Brendon Burns | |
|---|---|
 Brendon Burns in 2010 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Christchurch Central | |
| In office 2008–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Tim Barnett |
| Succeeded by | Nicky Wagner |
| Majority | 935 (2.91%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | Two |
| Website | http://www.brendonburns.co.nz/ brendonburns.co.nz |
Brendon Burns is a former Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Christchurch Central electorate in the Parliament of New Zealand.
Burns worked for 12 years in the Parliamentary Press Gallery. As editor of The Marlborough Express for seven years,he led various community initiatives and won the country's top journalism award –a term at Cambridge University. He twice stood in the Kaikōura seat for Labour. He has an extensive career history in journalism having done political coverage in both print and radio mediums. He has run his own communications business Indaba Communications.
In 1999 he won the Qantas Award for best editorial writer. [1]
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 –2011 | 49th | Christchurch Central | 49 | Labour | |
Burns was selected to replace Tim Barnett who retired at the 2008 general election. [2] Burns has had a long history in political campaigning,twice failing (in 2002 [3] and 2005) to capture the Kaikōura electorate from the National Party. In 2008,Burns successfully held Christchurch Central for Labour,with a greatly reduced majority of 935. In 2011,Burns lost the seat to National's Nicky Wagner by 47 votes.
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