Katrina Shanks

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New Zealand Parliament
Katrina Shanks
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National Party List
In office
7 February 2007 –21 January 2014
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2007–2008 48th List46 National
2008 –2011 49th List 46 National
2011 –2014 50th List 38 National

Shanks was the National Party's candidate in Ohariu-Belmont at the 2005 general election. [9] [10] She did not defeat incumbent Peter Dunne but performed more strongly than National's 2002 candidate Dale Stevens. At 46th on the party list, Shanks was the highest-placed National list candidate not to be elected (indeed, the election night result projected that she would be elected but the final result saw National's result drop by one seat). [11] She eventually joined Parliament in February 2007 when former leader Don Brash resigned. [12] [13]

Shanks became her party's associate spokeswoman for commerce and economic development and sat on the social services committee for the remainder of the term. [14] [15]

In the 2008 general election, Shanks contested the new Ōhariu electorate but did not intend to win. National ran a "party vote only" campaign in that seat to ensure ally Dunne's re-election. [16] [17] [18] She was placed again at 46th on the party list and National's stronger party vote result meant that she returned to Parliament. National, with Dunne's support, formed a new minority government. Shanks was a member of the commerce committee as well as deputy chair (2008–2009) and later chair (2009–2011) of the social services committee. [14]

Shanks was elected as a list MP for a final time in 2011. She announced her intention to retire from Parliament at the 2014 general election but instead retired early at the end of 2013. [19] [20] She was succeeded as a list MP by Jo Hayes. [20]

Post-parliamentary career

After leaving Parliament, Shanks became chief executive of the New Zealand Funeral Directors Association. [20] She held this role until 2018 when she became the inaugural chief executive of Financial Advice New Zealand. [21] In 2023 she left that organisation and relocated to Melbourne to become chief executive of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF). [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Normally, list MPs do not have individual predecessors or successors, but Brash resigned during a sitting parliament and therefore was succeeded by Shanks, who later resigned herself and was succeeded by Hayes.

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References

  1. ↑ "Shanks, Katrina: Maiden Statement - New Zealand Parliament". New Zealand Parliament. 20 February 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Katrina Shanks". www.parliament.nz. 23 May 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Katrina Shanks MP". katrinashanks.co.nz. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  4. 1 2 Gangcuangco, Terry (20 October 2023). "Outgoing Financial Advice NZ chief to become ANZIIF CEO". Insurance Business New Zealand. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "New MP fulfilling dad's dream". New Zealand Herald . Auckland: APN News & Media. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2008. She is fulfilling a dream of her father, Graham W E Hislop, who stood for Parliament when he was 36 - the same age Mrs Shanks was during the election campaign last year.
  6. ↑ Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. p. 305. ISBN   0-475-11200-8.
  7. ↑ Heyward, Tony (21 December 2004). "National selects Dunne challenger". Scoop . Retrieved 29 October 2008. Katrina Shanks is a self-employed accountant. She has previously worked as a Project Accountant for the Westpac Banking Corporation, in Retail Client Services for Newton Investment Management in the United Kingdom and as a Senior Auditor for Audit New Zealand.
  8. ↑ "Shanks, Katrina: Maiden Statement". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "National narrows down hunt for Dunne challenger | Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. 16 December 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "National selects Dunne challenger | Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  11. ↑ 2005 a563"> "Brash concedes after National lose seat". NZ Herald. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Declaration by Chief Electoral Officer That Katrina May Shanks is Elected". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Don Brash gone at lunchtime". The New Zealand Herald . 23 November 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  14. 1 2 "Shanks, Katrina - New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Key announces his shadow cabinet". NZ Herald. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  16. ↑ "Peter Dunne holds Ohariu with increased majority". NZ Herald. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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  19. ↑ "Shanks to leave politics". Stuff NZ (Fairfax). 11 July 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
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