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| Parl. | Electorate | List Pos. | Party |
| 45th | List | 3 | Alliance |
| 46th | Coromandel | 1 | Greens |
| 47th | List | 1 | Greens |
| 48th | List | 1 | Greens |
Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. The 45th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. The Alliance, in New Zealand politics, is a Left-wing political party The 46th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. The Coromandel Peninsula lies in the North Island of New Zealand. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a Political party in the New Zealand parliament. The 47th New Zealand Parliament was the most recent term of the Parliament of New Zealand. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a Political party in the New Zealand parliament. The 48th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a Political party in the New Zealand parliament. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. She currently serves as co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand alongside Russel Norman who was elected following the death of Rod Donald. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a Political party in the New Zealand parliament. Russel Norman (born 1967 is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist Rodney David (Rod Donald ( 10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005)
As of 2005 she is the Green Party spokesperson on Climate Change, Crown Research Institutes, Energy, Finance and Revenue, Fisheries, Genetic Engineering, Oceans, Research, Science and Technology, Sustainable Economics, Transport and Treaty Issues. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
She was the New Zealand politician of the year in 2007 according to Colin James of the NZ Herald. [1]
Before being elected to Parliament, Fitzsimons was a lecturer in environmental studies at Auckland University. The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and until 1951 the New Zealand Legislative Council Environmental science is the study of interactions among physical chemical and biological components of the environment. The University of Auckland (Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau is New Zealand 's largest University. She was also highly active in various environmental organizations such as the New Zealand Biological Producers' Council, the Campaign Climate for Change (which she founded), and the Environmental Council. She also worked as an environmental consultant to many local authorities.
Fitzsimons' first entry into politics was as a candidate for the Values Party, an early environmentalist based political party. The Values Party, considered the world's first national-level environmentalist party that pre-dated any fashionable Green terminology was established in 1972 She was its energy spokesperson from 1977 to 1982, and stood as a candidate in the 1978 election and the 1981 election. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The 1978 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to elect the 39th New Zealand Parliament. The 1981 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. When the Values Party merged with a number of other groups to form the modern Green Party, Fitzsimons became an active member of the new organization.
When the Green Party joined with several other left-wing parties to form the Alliance, Fitzsimons became co-deputy leader (with Sandra Lee-Vercoe holding the other deputy leader position). The Alliance, in New Zealand politics, is a Left-wing political party Sandra Rose Te Hakamatua Lee-Vercoe (née Lee QSO ( 8 August 1952 -) is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat In the 1993 election, Fitzsimons unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate under the Alliance banner. The 1993 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. In 1995, she became co-leader of the Green Party (which remained within the Alliance). Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
In the 1996 election, the first to be conducted under the new MMP electoral system, Fitzsimons was placed third on the Alliance party list. The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. Mixed member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is an ' additional member ' She also stood as the party's candidate in the Coromandel. Education Coromandel Area School is a state composite (years 1-13 school with a decile rating of 3 and a roll of 304 She was unsuccessful in the Coromandel electorate, but entered Parliament on the Alliance list.
The Greens contested the 1999 election as an independent party, with Fitzsimons and Rod Donald serving as co-leaders. The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament. Rodney David (Rod Donald ( 10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005) Fitzsimons was placed first on the party's list, and once again contested the Coromandel seat. To observers, it seemed that the Greens' chances of entering parliament were dependent on Fitzsimons' performance in Coromandel - in order to receive proportional representation, the party needed to either gain five percent of the national vote or win an electorate seat, and it appeared that the former option was unlikely. Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation or PR is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes When normal votes had been counted, it appeared that Fitzsimons had been defeated in Coromandel by National's Murray McLean, but when special votes were tallied, Fitzsimons had a narrow lead. The New Zealand National Party ("National" or "the Nats" currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats Political party Murray McLean is a former New Zealand politician He was an MP from 1996 to 1999 representing the National Party. This guaranteed the Green Party proportional representation regardless of whether it crossed the five percent threshold (as it eventually did).
In the 2002 election, Fitzsimons was defeated in Coromandel, placing third. The 2002 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. The seat was won by National Party MP Sandra Goudie. Political Views Sandra is a supporter of New Zealand retaining its status as a Realm of the Commonwealth and the retention of the constitutional monarchy She remained in Parliament as the highest-ranked candidate on the Green Party's list. She remains co-leader of the party, and probably has the highest public profile of any Green MP. While outside the Government, she is its spokeswoman for its solar heating promotion intiatives, agreed to by Labour following the 2005 election as part of a policy package negotiated by the Green Party in exchange for its undertaking not to oppose the Labour-led Government on matters of confidence and supply until the next parliamentary elections. In a Parliamentary democracy confidence and supply are required for a Government to hold power
Fitzsimons is married, and has two adult children. She and her husband manage an organic farm in the Kauaeranga Valley west of Thames at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula. Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on Crop rotation, Green manure, Compost, Biological pest control, and mechanical Cultivation
External links
- Jeanette Fitzsimons bio (Green Party website)
- Jeanette Fitzsimons bio (NZ Parliament website)
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