Gary Thomas Knapp (born 1947) is a former New Zealand politician of the Social Credit Party.
[3] In the 1984 election, while Beetham lost Rangitikei to a National Party challenger, Knapp retained East Coast Bays, and another Social Credit candidate, Neil Morrison, won Pakuranga.
[7] In November that same year Knapp and eleven supporters entered Parliament House in Wellington and locked themselves in a committee room.
They occupied the room for two days using the publicity to demand the government keep its word to hold a referendum on switching to a proportional representation electoral system.
[14] After leaving active politics he returned to real estate becoming an agent in 1993, first in Auckland and later Port Macquarie, Australia.