Suzanne Sinclair
Suzanne Sinclair ONZM JP | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Titirangi | |
In office 6 November 1993 – 12 October 1996 | |
Preceded by | Marie Hasler |
Succeeded by | Electorate abolished |
Member of the Auckland City Council for Avondale Ward | |
In office 11 October 1986 – 14 October 1995 | |
Preceded by | Ward established |
Succeeded by | Phil Raffills |
Personal details | |
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 4 May 1946
Political party | Labour |
Children | 1 |
Occupation | Teacher |
Suzanne Mary Sinclair
Biography
Early life and career
Sinclair was born in 1946 at
Aside from education, Sinclair worked as an employment officer at the Department of Labour, a co-ordinator of the Friends of the Zoo programme at Auckland Zoo and managed a hire plant nursery business.[2]
Political career
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1993–1996 | 44th | Titirangi | Labour |
Sinclair joined the Labour Party in 1975 and held party positions in the New Lynn electorate and Labour's Auckland Regional Council. She was also a member of Labour's New Zealand Council.[2]
In 1980 Sinclair stood unsuccessfully for the Auckland City Council on a Labour Party ticket.[3] She was later elected to the council after at large was abolished and replaced with a ward system. She was elected in 1986 as a councillor for the Avondale Ward. She was re-elected in 1989 and 1992 before deciding not to stand again in 1995.[4] She was also a member of the Avondale Community Board, the Portage Licensing Trust and the Auckland Institute of Technology Council.[2]
Sinclair was first elected to Parliament in the
Career after politics
For some years before the
Awards and recognition
In the
Notes
- ^ Temple 1994, p. 83.
- ^ a b c d e Who's Who 1993, p. 72.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 29 October 1980. p. 9.
- ^ Bassett 2013, p. 70.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
- ^ "Women in parliament 1933–2005". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Waitakere 55" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Part III - Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ Rudman, Brian (11 March 2002). "Rudman's city: Passenger numbers confound critics of public transport". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Gosche, Mark (9 March 2001). "Road Safety Trust Chair Appointed" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Sharp, Yvonne (2008). "Nineteenth Annual Report of the Road Safety Trust" (PDF). Road Safety Trust. pp. 1, 27. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Board Members". WALSHtrust. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2020". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
References
- ISBN 978-1927262009.
- ISBN 0-86868-159-8.
- Who's Who in the New Zealand Parliament 1993. Wellington: Parliamentary Service. 1993.