Jill White | |
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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 | Feilding, New Zealand | 22 February 1941
Political party | Labour Party (1990–present) |
Profession | Teacher, Nurse |
Jacqueline Jill White (born 22 February 1941) is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician, and a registered nurse.[1]
White 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]
White 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]
Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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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]