Simeon Peter Brown[2] (born 8 April 1991)[3] is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party.

[12] Brown stated, in an interview on his youth, that he was motivated to go into politics to stand up for the values of and fight for "hard work, personal responsibility and enterprise".

[24] In early May 2021, Brown received several death threats following his criticism of Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson visiting a hui held by the Waikato Mongrel Mob.

[25] In late May, Brown also received several threatening messages from Mongrel Mob members after he criticised a funeral procession in a tweet for allegedly taking over a road in Hawke's Bay.

[26] Louise Hutchinson, the Public Liaison for the Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom, accused Brown of cultural insensitivity and of using gangs as a "politicking tool."

[28] In June 2022, Brown was caught in a controversy where he liked a Facebook post by fellow MP Simon O'Connor which expressed it was a "good day" following Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization's overturn of US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which curtailed abortion rights in the US.

He made these remarks when he was asked his opinion on Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency's) proposal to introduce bilingual road signs.

[32] Brown's remarks drew criticism from Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who suggested that the National Party was dog whistling on Waka Kotahi's bilingual road sign programme.

[33][34] Several Māori National MPs including Tama Potaka, Harete Hipango, and Shane Reti expressed disagreement with Brown, stating that they had no objections to bilingual road signs.

[38] As part of the cabinet reshuffle, Brown relinquished his energy, local government and transport portfolios, which were picked up by Simon Watts and Chris Bishop respectively.

[39] On 30 April 2024, Brown confirmed that the Government would invest in 25 new high speed electric vehicle charging facilities along key routes between major urban centres.

[43] On 21 March, Brown confirmed that Cabinet was developing new rules to replace the so-called "Nanny state" speed limit reductions of the previous Labour Government.

[49] Earlier in January 2024, Brown had announced that the Government would implement road user charges on both electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids from 1 April 2024.

In response clean car lobby group "Drive Electric" said that weakening fuel efficiency standards would lead to high petrol and diesel prices.

[51] On 12 July, Brown announced that the Government would be introducing measures to reduce "excessive" road cone usage and to ease temporary traffic management costs.

[53] On 19 September, Brown announced that the Government would roll out new data collection vans to assess the condition of New Zealand roads and prevent potholes.

Brown also announced that the government would introduce legislation restoring the requirement for local councils to hold referenda on Māori wards by the end of July 2024.

Brown has expressed pro-life views and once liked a social media post by fellow National MP Simon O'Connor welcoming the Supreme Court of the United States's 2022 ruling overturning Roe v Wade.