Muriel Newman
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Infobox officeholder Muriel Newman (born 6 April 1950) is a former New Zealand politician for the ACT New Zealand party. She was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1996 until 2005, when she was not re-elected.
Early years
Newman was born in northern England. She arrived in New Zealand at the age of eight and was raised in Whangārei. She gained a BSc in mathematics from the University of Auckland, and then a Ph.D. in mathematics education from Rutgers University in the United States. After working in the education sector for twenty years, she entered the business world with Michael Hill International, eventually becoming the deputy general manager of the New Zealand operation before being elected to Parliament. She has been a president of the Northland Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Northland Health Board, and member of the Northland Conservation Board.
She is married to Frank Newman, an accountant and former member of the Whangarei District Council.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Member of Parliament
Template:NZ parlbox header Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox footer Newman was a founding member of the ACT New Zealand party. She was one of its candidates in the 1996 general election, the first election the party contested, and was elected to Parliament as one of ACT's eight list MPs. She was re-elected in 1999 and 2002 and was party whip.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="BostonChurch2004">Template:Cite book</ref>
In 2004, when Richard Prebble stepped down as ACT's leader, Newman stood as a candidate to succeed him;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> she lost to Rodney Hide, but emerged with the role of deputy leader. She was placed third on ACT's party list in the 2005 election,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but lost her seat in Parliament, as ACT's representation was reduced from nine MPs to only two.
After Parliament
After leaving Parliament in 2005, Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Debate (since renamed the New Zealand Centre for Political Research), an independent public policy think tank.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
Further reading
- Newman's contribution is a paper entitled: "Welfare reform: for the sake of our children."
- Newman's contribution is a paper entitled: "For the general welfare."
- Newman's contribution is a paper entitled: "ACT's welfare vision."
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External links
- 1950 births
- ACT New Zealand MPs
- Living people
- New Zealand educators
- New Zealand women educators
- Rutgers University alumni
- University of Auckland alumni
- People from Whangārei
- Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- English emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand list MPs
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 2005 New Zealand general election
- 21st-century New Zealand politicians
- 21st-century New Zealand women politicians