Moira Coatsworth | |
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| 34th President of the Labour Party | |
| In office 2 April 2011 –26 November 2014 | |
| Vice President | Robert Gallagher |
| Preceded by | Andrew Little |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Haworth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953or1954(age 70–71) [1] South Africa |
| Nationality | South African/New Zealander |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Residence | Coromandel |
Moira Coatsworth (born 1953 or 1954) [1] is a former president of the New Zealand Labour Party,serving in that role from 2011 to 2015.
Born in South Africa,Coatsworth moved to New Zealand when she was eight. She works as a child psychologist and owns a small farm in the Coromandel. [1]
Coatsworth joined the Labour Party in the 1980s during anti-mining campaigns in the Coromandel. [1] [2] Later,she was the Waikato-Bay of Plenty regional representative in Labour's New Zealand Council. [3]
Before being elected president,Coatsworth was Senior Vice President of the Labour Party. [2] [4] [5] She was elected President of the Labour Party unopposed on 2 April 2011. [2]
She has "absolutely no ambition" to be an MP. [1]
On 26 November 2014,Coatsworth announced her intention to move forward her resignation as president to mid-December 2014, [6] after completing the election in which Andrew Little was elected Party Leader,and starting the party's 2014 review. [7] She stated that her reasons for leaving were that she wants "to see a new president working with Andrew as the new leader,really hitting the ground running at the beginning of next year and getting a plan in and getting moving." Nigel Haworth was elected as her successor.
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