Gerry Eckhoff

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Gerrard Mortland "Gerry" Eckhoff [1] farms sheep and beef in the high country near Roxburgh, Central Otago. [2] He is a former New Zealand politician, having served as an ACT New Zealand Member of Parliament.

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Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateListParty
1999 2002 46th List9 ACT
2002 2005 47th List8 ACT

He was first elected to Parliament as a list MP in the 1999 election, having been ranked ninth on ACT party list. [3] In the 2002 election, he was ranked eighth, and remained in Parliament. [4]

He was an ACT party spokesperson on agriculture, fisheries, forestry, biosecurity, rural affairs and land use issues. He remained a list MP until the 2005 election, [5] in which he was again ranked eighth, but only two ACT MPs were returned. [1]

Outside Parliament

Eckhoff was working for the Meat Industry Excellence Group for a while, but he resigned in April 2013 over differences in strategy. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. Eckhoff, Gerry. "The Rattle of a Grumpy (Old?) Man". New Zealand Centre for Political Research. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  3. "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  5. "Urban-rural vote split challenging". Television New Zealand . 19 September 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  6. Rae, Sally (4 April 2013). "Eckhoff exits meat group over fears". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 26 August 2013.