George Bryant (New Zealand politician)

George William Bryant QSM JP (born 29 September 1938) is a New Zealand writer, politician and theologian.

He was a councillor for Whangarei District Council for six years during the 1980s and twice stood in parliamentary elections for Social Credit.

He attended Ashburton Borough School and spent five years at Ashburton High School before attending Canterbury University (graduated BA in 1961), Christchurch Teachers' College (diploma in teaching 1961), and Victoria University of Wellington (graduated MA in 1964).

His focus has been on politics, religion, education, biographies of leading Kiwis, the environment, world aid, and stories of overcomers and social issues, such as the widening gap between the rich and poor.

[5] Bryant now spends most of his time holding seminars for Christian writers, mentoring, editing and publishing.

[7] He was a party publicist, largely setting the scene for leader Bruce Beetham and two others to enter parliament, and wrote all of Social Credit's election manifestos from 1972 to 1987.