Margaret Austin
Margaret Austin |
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| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 1984–1990 |
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| Prime Minister | David Lange Geoffrey Palmer |
| Preceded by | Allan Highet |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Yaldhurst |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Mick Connelly |
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| Born | 1933 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour Party and United New Zealand |
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| 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 1933) is a former New Zealand politician. She was 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 elections 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), however, Austin was not re-elected in the 1996 elections.
She later became Chancellor of Lincoln University.
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