Helena_Catt

Helena Catt

Helena Catt

UK-born New Zealand public servant

Helena Catt, from the UK, was a New Zealand public servant and is an expert in electoral practice.[1] She was the first female chief executive of the New Zealand Electoral Commission from 2004 to 2009 and was a professor in the Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland.[2]

Quick Facts Dr. Helena Catt, Born ...

She was also part of the New Zealand Productivity Commission and during her tenure had a series of publications including "Are Commissions Representative?: The Composition of Commissions of Inquiry created in New Zealand since 1970".[3]

Dr. Catt holds an MA (Hons) in Modern History and Politics from Edinburgh University and a PhD (on tactical voting) from the London School of Economics.[4]

She was the lead of the International Election Expert Research Team, observing the Catalan Referendum in 2017.[5]

Selected works

  • Catt, Helena. "Book Review: David M. Farrell and lan McAllister, The Australian Electoral System: Origins, Variations and Consequences (Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2006)." Political Science, 58:2, 90-91. 2006.
  • Catt, Helena. "Are Commissions Representative?: The Composition of Commissions of Inquiry created in New Zealand since 1970." Political Science, 57:1, 77-87. 2005.
  • Catt, Helena and Murphy, Michael. "What voice for the people? categorising methods of public consultation." Australian Journal of Political Science, 38:3, 407-421, 2003.
  • Catt, Helena. "The New Zealand Election of 27 November 1999." Australian Journal of Political Science, 35:2, 299-304, 2000.
  • Catt, Helena. "Are demands for a ‘politics of presence’ detected by the ‘democratic audit'?." Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 37:1, 56-70, 1999.
  • Catt, Helena. Democracy in Practice. Routledge, New York, 1999.
  • Catt, Helena, Harris, Paul and Roberts, Nigel S. Voter ́s Choice:Electoral Change in New Zealand?. Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1992.

References

  1. [1]
    "Developing an EMB Voter Education Training Plan —". aceproject.org. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Letter sent to Audrey Young by Helena Catt". NZ Herald. 2 April 2008. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Helena Catt's research works | New Zealand Productivity Commission, Wellington and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. [4]
    "New Electoral Commission CEO announced". The Beehive. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. [5]
    ""We saw a carefully planned, military-style operation", Helena Catt world-renowned expert". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 14 October 2018.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Helena_Catt, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.