Patrick Kearins MBE (14 July 1894 - 7 September 1974)[1] was a Member of Parliament for Waimarino, in the North Island of New Zealand.

[4] In 1947 Kearins was one of three Labour MPs who supported Frank Langstone's contentious proposal that the government make the state-owned Bank of New Zealand the sole legal issuer of bank credit over loans and overdrafts in an attempt to secure state control over the means of exchange.

[5] In 1953 Kearins crossed the floor of parliament and voted with the National government to support the Licensing Amendment Bill (No.

This Bill proposed that the licensing of the King Country, part of Kearins' electorate, be subject to a referendum.

[8] However, at the candidate selection for Rotorua, Ray Boord won the nomination and was subsequently elected,[9] and "Labour lost its only farming voice... sacrificed by the party machine".