Jacqueline Jill White (born 22 February 1941) is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician, and a registered nurse.[1]
Jill White | |
|---|---|
 White in 2018 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Manawatu | |
| In office 6 November 1993 – 12 October 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Hamish MacIntyre |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour party list | |
| In office 12 October 1996 – 19 November 1998 | |
| Succeeded by | Helen Duncan[n 1] |
| 25th Mayor of Palmerston North | |
| In office 10 October 1998 – 13 October 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Rieger |
| Succeeded by | Mark Bell-Booth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1941 Feilding, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour Party (1990–present) |
| Profession | Teacher, Nurse |
Early life and career
editWhite was born in Feilding in 1941. She attended Manchester Street Primary School and Feilding Agricultural High School before attending Victoria University of Wellington where she gained a Bachelor of Science and then Canterbury Teachers' College.[2] She later completed a Master of Arts at Massey University.[3]
She first worked as a secondary school teacher in New Zealand from 1965, and later Samoa via Volunteer Service Abroad, before becoming a nurse in 1972. White also worked in the United Kingdom as a nurse before returning to New Zealand in 1979 where she became a community and public nurse before retiring in 1988.[2]
Local body politics
editWhite was a councillor on Palmerston North City Council from 1983 to 1992. This was followed by some years in Parliament, a role from which she resigned in 1998 to become Mayor of Palmerston North. She held that post until 2001.[4][5][6] She was the first woman to hold the position. In 1989, she was elected a member of the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council, remaining a member until 1994 when she resigned.[2] She was later a Horizons Regional Councillor from 2007 until 2013.
White's community involvement was with the Girl Guides, District Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse and the National Council of Women.[2]
Member of Parliament
edit| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1996 | 44th | Manawatu | Labour | ||
| 1996–1998 | 45th | List | 9 | Labour | |
From 1993 to 1998, she was a member of Parliament for the Labour Party, first as MP for Manawatu and then as a list MP.[7] In 1996, she had stood in Rangitīkei unsuccessfully.[8]
Notes
edit- ^ Normally, list MPs do not have individual predecessors or successors, but White resigned during a sitting parliament and therefore was succeeded by Duncan.
References
edit
- ^ Temple, Philip (1994). Temple's Guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: McIndoe Publishers. ISBN 0-86868-159-8.
- ^ a b c d Who's Who 1993, p. 82.
- ^ White, Jill (2007). An uneasy relationship : Palmerston North City and the Manawatu River, 1941-2006 (Master of Arts thesis). Massey University.
- ^ "Duncan says bye like she said hi – late". The New Zealand Herald. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "1990s". Palmerston North City Council. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ Matheson, Ian Roderick (2003). "Palmerston North Borough and City Councillors". Council and community: 125 years of local government in Palmerston North 1877–2002. Palmerston North City Library. pp. 91–100. ISBN 0-473-09340-5.
- ^ "Women in parliament 1933–2005". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "Electorate candidates for election". The Dominion. 19 September 1996. p. 17.
Works cited
edit- Who's Who in the New Zealand Parliament 1993. Wellington: Parliamentary Service. 1993.
- Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament by G.A. Wood (University of Otago Press, 2nd edition 1996) ISBN 1-877133-00-0
- "Women in parliament 1933 – 2005". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2011.