Suzanne Sinclair
Suzanne Sinclair | |
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![]() Sinclair in 2020 | |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Titirangi | |
In office 6 November 1993 – 12 October 1996 | |
Preceded by | Marie Hasler |
Succeeded by | Electorate abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 4 May 1946
Political party | Labour |
Occupation | Teacher |
Suzanne Mary Sinclair ONZM (born 4 May 1946) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Early life
Sinclair was born in Auckland.[1] Before entering politics, Sinclair was a teacher and a special needs tutor.
Politics
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1993–1996 | 44th | Titirangi | Labour |
In 1980 she stood unsuccessfully for the Auckland City Council on a Labour Party ticket.[2] Sinclair was later elected to the Council in the late 1980s.[3] She was a Labour Party MP from 1993 to 1996, representing the Titirangi electorate.[4] She was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 election as MP for Titirangi when she beat the incumbent, National's Marie Hasler.[5] The Titirangi electorate was abolished when mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting was introduced for the 1996 election. In the 1996 election, Sinclair unsuccessfully contested the Waitakere electorate, when she was in turn beaten by Hasler.[6] Sinclair was also a list candidate ranked at 27, but Labour did not win sufficient votes for her to remain in Parliament.[7]
After politics
For some years before the Britomart Transport Centre opened in 2003, Sinclair was the head of the Britomart information centre, which was funded by Auckland City Council.[8] She was appointed by the Minister of Transport, Mark Gosche, to the chairmanship of the Road Safety Trust in March 2001,[9] and she stepped down from this role in December 2007.[10] Sinclair is currently Relationship Manager at the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). She chairs the WALSHtrust, an organisation in West Auckland supporting people with mental health, illness, and disability issues.[11]
In the 2020 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the community and governance.[12]
Notes
- ^ Temple 1994, pp. 83.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald. 29 October 1980. p. 9.
- ^ "Record Description". Auckland Council. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Women in parliament 1933–2005". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
- ^ "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
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- Temple, Philip (1994). Temple's Guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: McIndoe Publishers. ISBN 0-86868-159-8.
- 1946 births
- Living people
- New Zealand Labour Party MPs
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates
- New Zealand schoolteachers
- Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election
- Auckland City Councillors
- Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit