# Simeon Brown

Simeon Peter Brown (born 8 April 1991) is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party. == Political career == In his youth, Brown chaired the inaugural Manurewa Youth Council.Brown first entered the political scene in 2013 when he was elected a member of the Auckland Council Manurewa Local Board, on which he also served as deputy-chair.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".In 2014 he contested the seat of Manurewa unsuccessfully for the National Party.He entered national politics at the age of 25, three years later at the 2017 general election, when Brown stood in the electorate of Pakuranga. The Pakuranga electorate has been a safe seat for National since 1987 and since then it had been held by Maurice Williamson.