Suzanne Sinclair | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Titirangi | |
In office 6 November 1993 –12 October 1996 | |
Preceded by | Marie Hasler |
Succeeded by | Electorate abolished |
Member of the Auckland City Council for Avondale Ward | |
In office 11 October 1986 –14 October 1995 | |
Preceded by | Ward established |
Succeeded by | Phil Raffills |
Personal details | |
Born | Auckland,New Zealand | 4 May 1946
Political party | Labour |
Children | 1 |
Occupation | Teacher |
Suzanne Mary Sinclair ONZM JP (born 4 May 1946) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. She was an MP from 1993 to 1996,representing the Titirangi electorate.
Sinclair was born in 1946 at Auckland. [1] She was educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School before attending Auckland Teachers College where she attained a diploma in teaching. Subsequently,she had a career in education as a teacher,literacy tutor,and a tutor for the Hillary Commission. She had one son. [2]
Aside from education,Sinclair worked as an employment officer at the Department of Labour,a co-ordinator of the Friends of the Zoo programme at Auckland Zoo and managed a hire plant nursery business. [2]
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1993 –1996 | 44th | Titirangi | Labour |
Sinclair joined the Labour Party in 1975 and held party positions in the New Lynn electorate and Labour's Auckland Regional Council. She was also a member of Labour's New Zealand Council. [2]
In 1980 Sinclair stood unsuccessfully for the Auckland City Council on a Labour Party ticket. [3] She was later elected to the council after at large was abolished and replaced with a ward system. She was elected in 1986 as a councillor for the Avondale Ward. She was re-elected in 1989 and 1992 before deciding not to stand again in 1995. [4] She was also a member of the Avondale Community Board,the Portage Licensing Trust and the Auckland Institute of Technology Council. [2]
Sinclair was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 election as MP for Titirangi when she beat the incumbent,National's Marie Hasler. [5] [6] The Titirangi electorate was abolished when mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting was introduced for the 1996 election. In the 1996 election,Sinclair unsuccessfully contested the Waitakere electorate,when she was in turn beaten by Hasler. [7] Sinclair was also a list candidate ranked at 27,but Labour did not win sufficient votes for her to remain in Parliament. [8]
For some years before the Britomart Transport Centre opened in 2003,Sinclair was the head of the Britomart information centre,which was funded by Auckland City Council. [9] She was appointed by the Minister of Transport,Mark Gosche,to the chairmanship of the Road Safety Trust in March 2001, [10] and she stepped down from this role in December 2007. [11] Sinclair is currently relationship manager at the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). She chairs the WALSHtrust,an organisation in West Auckland supporting people with mental health,illness,and disability issues. [12]
In the 2020 New Year Honours,she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to the community and governance. [13] She is also a Justice of the Peace. [2]
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