Tony Ryall

The New Zealand politician Tony Ryall (born in November 1964) votes with the centre-right National Party in the New Zealand Parliament. He first won election to Parliament as MP for the East Cape electorate in the 1990 elections aged 26. Subsequent boundary reorganisations saw him represent the Eastern Bay of Plenty electorate (1993-96) and the Bay of Plenty electorate (1996- ).

Ryall has served in Cabinet as, among other things, Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, Minister of Local Government, Minister of Youth Affairs, and Minister of Justice. Before entering politics, he worked as a credit analyst at a bank.

In the 2005 General Election he won the largest National Party electorate majority in the country: in his Bay of Plenty Electorate he gained a majority of approximately 15,800 votes.

Tony Ryall lives in Tauranga with his wife and two children. He currently serves as the National Party spokesman on Health.

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