Gerry Eckhoff

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.

Member of Parliament
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
1999–2002 46th List 9 ACT
2002–2005 47th List 8 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]

References
  1. "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.


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