Barry Edward Brill (born 22 October 1940) is a New Zealand lawyer and ex-politician. Brill was parliamentary under-secretary for Energy, Science and Technology, Regional Development and National Development in the Third National Government from 1978 to 1981. Early life Brill was born in Te Awamutu on 22 October 1940, the son of Arnold and Clarice Brill, who were dairy farmers at Brills Road, near Kihikihi. He was educated at St Patrick's primary school in Te Awamutu and Sacred Heart College, Auckland. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1964 and graduated LL.M.(Hons) from Victoria University of Wellington in 1967. He later gained an M.ComLaw from University of Auckland and OPM from Harvard Business School (2000). In February 1963, Brill married Pauline Hannon, and the couple would have five children. He later married Robyn Stent and they live in the Bay of Islands. Admitted as a partner in a Wellington law firm in 1964, he subsequently practised as Brill Adlam & Mollard in Paraparaumu, which then merged to form McGrath, Vickerman, Brill & Partners in 1977. He lectured in Commercial Law at the Central Institute of Technology and Victoria University Law School. In 1969, Brill was appointed as the youngest ever director of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. He was elected to the Wellington Free Ambulance Board 1973-76 and the Wellington Hospital Board 1974-77. He also served as a Trustee of the Wellington Trustee Savings Bank. Member of Parliament Brill was a member of the National Party and served on its Dominion Council. It was anticipated that Brill would win the National nomination to replace the retiring Dan Riddiford in the electorate, but he was surprisingly beaten by Ken Comber. He instead stood for the electorate of Kapiti in the unsuccessfully, but won the seat in the . He was Chairman of the Statutes Revision Committee, the Pacific Islands Affairs Committee and the ad hoc Select Committees on Misuse of Drugs, and the Human Rights Commission Bill. After the 1978 election, the Kapiti electorate was the subject of an Electoral Petition following which the Full Court declared Brill the winner by 11 votes. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, Regional Development and National Development in the Third National Government from 1978 to 1981. In the he was defeated by Margaret Shields. Brill stood for ACT New Zealand in Northland in the 2011 general election,