Sue Kedgley

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Sue Kedgley
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Kedgley in 2020
Member of the Wellington Regional Council
In office
12 October 2013 –12 October 2019
YearsTermElectorateListParty
1999 –2002 46th List6 Green
2002 –2005 47th List5 Green
2005 –2008 48th List4 Green
2008 –2011 49th List5 Green

Kedgley represented the Green Party in the New Zealand Parliament since first becoming a Member of Parliament as a list MP in the 1999 election until 2011. She won re-election in the 2002, 2005 and 2008 general elections. Particular political interests include health, food safety, animal welfare, consumer affairs, transport and women's issues.

Kedgley in 2005 SueKedgleyGreenMP.jpg
Kedgley in 2005

In 2005 her Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Bill, granting employees with dependants the right to request part-time or flexible hours, was drawn from the member's ballot. [11] The bill was eventually passed as the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Act 2007. [12] [13]

In 2006 her Consumer's Right to Know (Food Information) Bill was drawn from the member's ballot, [14] but was defeated at its first reading. [15]

Kedgley was the Chairperson of the New Zealand Parliament Health Committee from 2005 to 2008 [16] and was the Deputy Chair for 6 years prior.

In September 2010 she announced that she would not be standing for re-election in the 2011 general election. [17] [18] She gave her valedictory speech on 27 September. [19]

Return to local government

In July 2013, Kedgley announced that she would be running for the Greater Wellington Regional Council on a Green Party ticket in the Wellington ward. [20] She won a position on the Regional Council as well as the Capital and Coast District Health Board in the October elections. [21] She announced that she would not stand for re-election to the Regional Council in 2019, but will contest the District Health Board. [22] [23] She was re-elected to the District Health Board at the 2019 elections. [24]

As of 2021 Kedgley is on the board of Consumer NZ having been elected in 2013. [25]

Honours and awards

In 2016, Kedgley received the New Zealand Women of Influence Award for Diversity in recognition of her work towards greater gender diversity in the workplace. [26] In the 2020 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to women and governance. [27]

Personal life

In 1990 she married Wellington lawyer and former Wellington City and Regional Councillor, Denis Foot, and they have one son. [28]

Foot was a Wellington City Councillor from 1971 to 1977 representing the Citizens' Association when he stood down. In 1980 he was elected for another spell on the city council as well as to the Wellington Regional Council, stepping down in 1983. At the 1990 election he stood in the Miramar electorate as the Green Party candidate, placing third. At the 1992 local elections he stood successfully again for the regional council, this time for the Green Party, and was re-elected in 1995 before retiring in 1998. [29]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sue Kedgley: 50 years at the feminist coalface". Radio New Zealand . 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Election". The New Zealand Herald . 22 October 1971. p. 11.
  3. ↑ Kedgley, Susan (1972). Ladies in the backroom : a study of women party activists in the National and Labour parties (Masters thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/9750.
  4. ↑ "Sue Kedgley | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Kedgley, Susan Jane (1998). Eating safely in a toxic world: what really is in the food we eat. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin Books (NZ). ISBN   978-0-14-027995-5. OCLC   57675755.
  6. ↑ Kedgley, Sue (2021). Fifty Years a Feminist. Auckland: Massey University Press. ISBN   978-0-9951354-4-4. OCLC   1247207134.
  7. ↑ Bly, Ross (1992). City of Wellington: Local Body Elections, 1992 (Report). Wellington City Council.
  8. ↑ "Kedgley to resign". The Evening Post . 10 December 1999. p. 3.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Ann-Marie (8 December 1999). "$40,000 for Kedgley by-election". The Evening Post . p. 2.
  10. ↑ "Kedgley delighted at Ahipene-Mercer's election". Scoop.co.nz . 3 May 2000. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Bill". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  12. ↑ "Flexible working hours bill becomes law". Stuff. 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  13. ↑ "Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Act 2007". legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  14. ↑ "Consumer's Right to Know (Food Information) Bill". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  15. ↑ New Zealand Parliamentary Debates632 4021.
  16. ↑ "Green MP to chair health committee" (Press release). Green Party. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  17. ↑ "Kedgley sprints to the 2011 finish line". Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  18. ↑ "Kedgley confirms resignation". 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  19. ↑ "Kedgley takes final swing at Parliament". 26 September 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  20. ↑ "Kedgley to stand for regional council". The Dominion Post . 19 July 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  21. ↑ "Election results from around the region". The Dominion Post . 12 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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  23. ↑ "Fourth Wellington regional councillor drops out of local elections". Stuff (Fairfax). 29 July 2019.
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  27. ↑ "New Year honours list 2020". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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Nic Dalton
 Wellington City Councillor for Eastern Ward
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