Catherine Tizard
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The Honourable Dame Catherine Tizard ONZ GCMG GCVO DBE QSO DStJ |
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| 16th Governor-General of New Zealand | |
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In office 13 December 1990 – 21 March 1996 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Jim Bolger |
| Preceded by | Paul Reeves |
| Succeeded by | Michael Hardie Boys |
| Mayor of Auckland City | |
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In office 1983–1990 |
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| Preceded by | Colin Kay |
| Succeeded by | Les Mills |
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Catherine Anne Maclean 4 April 1931 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Bob Tizard (m. 1951; div. 1980) |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Dame Catherine Anne Tizard ONZ GCMG GCVO DBE QSO DStJ (née Maclean, born 4 April 1931) was Mayor of Auckland City and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand, the first woman to hold either office.
Catherine Anne Maclean was born to Scottish immigrants, Neil and Helen Maclean, and grew up in Waharoa, near Matamata, Waikato. Neil was a factory worker at the local Waharoa dairy factory. She attended Matamata College, and she gained a University Bursary in her final year, 1948. In 1949 Catherine enrolled at Auckland University College in Zoology.
While at university, Catherine met Bob Tizard, then president of the Auckland University Students Association. On their second date Bob told Catherine he was "going into politics. And I'm going to marry you."
They married in 1951, and Bob unsuccessfully ran for the seat of Remuera later that year at the general election and again at the 1954 general election. He was finally successful at the 1957 election, winning in Tamaki, but was defeated three years later by Rob Muldoon. The couple moved to Avondale and started a family, with Catherine having four children in six years starting at the age of 21 with Anne, followed by Linda, Judith and Nigel. They moved in 1957 to Glendowie, in the Tamaki electorate.
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