Annabel Young

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New Zealand Parliament
Annabel Young
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National party list
In office
23 April 1997 –27 July 2002
YearsTermElectorateListParty
1997–1999 45th List28 National
1999 –2002 46th List18 National

Young sought the National Party candidacy in the Wellington Central electorate for the 1996 general election, but lost to Mark Thomas. [7] Instead, she stood as a list-only candidate. Although she was not immediately successful, Young eventually entered Parliament on 23 April 1997, having been the next candidate on National's party list when list MP Jim Gerard resigned. As Gerard had been the first list MP to resign after New Zealand adopted the mixed-member proportional electoral system in 1996, [8] Young was the first list MP to be elected not at a general election. She said her entry to Parliament in this way was ironic given she had not supported the electoral system change that led to the introduction of list MPs. [6]

In Young's first term as a list MP, despite being a Wellingtonian, she was assigned by the party to be based in Hawke's Bay. [9] She was appointed the National Party spokesperson for senior citizens by new leader Jenny Shipley in 1997. [10] The National Party did not stand an electorate candidate in Wellington Central in the 1999 election [11] (having previously endorsed ACT leader Richard Prebble for the seat). Young again stood as a list-only candidate, campaigning in Wellington city, and was re-elected. With the National Party now in opposition, Young served as National's revenue spokesperson under both Shipley and her successor, Bill English, based in Wellington. [2] [12]

In 2000, during debate on the Employment Relations Bill, Young was photographed yawning, and the photograph was subsequently published in The Evening Post . [13] [14] This prompted Speaker of the House Jonathan Hunt to ban television cameras and newspaper photographers from the House of Representatives. [15]

In the 2002 election Young stood for a third time as a list-only candidate but, at 33rd on the list and the lowest of National's sitting MPs, [16] was ranked too low to escape the collapse of National's vote that year. [17] She had sought nomination to be the National candidate in Wellington Central, but lost to Hekia Parata. [18] [19] Also at that election, Young endorsed the candidacy of Judith Collins—a long-time friend—for the National candidacy in the new Clevedon electorate, over sitting MP Warren Kyd. [20]

Life after parliament

After leaving Parliament, Young was tax director of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 2005, she became chief executive of Federated Farmers, and in 2008 moved to the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand as Chief Executive. She resigned from the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand in April 2012 [21] and later became executive director of the New Zealand Shipping Federation. [22]

She has also written a book, The Good Lobbyist's Guide, about the most effective ways for citizens to become involved in the political process. [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Normally, list MPs do not have individual predecessors or successors, but Gerard resigned during a sitting parliament and therefore was succeeded by Young.

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  2. 1 2 New Zealand National Party (15 December 1999). "MP Young allocated Revenue and Wellington seats". www.scoop.co.nz. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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