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Gerry Brownlee
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Date:
18 March 2010
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Parliament Office
Private Bag 18888
Parliament Buildings
Wellington 6160
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Hon Gerry Brownlee

Member for Ilam, National Party

Current parliamentary roles

  • Leader of the House
  • Minister for Economic Development
  • Minister of Energy and Resources
  • Associate Minister for the Rugby World Cup
  • Deputy-Chairperson, Privileges Committee
  • Member, Standing Orders Committee

Former parliamentary roles

  • Junior Whip 8 September 1998-12 October 2000
  • Spokesperson, ACC December 1999-October 2000
  • Spokesperson, Superannuation
  • Spokesperson, Education
  • Deputy Chairperson, Social services select committee December 1996-November 1999
  • Deputy Chairperson, Commerce select committee 27 August 2002-4 November 2003
  • Member, Standing orders select committee 27 August 2002-13 August 2004
  • Deputy Chairperson, Transport and industrial relations select committee 11 November 2003-13 August 2004
  • Spokesperson, Energy -2 November 2003
  • Spokesperson, Local Government -2 November 2003
  • Spokesperson, SOEs 15 August 2002-9 August 2004
  • Spokesperson, Transport 2 November 2003-9 August 2004
  • Associate Spokesperson, Constitutional and Treaty of Waitangi Issues 3 February 2004-26 October 2005
  • Spokesperson, Maori Affairs 3 February 2004-26 August 2005
  • Deputy Leader, National Party 18 November 2003-27 November 2006
  • Spokesperson, State Services 26 October 2005-1 December 2006
  • Member, Maori affairs committee 9 November 2005-5 December 2006
  • Member, Standing Orders Committee 15 November 2005-3 October 2008
  • Member, Privileges Committee 16 November 2005-3 October 2008
  • Shadow Leader of the House -3 October 2008

Personal details

Born 1956, married with three children

Education/qualifications

  • St. Bede's College, Christchurch
  • Dip Tchg, Christchurch Teachers' College 1980-1980
  • TTC, Christchurch Teachers' College 1980-1980

Career

  • Worked in the timber industry
  • Teacher, Ellesmere College for five years
  • HOD Technical Department, St Bede's College -1995

Community activities

  • Member, Riccarton Wigram Community Board 1989-1992
  • Former member, Canterbury District Law Society Disciplinary Tribunal
  • Chairperson, Riccarton Bush Trust 1990-1998

Party activities

  • Former Branch chairperson
  • Former Electorate chairperson
  • Former Campaign chairperson

Leisure activities

Played rugby for the Christchurch Marist Club for 16 years, has successfully coached many school teams over the years