Jennifer Sylvia Brash, QSO

Queen's Service Order

The Queen's Service Order was established by Queen Elizabeth II on 13 March 1975, awarded by the government of New Zealand "for valuable voluntary service to the community or meritorious and faithful services to the Crown or similar services within the public sector, whether in elected or...

 (born December 1946), known as Jenny Brash, is a former Mayor of Porirua City

Porirua

Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...

, Wellington Region

Wellington Region

The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island.-Governance:The official Wellington Region, as administered by the Wellington Regional Council covers the conurbation around the capital city, Wellington, and the cities of Lower Hutt, Porirua, and Upper Hutt, each...

, New Zealand. Prior to being Mayor in 1998–2010, she served nine years as a City Councillor. She currently serves as a councillor on the Greater Wellington Regional Council.

Porirua City Council

Brash was first elected as a Northern Ward councillor in 1983 and held that role until 1989. She was re-elected in 1995 for another three year term.

Brash last contested the mayoralty in October 2007 against four other candidates. She received 6101 votes; more than twice as many as the next placed candidate. She retired from the mayoralty at the 2010 election. She endorsed the mayoral campaign of councillor Nick Leggett

Nick Leggett

Nick Leggett is the current Mayor of Porirua. He was the youngest mayor in New Zealand at the time of his election in October 2010.-Early life:...

, who was elected in October 2010 as her successor.

She campaigned for the construction of the Transmission Gully Motorway

Transmission Gully Motorway

The Transmission Gully Motorway is a 26 km motorway proposed for Wellington, New Zealand.-Route:It is planned to replace the current State Highway 1 along the coast road between the Kapiti Coast, Pukerua Bay and Porirua...

. Brash was the Porirua representative on the Wellington Regional Transport Committee when it was formed in 2008.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

In October 2010, she was elected to the Greater Wellington Regional Council for the Porirua-Tawa constituency. Former Porirua Mayor John Burke

John Brian Burke

John Burke QSO JP is a former Mayor of Porirua City, Wellington Region, New Zealand. Prior to being Mayor in 1983–1998 he served twelve years as a City Councillor and six years from 1977 to 1983 as Deputy Mayor.-Early life:...

, who in 2007 came second in the Porirua-Tawa Constituency that elects two councillors came third in 2010. He was thus displaced by Brash and failed to be re-elected in 2010.

Community involvement

At the close of her mayoralty, she successfully stood for election to the Porirua Community Trust. She is a supporter of the NZ Flag.com Trust

NZ Flag.com Trust

The NZ Flag.com Trust was established in 2003 by Wellington businessman Lloyd Morrison with purpose of encouraging New Zealanders to change the Flag of New Zealand, and frequently comments on the New Zealand flag debate....

, preferring a silver fern as the symbol on the New Zealand flag over the current design, which is too close to the Australian flag for her.