Alliance Party
Ovens was an Alliance candidate in Auckland's Mount Albert electorate in the 1999 elections and the 2002 elections, both times contesting the seat against Labour leader Helen Clark. On the party list, she was ranked 28th and 12th, respectively. Ovens became president of the Alliance party in 2004. She had previously been critical of the party's leader, Matt McCarten, for his close associations with the Maori Party. For the 2005 elections she unsuccessfully contested the Manukau East electorate and was ranked first on the party list, having been elected a co-leader with Paul Piese.
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