. When Smith returned to Parliament, Brownlee challenged him for the deputy leadership. Informed of the challenge, Smith resigned, and on 17 November 2003 Brownlee won the caucus vote unopposed. Initially, Smith alleged that while he was on stress leave, “a campaign to oust me was conducted in the media while I was under the leader’s instructions to make no comment.” Audrey Young wrote in the New Zealand Herald that Brownlee and Murray McCully were rumoured to have been behind the campaign to oust Smith as deputy leader.

Brownlee’s roles as an MP have included serving as the National Party’s Junior Whip, shadow Leader of the House, and as the Party spokesperson on superannuation, energy, transport, local government, Māori affairs, state- owned enterprises, state services, and ACC. He was Don Brash’s Deputy Leader from 2003–2006, and has served as a minister and Leader of the House in the Fifth National Government. His most prominent role has been leading the Government’s earthquake recovery efforts following the 2010, 2011 and 2016 earthquakes.

Brownlee is a Christchurch born native of Christchurch, Brownlee worked as a teacher prior to being elected to the Parliament at his election in 1996. Brownlee became deputy-leader for the National Party from 2003 to 2006. He also held different ministerial posts during the Fifth National government as the position of Leader of the House as well as Minister for Defence and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Gerry Brownlee Net Worth

Gerry Brownlee is one of the richest Politician from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gerry Brownlee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Brownlee was born in Christchurch to Leo (a saw miller who passed away in the year 1989) as well as Mary Brownlee. He is the oldest from five kids. The Brownlee family, including his uncle Mark Brownlee was a representative of New Zealand in rowing at the Summer Olympic Games in 1964 and 1968, while his cousin, Scott Brownlee (Mark’s son) also represented New Zealand in rowing at the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000.

In the election of 1993, Brownlee stood as the National Party candidate in the Sydenham electorate. He ran unsuccessfully against Jim Anderton, the Alliance leader. In the 1996 election , he was a candidate for the seat adjacent to Ilam and was elected by an easy margin. Ilam has remained his seat as the Ilam MP since then. Ilam from that time however his majority has declined until he made a significant return in the election of 2005.

Brownlee challenged the vacant deputy leadership of the National Party in 2001, but was defeated by Bill English. English eventually succeeded to the leadership later that year. However, by 2003 Brownlee was seen by Labour Party MP Phil Goff and Scoop columnist Paulo Politico as a potential challenger to English’s leadership. English was eventually replaced as National Party leader by former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash. Brownlee was thought to be a possible deputy leader to Brash but declined to pursue the position, which went to Nick Smith.

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In August 2009, Brownlee was criticised by Forest and Bird Spokesperson Kevin Hackwell for playing down government discussions to possibly allow more mining within conservation areas. Hackwell was reported as stating that “If the Government’s to go down this line they could be buying a fight with the people of the Coromandel, with the people of New Zealand generally, who have put these areas aside and want them protected for their conservation values”. The New Zealand mining industry was reported as welcoming the move.

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Gerry Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Gerry Brownlee celebrates birthday on February 4 of every year.

After the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, Brownlee, as the senior-most Christchurch MP in government, was appointed Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery on 7 September 2010. The role gave Brownlee substantial powers in supervising and coordinating the involvement of central government, local government, and the private sector in rebuilding Christchurch.

Top Facts about Gerry Brownlee

1. Gerry Brownlee is a New Zealand politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
2. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1996.
3. Brownlee was the Leader of the House from 2008 to 2017.
4. He served as Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery from 2011 to 2017.
5. Brownlee was also Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017.
6. He is a member of the National Party in New Zealand.
7. Brownlee was born on February 22, 1956, in Christchurch, New Zealand.
8. He attended St Bede’s College and later graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
9. In his early career, he worked as an insurance broker and later became involved in local politics before being elected to Parliament in 1996.
10. Brownlee has been re-elected multiple times and remains an active member of Parliament today.

Is Gerry Brownlee still in Parliament?

Dominic Harris of news website Stuff described it “perhaps the most unlikely of election night coups”. Despite this defeat, Brownlee returned to Parliament due to his high ranking on the National Party list. On 6 November 2020, Brownlee announced his resignation as deputy leader of National.

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Who is the speaker of the House New Zealand?

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