Jenny Brash
Jenny Brash | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Brash in 2011 | |
| 3rd Mayor of Porirua | |
| In office 1998–2010 | |
| Preceded by | John Burke |
| Succeeded by | Nick Leggett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1946 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Residence | Porirua |
Jennifer Sylvia Brash QSO (born December 1946) is a former Mayor of Porirua, New Zealand. Prior to being mayor in 1998–2010, she served nine years as a city councillor. She is currently a councillor on the Greater Wellington Regional Council.
Porirua City Council
Brash was first elected as a Northern Ward councillor in 1983 and held that role until 1989. She was elected in 1995 for another three-year term.[1]
Brash last contested the mayoralty in October 2007 against four other candidates. She received 6101 votes, more than twice as many as the next candidate.[2] She retired from the mayoralty at the 2010 election.[3] She endorsed the mayoral campaign of councillor Nick Leggett, who was elected in October 2010 as her successor.[4]
She campaigned for the construction of the Transmission Gully Motorway.[5] Brash was the Porirua representative on the Wellington Regional Transport Committee when it was formed in 2008.[6]
Greater Wellington Regional Council
In October 2010, she was elected to the Greater Wellington Regional Council for the Porirua-Tawa constituency.[7] Former Porirua Mayor John Burke, who in 2007 came second in the constituency, which elects two councillors,[8] came third in 2010. He was thus displaced by Brash and failed to be re-elected.[9]
Community involvement
At the close of her mayoralty, she successfully stood for election to the Porirua Community Trust.[7] She is a supporter of the NZ Flag.com Trust, preferring a silver fern as the symbol on the New Zealand flag over the current design, which is too close to the Australian flag for her.[10]
Honours
In the 2011 New Year Honours, Brash was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for services to local body affairs.[11]
References
- ^ "Porirua farewells Jenny Brash". Porirua City Council. 5 October 2010. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "Porirua City Mayor". Elections NZ. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ Carroll, Joanne; Jonathan Milne (10 October 2010). "Wellington mayor clings to narrow lead". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "New mayor for Porirua". Radio NZ. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ Kortum, Evelien; Dani McDonald (25 September 2010). "Jenny Brash – after 12 years, where next?". Scoop. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "Establishment of the Regional Transport Committee" (PDF). GWRC. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Jenny Brash". Elections NZ. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "Greater Wellington Regional Council – Porirua-Tawa Constituency". Elections NZ. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Greater Wellington Regional Council – Porirua-Tawa Constituency". Elections NZ. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Jenny Brash, Mayor of Porirua City". NZ Flag. Archived from the original on 19 May 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2011". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2018.