Gerald O'Brien

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John Gerald O’Brien (born 2 December 1924), known as Gerald O'Brien, was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1969–1972	36th	Island Bay	Labour
1972–1975	37th	Island Bay	Labour
1975–1978	38th	Island Bay	Labour

O'Brien was born in Wellington and was in the RNZAF from 1943 to 1946.^{[citation needed]}

In 1950 he was a Wellington City councillor, and suggested to Frank Kitts that he should stand on behalf of Labour for the mayor and council; Kitts was the highest-polling councillor, although he did not win the mayoralty until 1956.^[1]

He represented the Island Bay electorate from 1969 to 1978, when he was defeated.^[2] He was deselected for the seat by Labour after having court charges thrown out at a depositions hearing. In 1978, he ran against the official Labour candidate, Frank O'Flynn. He received some 3,700 votes at O'Flynn's expense, almost costing O'Flynn what had always been a Labour bastion.

In the 1981 election, the Social Credit Party invited him to stand for his old Island Bay electorate, but he declined.

References

↑ Wellington:Biography of a city by Redmer Yska (Reed, Auckland, 2006) pages 168-169 ISBN 0-7900-1117-4
↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 223. OCLC 154283103. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

Rowling: the Man and the Myth by John Henderson (1981, Australia and New Zealand Books, Auckland) for details on O'Brien p. 167-The O'Brien Affair

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Name	Obrien, Gerald
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Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	2 December 1924
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