Brian Jeffares

{{Short description|New Zealand mayor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}} '''Brian Robert Jeffares''' is a New Zealand local-body politician. He is an elected member of Taranaki Regional Council and the Taranaki District Health Board, and was mayor of Stratford from 1998 to 2007.

Jeffares has a background in building and real estate, and also some radio work. Jeffares and his wife Diann have three children.<ref>McDonald Real Estate: [http://www.eieio.co.nz/StratfordAg.asp Stratford Branch Agents] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417050825/http://www.eieio.co.nz/StratfordAg.asp |date=17 April 2007 }}</ref> Jeffares is chairman of the Taranaki Electricity Trust,<ref>[http://www.taranakielectricitytrust.co.nz/ Taranaki Electricity Trust]</ref> the Stratford Health Trust, and a former trustee of the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust.

In the 2008 New Year Honours, Jeffares was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to local-body affairs and the community.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2008 |title=New Year honours list 2008 |date=31 December 2007 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=24 April 2020}}</ref>

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