Barry Brill
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Barry Edward Brill is a New Zealand
politician and a lawyer. Brill was a cabinet minister in the Third National Government
from 1978 to 1981.
. He represented the electorate of Kapiti
in Parliament from 1975 to 1981, when he was defeated by Margaret Shields
. He was Minister of Energy and Minister of Science and Technology in the Third National Government
from 1978 to 1981.
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Brill is standing for ACT New Zealand in Northland
in the 2011 general election
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New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
politician and a lawyer. Brill was a cabinet minister in the Third National Government
Third National Government of New Zealand
The Third National Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984. It was an economically and socially conservative government, which aimed to preserve the Keynesian economic system established by the First Labour government while also being socially conservative...
from 1978 to 1981.
Member of Parliament
Brill was a member of the National PartyNew Zealand National Party
The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...
. He represented the electorate of Kapiti
Kapiti (New Zealand electorate)
Kapiti was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, from 1972 to 1996.-Population centres:The main population centres in the electorate were Paraparaumu, Raumati and Waikanae, north of Wellington on the Kapiti Coast.-History:...
in Parliament from 1975 to 1981, when he was defeated by Margaret Shields
Margaret Shields
Dame Margaret Kerslake Shields, DNZM, QSO, JP is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.She represented the electorate of Kapiti in Parliament from 1981 to 1990, when she was defeated by Roger Sowry, one of a number of losses contributing to the fall of the Fourth Labour Government...
. He was Minister of Energy and Minister of Science and Technology in the Third National Government
Third National Government of New Zealand
The Third National Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984. It was an economically and socially conservative government, which aimed to preserve the Keynesian economic system established by the First Labour government while also being socially conservative...
from 1978 to 1981.
Later years
More recently, Brill has been active in publicly opposing scientific authorities' views on global warmingGlobal warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
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Brill is standing for ACT New Zealand in Northland
Northland (New Zealand electorate)
Northland is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate was established for the 1996 election and is currently not represented, after the only MP for the electorate so far, John Carter of the National Party,...
in the 2011 general election
New Zealand general election, 2011
The 2011 New Zealand general election on Saturday 26 November 2011 determined the membership of the 50th New Zealand Parliament.One hundred and twenty-one MPs were elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives, 70 from single-member electorates, including one overhang seat, and 51 from party...
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