Anne Tolley
| The Honourable Anne Tolley MP |
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| 44th Minister of Education | |
| In office 19 November 2008 – 25 November 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Chris Carter |
| Succeeded by | Hekia Parata |
| Minister for Tertiary Education | |
| In office 19 November 2008 – 27 January 2010[1] |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Pete Hodgson |
| Succeeded by | Steven Joyce |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party list |
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| In office 1999–2002 |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for East Coast |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Janet Mackey |
| Majority | 6,413 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1953 Napier,  New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | National Party |
| Occupation | Hotelier, Local Government |
| Website | http://www.annetolley.co.nz/ annetolley.co.nz |
Anne Merrilyn Tolley (born 1 March 1953 in Napier, New Zealand) serves as a politician representing the New Zealand National Party. With the formation of the Fifth National Government in late 2008, she became the Minister of Education, the first woman ever to assume the role.
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[edit] Early years
Before entering national politics, Tolley served as Deputy Mayor of Napier and a City Councillor. Tolley and her husband Allan maintain several homes in Gisborne as well as properties in Whakatane and Wellington.
[edit] Parliamentary career
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| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
| 1999–2002 | 46th | List | 20 | National |
| 2005–2008 | 48th | East Coast | 43 | National |
| 2008–2011 | 49th | East Coast | 10 | National |
| 2011–present | 50th | East Coast | 8 | National |
Tolley represents the East Coast electorate, including Whakatane, Ohope, Opotiki, and Gisborne districts. She acted as the first woman National Party Whip from December 2006 until February 2008 when she became the party's Education Spokeswoman after Katherine Rich stood down from the shadow portfolio.
She was first an MP from 1999 to 2002, representing the National Party. She was elected in the 1999 elections as a list MP, having unsuccessfully contested the Napier seat against Labour's Geoff Braybrooke. In the 2002 elections, she unsuccessfully contested Napier against Braybrooke's successor, Russell Fairbrother. Along with many other National MPs, Tolley did not escape the collapse of the party's vote that year, and so did not return to Parliament as a list MP.
In the 2005 General Election she successfully contested the East Coast Electorate, beating Labour Candidate Moana Mackey, daughter of the previous East Coast MP Janet Mackey. Tolley also beat the Deputy Leader of the United Future Party, who stood in the electorate for the fifth time.
Labour Party politicians criticised Tolley in 2009 after an expensive helicopter flight, paid for by the state, to "get an understanding of Auckland's tertiary institutions".[2]
In June 2010 Anne Tolley became upset at a paper published by the Parliamentary Library research paper critical of National Standards. She labeled it as "unprofessional", "highly political" and so biased it could have been written by the union opposing the policy.[3]
After National was re-elected to power in November 2011, Prime Minister John Key reshuffled his cabinet team boosting the role of female politicans on the National party front bench.[4] Ms Hekia Parata was made Education Minister while Ms Tolley was demoted in the party hierarchy becoming Minister of Corrections and Police.[5] She took over the role from Judith Collins who moved up the rankings to become Minister of Justice - filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Simon Power from parliament.[6]
Soon after her removal from the Education portfolio, Ms Tolley was accused by Labour politicians of misleading the public over what she knew about a former school principal, Deborah Anne Mutu, who had been suspended for covering up inappropriate behaviour by her husband who was also a teacher at the same school. Mrs Mutu was subsequently appointed as an expert adviser to the Ministry of Education.[7]
[edit] Personal
It emerged in 2010 that Tolley had undergone gastric bypass (stomach stapling) surgery in order to lose weight.[8] Tolley joins other current and former New Zealand politicians including Rahui Katene, David Lange, Chester Borrows, Donna Awatere-Huata and Tariana Turia to have had gastric bypass surgery at some point in the past.
[edit] References
- ^ "John Key announces Cabinet reshuffle". The New Zealand Herald. 26 January 2010. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10622389. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ Kay, Martin (6 April 2009). "Tolley's 'joy-ride' to see big city". The Dominion Post. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/2321732/Tolleys-joy-ride-to-see-big-city. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- ^ Young, Audrey (30 June 2010). "Tolley upset at paper on standards". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10655408. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Women move up the Govt ranks". The New Zealand Herald. 13 December 2011. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10772885.
- ^ Romanos, Amelia (12 December 2011). "Boost for women in new Cabinet". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10772717.
- ^ "Power hands over SOE portfolio". The New Zealand Herald. 13 April 2011. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10719004.
- ^ Jones, Nicholas (19 December 2011). "Discredited principal employed by ministry". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10774036.
- ^ Forbes, Michael (26 January 2010). "Stomach-stapled MPs put weight behind Turia". Stuff. New Zealand. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3260435/Stomach-stapled-MPs-put-weight-behind-Turia. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
[edit] External links
- Anne Tolley MP official site
- Profile at National party
- Profile at New Zealand Parliament
- Releases and speeches at Beehive.govt.nz
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.co.nz
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||
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| Preceded by Janet Mackey |
Member of Parliament for East Coast 2005 |
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| Preceded by Chris Carter |
Minister of Education 2008– |
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