Career
She represented the electorate of Lyttelton in Parliament from 1990 to 1993. She is one of six one-term National MPs who were elected in a swing against Labour in the 1990 election. McIntosh is an accountants
She lives in Tauranga, with her own accounting practice Gail McIntosh Accountants Limited.
In the 1996 election, McIntosh stood for the United New Zealand party.