What is Gordon Copeland?
{{Infobox MP | honorific-prefix = | name = Gordon Copeland | honorific-suffix = | image = Gordon Copeland (New Zealand politician).jpg | alt = White man in his late sixties, dark jacket, white shirt and tie |constituency_MP = [[United Future]] [[party list]] |parliament = New Zealand | term_start = 2002 | term_end =2008 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1943|8|19}} | birth_place = [[Nelson, New Zealand]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|11|24|1943|8|19|df=yes}} | death_place =[[Wellington]], New Zealand | nationality = New Zealander | spouse = Anne | party = [[Conservative Party of New Zealand|Conservative Party]] |otherparty =[[The Kiwi Party]]<br>[[United Future]] | relations = | children = 5 | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Gordon Frank Copeland''' (19 August 1943 – 24 November 2018) was a New Zealand politician. He was a [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] from 2002 to 2008. When first elected, he was a member of the [[United Future|United Future New Zealand]] Party from 2002 but he resigned from the party in 2007. In March 2009, Copeland became Party President of [[The Kiwi Party]], which he had co-founded.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/copeland-named-kiwi-party-president-2560482|title=Copeland named Kiwi Party president|publisher=[[Television New Zealand]]|date=18 March 2009|access-date=2009-03-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319071148/http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/copeland-named-kiwi-party-president-2560482|archive-date=19 March 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Copeland stood for the [[Conservative Party of New Zealand|Conservative Party]] in the [[New Zealand general election, 2011|2011 general election]], but lost the election.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Conservative list released | url = http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1111/S00014/conservative-list-released.htm | publisher = Conservative Party | date = 1 November 2011 | access-dat