Christine Fletcher
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The Honourable Christine Fletcher QSO |
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| 37th Mayor of Auckland City | |
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In office 1998–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Les Mills |
| Succeeded by | John Banks |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Eden |
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In office 1990 – 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Northey |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Epsom |
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In office 1996 – 1999 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Richard Worth |
| Personal details | |
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Christine Elizabeth Lees 2 December 1955 New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
Christine Elizabeth Fletcher QSO (née Lees, born 25 January 1955) is a New Zealand politician. Currently an Auckland Council councillor, she was previously a National Party Member of Parliament from 1993 to 1999, and served one term as Mayor of Auckland City between 1998 and 2001. In October 2010 she became the co-leader of the Auckland local body ticket Citizens & Ratepayers after winning the Albert-Eden-Roskill ward on the new Auckland Council.
Fletcher was born in 1955, the daughter of Shirley and Ted Lees, the founder of heavy machinery and marine engine company Lees Industries. Educated at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland, she was married to Angus Fletcher, and was thus the sister-in-law of former Fletcher Challenge CEO Hugh Fletcher and his wife Chief Justice Sian Elias.
At the 1990 election, Fletcher was the National Party candidate for the Eden electorate, and defeated the Labour incumbent, Richard Northey. She then held the seat at the 1993 election.
She won the new Epsom electorate in the 1996 election, and was subsequently appointed to the ministerial roles of Local Government, Women's Affairs and Cultural Affairs. However, she resigned as a minister on 11 September 1997, because she objected to the sale of the assets of the Auckland Regional Services Trust proposed by National.
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