Margaret Austin
CRSNZ | |
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23rd Minister of Internal Affairs | |
In office 9 February 1990 – 2 November 1990 | |
Prime Minister | David Lange Geoffrey Palmer |
Preceded by | Michael Bassett |
Succeeded by | Graeme Lee |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Yaldhurst | |
In office 14 July 1984 – 12 October 1996 | |
Preceded by | Mick Connelly |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret Elizabeth Leonard 1 April 1933 (age 91) Labour United |
Profession | Teacher |
Margaret Elizabeth Austin
Life
Early life, family and career
Austin was born in
In 1955, she married John Austin, and the couple went on to have three children.[1]
Political career
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1984–1987 | 41st | Yaldhurst | Labour | ||
1987–1990 | 42nd | Yaldhurst | Labour | ||
1990–1993 | 43rd | Yaldhurst | Labour | ||
1993–1995 | 44th | Yaldhurst | Labour | ||
1995–1996 | Changed allegiance to: | United NZ |
She was first elected to Parliament in the 1984 election as the MP for Yaldhurst, an electorate in western Christchurch. After Labour's re-election at the 1987 election, Austin was elected her party's Senior Whip following Michael Cullen's elevation to cabinet.[3]
During her time in Parliament, Austin served as a Minister of Research and Development, Internal Affairs and of Arts, Culture and Heritage at the end of the Fourth Labour Government. In November 1990, when Labour was in opposition, she was appointed as Shadow Minister of Education by Labour leader Mike Moore.[4]
She held the Yaldhurst seat for the Labour Party until 1995 when the seat was abolished, in preparation for the changeover to MMP, and she joined with six other MPs to found the centrist United New Zealand Party.[5] Like all United New Zealand MPs (but Peter Dunne), Austin was not re-elected in the 1996 election; Austin stood in the new Ilam electorate where she came third.[6]
Later activities
She later became
Honours and awards
Austin was awarded the
In the
Austin has been elected as a Companion of the
Further reading
- A Guide to quality education: handbook for quality, access and participation in New Zealand education prepared by the Labour Opposition, Wellington, [N.Z.]: New Zealand Labour Party, 1992
- Ministerial brief: Margaret Austin, Wellington, [N.Z.]: Department of Internal Affairs, 1990
- NZPPTA Principals' Council Conference 1993, Auckland: education for an effective society, Sheraton Hotel, Auckland, July 11–14 [NZPPTA Principals' Council Conference (1993: Auckland, N.Z.)], Wellington, [N.Z.]: The Association, 1993
- Austin's contribution is: "Speech notes."
- Positioning Polytechnics for the 90s: Association of Polytechnics in New Zealand Annual Conference, October 1991, hosted by Carrington Polytechnic at the Sheraton Hotel, Auckland : edited proceedings [Association of Polytechnics in New Zealand. Annual Conference (1991 : Auckland, N.Z.)], Auckland, [N.Z.]: Carrington Polytechnic, 1991
- Austin's contribution is noted under the title: "Opposition Spokesperson on Education."
- Strategies to achieve excellence: expanding the potential of young Maori through education: 7 September 1993, the James Cook Centra, Wellington [prepared by Institute for International Research], Auckland, [N.Z.]: The Institute, 1993
- Austin's contribution is a paper entitled: "[T]he agenda for change and it's [sic] effects on education."
- Austin, Margaret E. (chair); et al. (1997), Achieving excellence: a review of the education external evaluation services: self management, self-review, self improvement, whaia te iti kahurangi (strive for the ultimate), Wellington, [N.Z.]: State Services Commission, ISBN 0-478-08931-7
- Austin, Margaret E. (chair); et al. (1997), Achieving excellence: a review of the education external evaluation services: self management, self-review, self improvement, whaia te iti kahurangi (strive for the ultimate), Wellington, [N.Z.]: State Services Commission,
- Ogonowska-Coates, Halina, ed. (1995), Invincible women : a collection of herstories / commissioned by the Christchurch College of Education Te Whare Whai Matauraka ki Otautahi, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: The College, ISBN 0-908858-01-9
- Ogonowska-Coates, Halina, ed. (1995), Invincible women : a collection of herstories / commissioned by the Christchurch College of Education Te Whare Whai Matauraka ki Otautahi, Christchurch, [N.Z.]: The College,
- This book contains a profile of Austin, with eleven other women.
- Scott, Noel; Austin, Margaret E.; Mallard, Trevor (1985), Interim report of Government Committee on Transition Education to Hon. Russell Marshall, Minister of Education, Hon. Kerry Burke, Minister of Employment, Wellington, [N.Z.]: The Committee
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ Gorman, Paul (16 February 2019). "National Portrait: Margaret Austin - Shining a light on darkness". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ a b Who's Who 1987, p. 32.
- ^ "All Labour's 29 MPs get areas of responsibility". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1990. p. 4.
- ^ Edwards, Brent (28 June 1995). "MPs Jump Ship - Seven Quit for United Party". The Evening Post. p. 1.
- ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Ilam, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ a b Gorman, Paul (16 February 2019). "Margaret Austin. Shining light in dark sky movement". The Evening Post. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 1997". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 1997. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Royal Society Te Apārangi - View our Companions". royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
References
- Who's Who in the New Zealand Parliament 1987. Wellington: Parliamentary Service. 1987.
- Temple, Philip (1994). Temple's Guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: McIndoe Publishers. p. 53. ISBN 0-86868-159-8.