Janet Mackey

Janet Elsdon Mackey, JP (née Craig, born 14 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party.

She was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 elections, winning the seat of Gisborne. In the 1996 elections, she won the newly created seat of Mahia, and in the 1999 elections and 2002 elections, she won the seat of East Coast. In 2003, she was joined in Parliament by her daughter, Moana Mackey. Before entering politics, she was a real estate agent.

She announced her intent to retire before the 2005 elections, and did not stand for re-election.

Her father, Elsdon Craig, is a Scottish-New Zealander, and the nephew of Elsdon Best, and her mother, Zeta Brown, is from Northern Ireland. Mackey is a Justice of the peace.

She has two other children who are both younger than her daughter Moana; Erin Wahine Waimarie (b. 4 December 1979) who is a chef, and Turei Elsdon (b. 20 December 1982) who is a journalist.

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