Gericke founded the
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners (
English: Local Concerned Residents) in 2011. The party won one seat in the council of the
George Local Municipality in the 2011 municipal elections, and Gericke was elected to take up the party's sole council seat. Gericke was re-elected to council in
2016. Following the election, he was elected to serve on the council of the
Garden Route District Municipality. Gericke was re-elected to a third term on the George municipal council in
2021. Afterwards, he was re-elected to the Garden Route district council. He was fielded as a mayoral candidate, but lost to incumbent
Memory Booysen of the
Democratic Alliance, winning only 15 votes to Booysen's 18 out of 33 votes. On 18 October 2023, Gericke resigned from the George municipal council and the Garden Route district council. He resigned from the PBI and joined the
Economic Freedom Fighters party the following day. He was sworn in as a member of the
National Assembly on 20 October. Gericke was appointed to the
National Council of Provinces following the
2024 general election. ==References==