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Don Brash

List Member · New Zealand National Party
Former MP

🗣️ How they talk

Favourite words
government (510) tax (224) party (217)
Catchphrase
“the top half of the oecd” (29×)

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📋 Voting History by Policy

✓ Assisted dying ✗ Civil unions ✓ Looser shop trading hours ✗ Marriage equality ✗ Raising alcohol purchase age ✓ Sex work decriminalisation

🏛️ Parliamentary terms (2)

Parliament Party Electorate Elected Vacated
48 New Zealand National Party List 2005-09-17 2007-02-07
47 New Zealand National Party List 2002-07-27 2005-09-16

🗳️ Votes (38)

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Date Question Voted
8 Nov 2006 🛑 That the Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction: Purchase Age) Amendment Bill be now read a second time
Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction:Purchase Age) Amendment Bill — Second Reading
✕ No
11 Oct 2006 🛑 That the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill be now read a second time
Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill — Second Reading
✕ No
14 Jun 2006 That the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Easter Trading) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Easter Trading) Amendment Bill — First Reading
✓ Aye
17 May 2006 That the Easter Sunday Shop Trading Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Easter Sunday Shop Trading Amendment Bill — First Reading
✓ Aye
7 Dec 2005 🛑 That the Marriage (Gender Clarification) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Marriage (Gender Clarification) Amendment Bill — First Reading
✓ Aye
8 Jun 2005 That the Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill — First Reading
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Wills Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the War Pensions Amendment Bill (No 3) be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Trustee Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Tax Administration Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Social Security Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Real Estate Agents Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Property (Relationships) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the New Zealand Superannuation Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Minors’ Contracts Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Marriage Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Life Insurance Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Interpretation Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill (No 4) be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Income Tax Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Bill (No 4) be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Goods and Services Tax Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Estate and Gift Duties Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Deaths by Accidents Compensation Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Child Support Amendment Bill (No 3) be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Care of Children Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Administration Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
15 Mar 2005 Third Reading That the Relationships (Statutory References) Bill be now read a third time
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill; and BillS Therefrom — Third Readings
✕ No
9 Dec 2004 Third Reading That the Civil Union Bill be now read a third time
Civil Union Bill — Third Reading
✕ No
2 Dec 2004 That the Civil Union Bill be now read a second time
Civil Union Bill — Second Reading
✕ No
8 Sep 2004 🛑 That the Shop Trading Hours (Easter Trading Local Exemption) Bill be now read a first time
Shop Trading Hours (Easter Trading Local Exemption) Bill — First Reading
✓ Aye
29 Jun 2004 That the Relationships (Statutory References) Bill be now read a first time.
Relationships (Statutory References) Bill — First Reading
✓ Aye
24 Jun 2004 That the Civil Union Bill be now read a first time
Civil Union Bill — First Reading
✓ Aye
30 Jul 2003 🛑 That the Death with Dignity Bill be now read a first time
Death with Dignity Bill — First Reading
✓ Aye
25 Jun 2003 Third Reading That the Prostitution Reform Bill be now read a third time
Prostitution Reform Bill — Third Reading
✓ Aye
26 Mar 2003 🛑 That the Rotorua District (Easter Sunday Shop Trading) Bill be now read a second time
Rotorua District (Easter Sunday Shop Trading) Bill — Second Reading
✓ Aye
19 Feb 2003 That the Prostitution Reform Bill be now read a second time
Prostitution Reform Bill — Second Reading
✓ Aye

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