Peter Brown (politician)

Peter Brown (born 1939) is a member of the New Zealand Parliament, and deputy leader of the New Zealand First party. He formerly managed a stevedoring company and led the New Zealand Stevedoring Employers Association; he holds a sea captain's certificate.

Brown was nearly elected to parliament as a New Zealand First candidate for the Kaimai electorate in the 1993 election, entered parliament as a list MP with the 1996 election. He was re-elected as a list MP at the 1999 election and 2002 election.

As of 2004, Brown serves as his party's spokesman on the issues of accident insurance, energy, labour, transport, and statistics. He has promoted the cause of voluntary euthanasia, including proposing the Death With Dignity bill which was defeated in a conscience vote in Parliament in 2003.