| 词条 | Elizabeth Tennet |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Elizabeth Tennet |honorific-suffix = |image = Elizabeth Tennet.jpg |caption = |constituency_MP7 = Island Bay |parliament7 = New Zealand |term_start7 = 1987 |term_end7 = 1996 |predecessor7 = Frank O'Flynn |successor7 = constituency abolished |birth_date = 1953 |birth_place = Feilding, New Zealand |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = |children = 1 |alma_mater = Massey University Victoria University |profession = |party = Labour |signature = }} Elizabeth Patricia Tennet (born 1953)[1] is a former New Zealand politician. BiographyEarly lifeTennet was born in 1953 in Feilding.{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=78}} She was educated locally before studying at Massey and Victoria University. Before entering politics, she worked as an official at the Department of Labour and as a trade union organiser as general secretary of the Central Clerical Workers Union.{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=78}} Prior to entering Parliament, Tennet was involved in the Labour Party at an organisational level. She was a member of Labour's Women's Council, the Regional Council for the Wellington region and a member of Labour's National Executive.{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=78}} Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|term=42nd|start={{NZ election link year|1987}}|end=1990|party=New Zealand Labour Party|electorate=Island Bay}}{{NZ parlbox|term=43rd|start={{NZ election link year|1990}}|end=1993|party=New Zealand Labour Party|electorate=Island Bay}}{{NZ parlbox|term=44th|start={{NZ election link year|1993}}|end=1996|party=New Zealand Labour Party|electorate=Island Bay}}{{NZ parlbox footer}}She was an MP from 1987 to 1996, representing the Labour Party.[2] She was first elected to Parliament in the 1987 elections as MP for the Wellington electorate of Island Bay, replacing the retiring Frank O'Flynn.{{sfn|Norton|1988|pp=256}} In 1990 she became Labour's junior whip as well as becoming party spokesperson on employment and associate spokesperson on women's affairs.{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=78}} Tennet was the third woman to have a child whilst an MP and she decided that her priorities had changed since entering politics in order to spend more time with her six-year-old son she decided to retire from parliament at the {{NZ election link|1996}}.[3] In 1993, Tennet was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[4] In the 1995 local elections she was chosen as the Labour Party's candidate for the Wellington Mayoralty to replace the retiring Fran Wilde. Tennet came second in the election behind Mark Blumsky.[5] Later activitiesIn 2009, Tennet was appointed chief executive of industry development organisation Textiles New Zealand.[6] In 2011 she became the chief executive of Community Law Centres O Aotearoa[3] Notes1. ^New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1992 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/files/women_in_parliament.xls |title=Women in Parliament |publisher=Elections NZ |accessdate=24 February 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514095518/http://www.elections.org.nz/files/women_in_parliament.xls |archivedate=14 May 2010 |df=dmy }} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.nzlawyermagazine.co.nz/features/profiles/elizabeth-tennet-championing-change-213634.aspx |publisher=NZ Lawyer |title=Elizabeth Tennet: Championing change |date=23 March 2016 }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/new-zealand-royal-honours-system/types-new-zealand-royal-honours/other-distinctive-new-zealand-honours/suffrage-medal-register |title=The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients |date=26 July 2018 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=18 September 2018}} 5. ^{{cite news |work =The Evening Post |page=14 |title=How You Voted |date=9 October 1995 }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.textilesnz.org.nz/sitedocs/newsevents/MediaReleaseCEOTennet.htm |title=New Chief Executive for Textiles New Zealand |date=1 May 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524045830/http://textilesnz.org.nz/sitedocs/newsevents/MediaReleaseCEOTennet.htm |archivedate=24 May 2010 |df=dmy }} References
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