16 Facts About Brendan Horan

Brendan Francis John Horan was born on 9 July 1961 and is a New Zealand former politician and former list MP, who was elected to the New Zealand Parliament in 2011 for the New Zealand First party.

Brendan Horan was expelled from the New Zealand First caucus on 4 December 2012 and served the remainder of his term as an Independent.

Brendan Horan was a weather presenter for Television New Zealand's ONE News, running on a regular cycle with Karen Olsen and Natalie Crook.

Brendan Horan 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.

Brendan Horan has been a professional lifeguard and coach, and was a New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Iron Man champion.

Brendan Horan represented New Zealand and Australia in waterpolo, and was a New Zealand outrigger canoe champion.

Brendan Horan 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 Brendan Horan stood in Tauranga, narrowly coming third behind the Labour candidate.

In November 2012 Brendan Horan was accused of taking money from his dying mother's bank account and spending it on gambling.

Brendan Horan wasn't informed until Peters made the announcement in Parliament.

Brendan Horan flatly denied the allegations, and vowed to continue as an independent MP, despite only making it into Parliament as a list MP, without an electorate.

Brendan Horan called for an investigation into who leaked his phone records to the media.

In 2013, Brendan Horan announced his intention to form a new political party.

Brendan Horan stood in the Bay of Plenty electorate, coming fifth.

Also in 2016, Brendan Horan was cleared of the allegations around use of his mother's bank account, with police saying there was no evidence to support charges.

Brendan Horan stated that the allegations had made it difficult to secure sought-after jobs.