| 词条 | Olive Smuts-Kennedy |
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|name = Olive Smuts-Kennedy |honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=100%}} |image = Olive Smuts-Kennedy.jpg |office1 = Wellington City Councillor |term_start1 = 1965 |term_end1 = 1973 |succeeded1 = Seton Nossiter |birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|03|23|df=y}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|12|19|1925|03|23|df=y}} |death_place = |spouse = Arthur Edward Smuts-Kennedy |children = 3 |religion = |party = Labour |profession = Lawyer |alma_mater = University of Auckland }} Olive Evelyn Smuts-Kennedy {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=85%}} (née Wright, 23 March 1925 – 19 December 2013) was an activist and local politician in Wellington, New Zealand. BiographyEarly lifeOlive Smuts-Kennedy was born on 23 March 1925.[1] Her grandfather, Fortunatus Evelyn Wright was an early New Zealand settler, having arrived from England aboard the ship Samarang in 1852. In 1945 she married Arthur Edward Smuts-Kennedy and had one son and two daughters.{{sfn|Petersen|1971|pp=312}} She attended Auckland University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1951 and later a Bachelor of Law in 1955.[2] She was admitted to the Bar that same year.[3] She was involved with the women's rights organisation The Council for Equal Pay and Opportunity (affiliated with the National Council of Women) serving as its chairperson from 1960 to 1964.{{sfn|Petersen|1971|pp=309}} In 1965 she became a SEATO research fellow.[4] Political careerSmuts-Kennedy stood for election to the New Zealand House of Representatives for the Labour Party in four consecutive elections. She stood in {{NZ electorate link|Karori}} in {{NZ election link year|1960}}, {{NZ electorate link|Waimarino}} in {{NZ election link year|1963}}, {{NZ electorate link|Tauranga}} in {{NZ election link year|1966}} and {{NZ electorate link|Wellington Central}} in {{NZ election link year|1969}}. She came in second place on every occasion.{{sfn|Norton|1988|pp=260, 369, 359, 386}} She also served as the President of the Wellington Labour Representation Committee.[4] In 1965 Smuts-Kennedy won a seat on the Wellington City Council on a Labour ticket which she was to hold until 1973 when she resigned.{{sfn|Betts|1970|pp=259}} During her time as a councillor she was chairperson of the cultural, libraries and public relations committees.[4] Later lifeIn the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Smuts-Kennedy was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[5] She died 19 December 2013.[1] Notes1. ^1 {{cite web |title=Smuts-Kennedy, Olive Evelyn, 1925–2013 |url= http://natlib.govt.nz/items/22387032 |publisher=Alexander Turnbull Library |accessdate=2 January 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university22.html |title=NZ university graduates 1871–1960: SL-SZ |date= | website=shadowsoftime |publisher= |accessdate=2 January 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/people-in-the-law/women-legal-pioneers |title=Women Legal Pioneers |date= | website=New Zealand Law Society |publisher= |accessdate=2 January 2017}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Labour Hopefuls for City Council |last= |first= | work=The Evening Post |date=4 September 1971 }} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52174 |date=15 June 1990 |pages=29–36 }} References
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