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Brendan Horan

Brendan Horan
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for New Zealand First party list
In office
26 November 2011 – 4 December 2012
Member of Parliament
for NZ Independent Coalition party list
In office
4 December 2012 – 20 September 2014
Personal details
Born (1961-07-09) 9 July 1961 (age 55)
Political party NZ Independent Coalition (previously New Zealand First)

Brendan Francis John Horan (born 9 July 1961) is a New Zealand politician and former list MP, who was elected to the New Zealand Parliament in 2011 for the New Zealand First party. He was expelled from the New Zealand First caucus on 4 December 2012 and served the remainder of his term as an Independent. Horan is of Māori descent with affiliations to Ngāti Maniapoto.

Horan was a weather presenter for Television New Zealand's ONE News, running on a regular cycle with Karen Olsen and Natalie Crook. He started in March 2005, and took redundancy in 2007 when former TV1 weather presenter Jim Hickey returned after nearly 4 years absence on the air. His final weather presentation was on 7 September 2007.

Horan has been a professional lifeguard and coach, and was a New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Iron Man champion. He also represented New Zealand and Australia in waterpolo, and was a New Zealand outrigger canoe champion.

In the 2008 general election, Horan contested the East Coast electorate for the New Zealand First party. He came third in electorate votes but due to New Zealand First's poor showing in party votes, was not elected from the party list.

At the 2011 general election Horan stood in Tauranga, narrowly coming third (by 96 votes) behind the Labour candidate. However, he was elected as a list MP for New Zealand First, after being ranked sixth on their party list.

In October 2012 he helped saved the life of Indonesian MP Atte Sugandi by giving him CPR when the MP collapsed at a UN conference in Japan.

In November 2012 Horan was accused of taking money from his dying mother's bank account and spending it on gambling. At first Winston Peters refused to say whether he still had confidence in Horan, but on 4 December expelled him from the party. Horan wasn't informed until Peters made the announcement in Parliament.


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