(15 August 2002 – 2 November 2003), Law and Order (2003 – 26 October 2005), and Immigration (9 August 2004 – 26 October 2005). In the 2005 general election Ryall won the largest National Party electorate majority in the country: in his Bay of Plenty electorate he gained a majority of approximately 15,800 votes. In the 2008 election he secured the country's second largest majority, behind the Prime Minister's 17,600 majority. Cabinet Minister in the Fifth National Government: 2008–2014 From November 2008 to his retirement from politics in 2014, he served as the Minister of Health. Along with the Minister of Finance, Ryall oversaw National's government share offer programme, which yielded $4.7b from the partial sale of three state-owned electricity generators and Air New Zealand. He announced in February 2014 that he was to retire from politics at that year's general election. Ryall was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a Member of Parliament, in the 2015 New Year Honours. After politics Ryall joined law firm Simpson Grierson in November 2014 as head of its public policy practice. In February 2015, he was appointed a director of the New Zealand subsidiary of Australian nib Health Funds, a health insurance company. He is currently chief executive of BestStart Educare Limited. References External links |- |- |- |- 1964 births Living people New Zealand National Party MPs Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand Ministers of Housing (New Zealand) Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Massey University alumni Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates 21st-century New Zealand politicians Justice ministers of New Zealand