Margaret Austin
| The Honourable Margaret Austin CNZM |
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| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 1990–1990 |
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| Prime Minister | David Lange Geoffrey Palmer |
| Preceded by | Michael Bassett |
| Succeeded by | Graeme Lee |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Yaldhurst |
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| In office 14 July 1984 – 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Mick Connelly |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1933 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour Party and United New Zealand |
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| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1984–1987 | 41st | Yaldhurst | Labour | |
| 1987–1990 | 42nd | Yaldhurst | Labour | |
| 1990–1993 | 43rd | Yaldhurst | Labour | |
| 1993–1995 | 44th | Yaldhurst | Labour | |
| 1995–1996 | Changed allegiance to: | United NZ | ||
Margaret Elizabeth Austin, CNZM (born 1 April 1933) is a former New Zealand politician.
She was born in Dunedin in 1933. She was Senior Mistress at Riccarton High School. She was then an MP from 1984 to 1996, representing first the Labour Party and then briefly United New Zealand.
She was first elected to Parliament in the 1984 election as the MP for Yaldhurst, an electorate in western Christchurch. During her time in Parliament, Austin served as a Minister of Research and Development, Internal Affairs and of Arts, Culture and Heritage. She held the seat for the Labour Party until 1995 when the seat was abolished, in preparation for the changeover to MMP, and she joined with six other MPs to found the centrist United New Zealand Party. Like all United New Zealand MPs (but Peter Dunne), Austin was not re-elected in the 1996 election; Austin stood in the new Ilam electorate where she came third.[1]
She later became Chancellor of Lincoln University.
Further reading
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- Austin's contribution is noted under the title: "Opposition Spokesperson on Education."
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- Austin's contribution is a paper entitled: "[T]he agenda for change and it's [sic] effects on education."
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- This book contains a profile of Austin, with eleven other women.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Yaldhurst 1984–1996 |
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