Gerrard Mortland "Gerry" Eckhoff[1] farms sheep and beef in the high country near Roxburgh, Central Otago.
[3] In the 2002 election, he was ranked eighth, and remained in Parliament.
[4] He was an ACT party spokesperson on agriculture, fisheries, forestry, biosecurity, rural affairs and land use issues.
He remained a list MP until the 2005 election,[5] in which he was again ranked eighth, but only two ACT MPs were returned.
[1] Eckhoff was working for the Meat Industry Excellence Group for a while, but he resigned in April 2013 over differences in strategy.