Ian Revell

Ian Murray Revell (born 7 February 1948)^[1] is a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1990 to 1999, representing the National Party. Before entering politics, Revell was a senior detective in the New Zealand Police.

Ian Revell
Ian Revell, c. 1995
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Birkenhead and Northcote
In office 1990–1999
Succeeded by	Ann Hartley
Personal details
Born	Ian Murray Revell (1948-02-07) 7 February 1948 (age 77) Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Political party	National Party

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
1990–1993	43rd	Birkenhead			National
1993–1996	44th	Birkenhead			National
1996–1999	45th	Northcote	36		National

He was first elected to Parliament in the 1990 election as MP for Birkenhead, defeating the incumbent Jenny Kirk of the Labour Party. He remained MP for Birkenhead until the seat was abolished in the 1996 election, when he successfully stood for the new Northcote electorate.^[2] In the 1999 election, he was defeated by Labour's Ann Hartley by less than 300 votes. As he was not on National's party list, he left Parliament.

After politics

He now works as a Senior Sales Consultant for Prestige Realty and has been the recipient of the Top Salesperson Award for 2006 and 2007.^[3][4] Revell primarily works on Auckland's North Shore, based in Takapuna.

Revell was formerly the patron of the Monarchist League of New Zealand,^[5] but resigned in favour of Sir Peter Tapsell in 2000 soon after leaving Parliament.

At the 2016 Auckland elections, Revell stood for the Takapuna-Devonport local board, as part of Team George Wood.^[6] He finished eighth, and was not elected to the board.^[7]