Brett John Hudson (born 1965) is a New Zealand politician who was a Member of Parliament for the
New Zealand National Party
The New Zealand National Party ( mi, Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), shortened to National () or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand. It is one of two major parties that dominate contemporary New Zealand politics, alongside ...
from 2014 to 2020.
Political career
Hudson stood in the
2011 election, but his rank of 73rd on
National's party list meant he was not elected to Parliament. In
2014 election the National Party selected him to contest
Ōhāriu against incumbent
Peter Dunne
Peter Francis Dunne (born 17 March 1954) is a retired New Zealand politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ōhāriu. He held the seat and its predecessors from 1984 to 2017—representing the Labour Party in Parliament from 1984 ...
of the
United Future
United Future New Zealand, usually known as United Future, was a centrist political party in New Zealand. The party was in government between 2005 and 2017, first alongside Labour (2005–2008) and then supporting National (2008–2017).
Uni ...
Party. While unsuccessful in his electorate, he was ranked 39th on National's 2014 party list, enough to become a list MP.
At the
2020 election Hudson lost Ōhāriu by nearly 12,000 votes, and was not placed high enough on National's list to return to Parliament as a list MP.
References
Living people
New Zealand National Party MPs
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
New Zealand list MPs
Place of birth missing (living people)
1965 births
Unsuccessful candidates in the 2011 New Zealand general election
21st-century New Zealand politicians
Candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election
Candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election
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