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Georgina Beyer.

Georgina Beyer

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Date:
16 February 2007

Georgina Beyer

Labour Party

Former parliamentary roles

  • Member, Local Government Committee 21 December 1999-18 June 2002
  • Member, MMP Review Committee 4 April 2000-30 August 2001
  • Member, Law and Order Committee 8 May 2001-11 August 2005
  • Chairperson, Social Services Committee 9 November 2005-16 February 2007
  • Member, Local Government and Environment Committee 9 November 2005-16 February 2007

Personal details

Born 1957, Wellington. New Zealand Maori. Iwi affiliations : Te Ati Awa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Porou. First Transsexual in the world to be elected to Parliament

Career

  • First Transsexual in the world to be elected as a Mayor, Carterton District 1995-February 2000
  • Former National Councillor, Local Government New Zealand
  • Member for Wairarapa 27 November 1999-11 August 2005
  • List member of Parliament 17 September 2005-16 February 2007

Community activities

  • Patron, Frontier and Western Shooting Sports Association
  • Justice of the Peace 1997-
  • Former National Councillor, Local Government NZ
  • Trustee, NZ AIDS Foundation 1997-1999
  • Inaugural Chairperson, Southern Wairarapa Safer Community Council

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