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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1620/
- Published: 2026-11-03T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T17:30:00.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Gerry Brownlee isn’t buying the polls. At least, not yet.  
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> The 70-year-old has been a National MP for three decades (since 1996), held the Ilam seat for many years and in post-quake Canterbury was the powerful Earthquake Recovery Minister.  
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> After [losing the Ilam seat for the first time in 2020](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300135342/election-2020-gerry-brownlee-concedes-ilam-seat-to-labours-sarah-pallett?ref=goodoil.news) he became a list-only candidate, and held the number 14 position on the party list for the 2023 election, after which he was elected speaker.  
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> This year could be the end of the line.  
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> The Post

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