Gordon Copeland

Gordon Copeland
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for United Future party list
In office 2002–2008
Personal details
Born	(1943-08-19)19 August 1943 Mahana, Tasman District, New Zealand
Died	24 November 2018(2018-11-24) (aged 75) Wellington, New Zealand
Political party	Conservative Party
Other political affiliations	The Kiwi Party United Future
Spouse	Anne
Children	5

Gordon Frank Copeland (19 August 1943 – 24 November 2018) was a New Zealand politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2008. He entered the House of Representatives as a list MP for the United Future New Zealand Party from 2002 but he resigned from the party in 2007. In March 2009, Copeland became Party President of The Kiwi Party, which he had co-founded with another former United Future list MP, Larry Baldock, in May 2007. Copeland stood for the Conservative Party in the 2011 New Zealand general election. Prior to entering Parliament he held a number of corporate positions before working as the financial administrator for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington.