Richard Ivor Prosser (15 January 1967 – 10 June 2022) was a New Zealand politician, writer, and winemaker. He was a member of New Zealand First party and was a Member of parliament from 2011 to 2017. While in Parliament, he voted against the Marriage Amendment Bill, which allowed same sex marriage. He attracted international attention in 2013 when he called for all young men who were Muslim or who "look like a Muslim" to be banned from Western airlines. Early life Prosser was born in Henderson, Auckland, on 15 January 1967. He grew up in Waikato and attended Hauraki Plains College. Prosser lived in Britain for several years before returning to New Zealand in 1990. His work, prior to Parliament, included photographic technician, barman, engineering contractor, truck driver and sales representative. Prosser also trained as a Reiki Master. He moved to Otago in 1994 and took up wine making, and obtained a Certificate in Grapegrowing and Winemaking from Eastern Institute of Technology in 2001. By 2011 he was based in Canterbury, working as the South Island business development manager for an irrigation firm. Political career Early unsuccessful elections Prosser stood for the Democrats for Social Credit in the 2005 election in the Otago electorate. He was ranked fourth on their party list; the party received 0.05% of the party vote and did not get any MPs elected. Prosser also ran in the 2007 Central Otago District local elections, both for mayor and for councillor for the Earnscleugh-Manuherikia Ward. In both elections, he came last out of three candidates. Prosser said that he wanted to restart the South Island Party, a political party which contested the 1999 general election. He founded a "pressure group" of the same name, which was active around 2008, but it did not register as a political party. Instead, Prosser helped promote South Island First, another pressure group. Member of Parliament Prosser joined New Zealand First in 2010 after attending a party meeting. He was later elected to the party's board of directors, and then selected as a parliamentary candidate for the 2011 election. He was ranked fourth on their party list. He also ran as a candidate for the Waimakariri electorate. While he only received 588 electorate coming last of five candidates, New Zealand First received 6.59% of the party vote and so Prosser won a list seat in the 50th Parliament. For the 2014