Cameron Brewer

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Cameron Brewer
MP
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Brewer in 2023
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Upper Harbour
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 October 2023
YearsWardAffiliation
2010 –2013ŌrākeiIndependent
2013 –2016ŌrākeiIndependent
2016 –2019Rodney Local BoardRodney First

Auckland Council, 2010–2019

In the 2010 Auckland Council elections Brewer was elected from the Ōrākei ward while standing as an Independent, winning by over 7,000 votes – winning 18,235 votes or 55%. [1] He ran against Citizens & Ratepayers deputy leader Doug Armstrong. As a Councillor, Brewer was appointed Chairman of Auckland Council's inaugural Business Advisory Forum, Chairman of the Planning & Urban Design Panel, and Deputy Chair of the Economic Development Forum. His decision to contest the election as a right wing independent, was labelled as a betrayal by C&R members while the result was considered a humiliation for C&R in its "traditional heartland". [2] [3] [4]

In the past he has been considered as a potential candidate for the Mayor of Auckland in 2013. [5] [6]

He was re-elected unopposed to Council in 2013. He did not contest the seat in 2016, instead stood for a seat on the Rodney Local Board. [7]

In October 2016 Brewer was elected on the Rodney First ticket which gained a majority of five members on the nine-person Rodney Local Board. He stood in the Kumeu subdivision, gaining 4,018 votes – polling the second highest of all the candidates standing for the Rodney Local Board. Brewer was Chairman of the Rodney Local Board's Transport, Infrastructure & Environment Committee from 2016 to 2019.[ citation needed ]

He left politics in 2019 and runs his own communications firm, Cameron Brewer Communications Limited, which was established in 2015. [8]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2023 –present 54th Upper Harbour 62 National

A former journalist, Brewer is a member of the New Zealand National Party and worked as press secretary to Jenny Shipley, John Banks and Rodney Hide. [9]

In 2011 he decided not to contest the safe-National Party seat of Tāmaki, following the resignation of Allan Peachey, and also ruled out standing for the ACT Party. [10] [11]

Brewer has been a member of the National Party since 1996 and since 2015 has resided in the Helensville electorate. Following the announcement of John Key's pending resignation as a member of parliament, it was speculated that he was considering standing in the electorate, but he ruled it out in early January 2017 citing family, business and local board commitments. [12]

In April 2023, Brewer was announced as the National Party's candidate in the Upper Harbour electorate for the 2023 New Zealand general election. [13]

During the 2023 election that was held on 14 October, Brewer won with a wide majority of 11,192, flipping the seat back to National and ousting first-term incumbent Vanushi Walters. [14]

After an election night celebration, Brewer was accused of making an inappropriate comment in his speech, declaring that his win was a victory for “stale, pale, males”. He later apologised, saying it was “a poor attempt at humour”. [15]

Brewer was Deputy Chair (and Government lead) of Parliament’s Governance & Administration select committee, and a Member of the Justice select committee from December 2023 to January 2025. On 29 January 2025, he was appointed as Chair of the Finance & Expenditure select committee. [16]

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