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Ann Hartley

Ann Hartley

New Zealand politician

Margaret Ann Hartley QSO (born 1942) is a former New Zealand member of parliament, a former mayor of North Shore City, and a member of the Labour Party.

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Early years

Hartley was born in 1942 in the town of Warkworth. Before entering politics, she was a real estate agent. From 1980 to 1986 she was a member of the Birkenhead City Council, a member of the Child Abuse Prevention Society from 1983 to 1986 and a member of the Auckland Education Board from 1984 to 1989.[1]

Political career

Mayoralties

From 1986, Hartley was the mayor of Birkenhead City, which in 1989 was absorbed into the newly created North Shore City. She then became mayor of North Shore City.

In 1990, Hartley was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[2]

Member of Parliament

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She unsuccessfully contested the Birkenhead electorate in the 1993 election, coming second to National's Ian Revell.[3] She unsuccessfully contested the Northcote electorate in the 1996 election, again coming second to Revell.[4] As she was ranked 47th on Labour's party list in this first MMP election, she did not enter Parliament as a list MP either.[5]

She was first elected to Parliament in the 1999 election, winning the Northcote electorate. She was re-elected for Northcote in 2002, but in 2005 was defeated by Jonathan Coleman, a long-standing rival.[citation needed] She remained in Parliament as a list candidate.

Hartley served as the Deputy Speaker of the House in the 47th New Zealand Parliament and the Assistant Speaker from the 2005 general election until her retirement from national politics in February 2008.[6] She was replaced by former environment minister Marian Hobbs as Assistant Speaker[7] and by Louisa Wall as Labour list MP.[8]

Later activities

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In the 2007 local body elections Hartley was elected to the North Shore City Council, and left Parliament in 2008 after the summer recess.

At the 2010 local government elections, when the North Shore City Council (along with all the other councils in the Auckland region) was amalgamated into the single Auckland Council, she stood for the North Shore Ward under the Shore Voice ticket and was successful. She started her new role when the council came into existence on 1 November 2010. Hartley was not re-elected at the 2013 Auckland Council election where she placed third running for re-election to one of the two seats in the North Shore Ward.[9]

Hartley was elected to the Kaipātiki Local Board at the 2016 Auckland elections.[10]

Hartley (right), after her investiture as a Companion of the Queen's Service Order by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Auckland, on 28 May 2022

In the 2022 New Year Honours, Hartley was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to local government and the community.[11]

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    Normally, list MPs do not have individual predecessors or successors, but Hartley resigned during a sitting parliament and therefore was succeeded by Wall.

References

  1. [1]
    New Zealand Labour Party: Manifesto '93. Wellington: New Zealand Labour Party. 1993. OCLC 39843054.
  2. [2]
    "New Year Honours 2022 – citations for Companions of the Queen's Service Order". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 11.
  4. [4]
    "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Northcote, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Former MPs: Ann Hartley". New Zealand Parliament. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Tribute to post-hole digger dad". Stuff.co.nz. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  8. [8]
    "Former Silver Fern enters Parliament as Hartley goes". Stuff.co.nz. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  9. [9]
    "Brian Rudman: Palino's vote wake-up call for Brown – Cameron Brewer".
  10. [10]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. [11]
    "New Year Honours: the full list of 2022". New Zealand Herald. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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