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Ann Hartley
QSO
Hartley, c. 1986–1989
Member of the Auckland Council
for North Shore Ward
In office
1 November 2010 – 12 October 2013
Serving with George Wood
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byChris Darby
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Labour party list
In office
17 September 2005 – 28 February 2008
Succeeded byLouisa Wall[n 1]
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Northcote
In office
27 November 1999 – 17 September 2005
Preceded byIan Revell
Succeeded byJonathan Coleman
1st Mayor of North Shore City
In office
14 October 1989 – 10 October 1992
Succeeded byPaul Titchener
2nd Mayor of Birkenhead City
In office
1986–1989
Preceded byGraham Stott
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Margaret Ann Thompson

(1942-09-23)23 September 1942
Warkworth, New Zealand
Died20 December 2024(2024-12-20) (aged 82)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Maurice Hartley
​
(died 2022)​
Children2

Margaret Ann Hartley QSO (née Thompson; 23 September 1942 – 20 December 2024) was a New Zealand politician. She was a Labour member of parliament between 1999 and 2008, and served as the mayor of North Shore City from 1989 to 1992.

Early life

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Hartley was born Margaret Ann Thompson in Warkworth on 23 September 1942, the daughter of June Margaret and William Forsyth Thompson.[1][2][3][4] She was educated at Orewa District High School from 1956 to 1960.[2] In about 1962, she married Maurice Hartley,[5] and the couple went on to have two children.[2]

From 1966 to 1975, Hartley was a full-time mother. In the early 1980s, she worked for the Mental Health Foundation and later managed the Child Abuse Prevention Centre.[6] From 1980 to 1986, she was a member of the Birkenhead City Council, a member of the Child Abuse Prevention Society from 1983 to 1986 and a member of the Auckland Education Board from 1984 to 1989. In the 1990s, she worked as a real estate agent.[1]

Political career

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Mayoralties

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From 1986, Hartley was the mayor of Birkenhead City, which in 1989 was absorbed into the newly created North Shore City as part of the 1989 New Zealand local government reforms. Birkenhead along with several other councils attempted legal action in February 1989 to prevent the amalgamations, which they argued would not serve residents best interests. After a months long campaign attempting to convince more councils to join the action eventually they decided to drop the case after receiving legal advice.[7] The amalgamation went through and Hartley was elected mayor of the new North Shore City.[8] She was defeated after one term, but tried to win the role back in 1998. Her attempt was unsuccessful.[9]

Member of Parliament

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
1999–2002 46th Northcote 35 Labour
2002–2005 47th Northcote 35 Labour
2005–2008 48th List 30 Labour

She unsuccessfully contested the Birkenhead electorate in the 1993 election, coming second to National's Ian Revell.[10] She unsuccessfully contested the Northcote electorate in the 1996 election, again coming second to Revell.[11] As she was ranked 47th on Labour's party list in this first MMP election, she did not enter Parliament as a list MP either.[12]

She was first elected to Parliament in the 1999 election, winning the Northcote electorate. She was re-elected for Northcote in 2002, but in 2005 was defeated by Jonathan Coleman.[13] She remained in Parliament as a list member.[14]

Hartley served as the Deputy Speaker of the House in the 47th New Zealand Parliament and the Assistant Speaker from the 2005 general election until her retirement from national politics in February 2008.[15] She was replaced by former environment minister Marian Hobbs as Assistant Speaker[16] and by Louisa Wall as Labour list MP.[17]

Later activities

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Auckland Council
Years Ward Affiliation
2010–13 North Shore Shore Voice

In the 2007 local body elections Hartley was elected to the North Shore City Council, and left Parliament in 2008 after the summer recess.[18]

At the 2010 local government elections, when the North Shore City Council (along with all the other councils in the Auckland region) was amalgamated into the single Auckland Council, she stood for the North Shore Ward under the Shore Voice ticket and was successful. She started her new role when the council came into existence on 1 November 2010. Hartley was not re-elected at the 2013 Auckland Council election where she placed third running for re-election to one of the two seats in the North Shore Ward.[19]

Hartley was elected to the Kaipātiki Local Board at the 2016 Auckland elections.[20]

Hartley (right), after her investiture as a Companion of the Queen's Service Order by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Auckland, on 28 May 2022

Later life and death

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Hartley died in Auckland on 20 December 2024.[8] She had been predeceased by her husband of 60 years, Maurice Hartley, in 2022.[5]

Honours and awards

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In 1990, Hartley was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[21] She was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to local government and the community.[22]

Notes

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  1. ^ Normally, list MPs do not have individual predecessors or successors, but Hartley resigned during a sitting parliament and therefore was succeeded by Wall.

References

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  1. ^ a b New Zealand Labour Party: Manifesto '93. Wellington: New Zealand Labour Party. 1993. OCLC 39843054.
  2. ^ a b c Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 175. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  3. ^ "Birth search: registration number 1942/70756". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Births". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. 79, no. 24394. 2 October 1942. p. 1. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via PapersPast.
  5. ^ a b "Maurice Hartley obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  6. ^ "The New MPs". The Evening Post. 16 December 1999. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Councils drop fight". The Press. 19 July 1989. p. 4.
  8. ^ a b "Former Labour MP, North Shore mayor Ann Hartley dies". Radio New Zealand. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Fair cop as Wood wins the battle of Georges". Sunday Star-Times. 11 October 1998. p. A2.
  10. ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 11.
  11. ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Northcote, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Official Count Results – Northcote". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  14. ^ "Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Former MPs: Ann Hartley". New Zealand Parliament. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Tribute to post-hole digger dad". Stuff.co.nz. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  17. ^ "Former Silver Fern enters Parliament as Hartley goes". Stuff.co.nz. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  18. ^ New Zealand Parliament (4 March 2008). "List Member Vacancy". parliament.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  19. ^ Rudman, Brian (14 October 2013). "Brian Rudman: Palino's vote wake-up call for Brown". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  20. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ "New Year Honours 2022 – citations for Companions of the Queen's Service Order". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  22. ^ "New Year Honours: the full list of 2022". The New Zealand Herald. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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Political offices
New office Mayor of North Shore City
1989–1992 		Succeeded by
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Northcote
1999–2005 		Succeeded by
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