Gerald O'Brien

John Gerald O’Brien (born 2 December 1924), known as Gerald O'Brien, was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography
O'Brien was born in Wellington and was in the RNZAF from 1943 to 1946.

In 1950 he was a Wellington City councillor, and suggested to Frank Kitts that he should stand on behalf of Labour for the mayor and council; Kitts was the highest-polling councillor, although he did not win the mayoralty until 1956.

He represented the Island Bay electorate from to 1978, when he was defeated. He was deselected for the seat by Labour after having court charges thrown out at a depositions hearing. In 1978, he ran against the official Labour candidate, Frank O'Flynn. He received some 3,700 votes at O'Flynn's expense, almost costing O'Flynn what had always been a Labour bastion.

In the 1981 election, the Social Credit Party invited him to stand for his old Island Bay electorate, but he declined.