Emily Henderson (politician)
Emily Henderson | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Whangārei | |
In office 17 October 2020 – 14 October 2023 | |
Preceded by | Shane Reti |
Succeeded by | Shane Reti |
Majority | 431 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Thomas Biss |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Auckland (MJur) Cambridge (PhD) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Website | Labour Party profile |
Lorenza Emily Preston Henderson[1] is a New Zealand politician. She was a member of parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.
Biography
Henderson was born in 1972[2] and has lived in Whangārei since the age of seven. She attended Kaurihohore Primary, Whangarei Intermediate and Tikipunga High School.[3][4] She completed a Master of Jurisprudence at the University of Auckland in 1997[5] and a PhD titled Cross-examination: a critical examination at the University of Cambridge in 2001.[6][7] Before becoming a Member of Parliament in 2020, she worked as a consultant at the law firm Henderson Reeves, which was co-founded by her father. Her legal area of specialty is the Family Court.[4]
Political career
Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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2020–2023 | 53rd | Whangārei | 64 | Labour |
Henderson was approached to stand in the Whangārei electorate for the Labour Party in 2017, but declined, because her children were too young.[4] She was selected as Labour's candidate for the 2020 election.[3] The preliminary results released after the election night count placed her 164 votes behind the incumbent MP, National's Shane Reti.[8] The closeness of the initial figures meant that Henderson attended induction events for new MPs.[9] When the final results were released after the counting of special votes, Henderson had overtaken Reti to win the seat by 431 votes, and hence became a Member of Parliament.[10]
In her first term, Henderson was appointed as a member of the Justice Committee and the Social Services and Community Committee.[11] Henderson chaired a sub-committee of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation and voted in favour of the bill.[12]
On 17 March, Henderson announced that she would retire from Parliament at the
Legal career
Henderson, a former crown prosecutor, was awarded a fellowship from the New Zealand Law Foundation in 2012 to research the reform of cross examination.[15] The resulting paper, "Expert witnesses under examination in the New Zealand criminal and family courts", was published in March 2013.[16]
References
- ^ "2020 General Election Results of the Official Count". 6 November 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Gunson, Vaughan (21 April 2021). "Vaughan Gunson: Empty hall but new Whangārei MP Emily Henderson full of promise". The Northern Advocate.
- ^ a b "Local Girl Stands Up To Be Counted: Dr Emily Henderson Is Labour Candidate For Whangarei". Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Pearse, Adam (28 May 2020). "Local lawyer Emily Henderson new Labour Party candidate for Whangārei". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Graduation search results". University of Auckland. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Cross-examination: a critical examination". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Research fellow will study cross-examination" (Press release). New Zealand Law Society. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Martin, Hannah (18 October 2020). "Election 2020: National retains Whangārei and Northland seats – but only just". Stuff. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ Cooke, Henry (19 October 2020). "Election 2020: Largest Labour caucus ever arrives for first day of MP-school". Stuff. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Whangārei – Official Result". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Henderson, Emily – New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill — Second Reading – New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- NZME. Archivedfrom the original on 18 March 2023.
- NZME. Archivedfrom the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "NZ's Premier Law Prize announced". The Law Foundation. November 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Expert witnesses under examination in the New Zealand criminal and family courts [2013]". New Zealand Law Foundation Research Reports. March 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2022.