Family
While at university, Catherine met Bob Tizard, then president of the Auckland University Students Association. On their second date Bob told Catherine he was "going into politics. And I'm going to marry you." They married in 1951, and Bob unsuccessfully ran for the seat of Remuera later that year at the general election and again at the 1954 general election. He was finally successful at the 1957 election, winning in Tamaki, but was defeated three years later by Robert Muldoon. The couple moved to Avondale and started a family, with Catherine having four children in six years starting at the age of 21 with Anna, followed by Linda, Judith and Nigel. They moved in 1957 to Glendowie, in the Tamaki electorate.
Bob ran for and won the Pakuranga seat at the general election in 1963. Catherine then returned to University to complete her degree in Zoology, and later began teaching at Auckland university.
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