Brent Catchpole

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Brent Catchpole is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of New Zealand First and served as president of the party.

Professional life

Before entering politics, Catchpole worked first as an accountant and then as a marketing director for a tourism company.<ref name="Papakura First">Template:Cite web</ref> He now works as a political lobbying consultant.<ref name="Scoop 2006">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2015 he was elected party president of New Zealand First.<ref name="Stuff 2015">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Political career

Member of Parliament

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He was elected to Parliament as a list MP in the 2002 election, but lost his seat in the 2005 election. He was his party's spokesperson on Communications & IT, Environment, Biosecurity, Internal Affairs, and Tourism portfolios.<ref name="Brent Catchpole bio">Template:Cite web</ref>

Local body politics

In 2007 he was elected to the Papakura District Council in the Ardmore ward. He had also contested the Papakura mayoralty that year, but placed third behind Calum Penrose, who was successful, and the incumbent John Robertson.<ref name="2007 local body election results">Template:Cite news</ref>

In the 2010 local body elections, he stood for the Papakura Local Board and the Counties Manukau District Health Board.<ref name="Brent Catchpole bio" /> He was successful with the local board,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but unsuccessful with the District Health Board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Catchpole was re-elected to the Papakura Local Board at the 2016 Auckland elections<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and again at the 2019 Auckland elections.<ref name="RESULTS2019">Template:Cite web</ref>