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Liam Michael Kernaghan is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party.

Biography
Kernaghan was born and raised in Dunedin, where he attended John McGlashan College and the University of Otago. While at John McGlashan, he became the first Highland bagpiper in the school's history to reach A-grade status. Kernaghan's piping ability helped him to win an Alexander Leith Memorial Scholarship to attend the University of Otago, where he studied law, politics and music. In 2015 he was co-convenor of the Southern Young Nationals. In 2016, he was a political advisor to Amy Adams, and also spent time working for Bill English. At the time of the announcement of his selection to stand for Parliament, he was a senior advisor to then National leader Simon Bridges.

Political career
Kernaghan was selected as the National Party candidate for the Taieri electorate in March 2020.

In the 2020 general election, he was elected to the Taieri seat with a majority of XXX.