Jeanette Fitzsimons
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Jeanette Fitzsimons CNZM |
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| 1st Female co-leader of the Green Party | |
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In office 1995–2009 Co-leading with Rod Donald, then Russel Norman |
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| Succeeded by | Metiria Turei |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Green Party List |
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In office 2002 – 11 February 2010 |
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| Succeeded by | Gareth Hughes |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Coromandel |
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In office 1999–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Murray McLean |
| Succeeded by | Sandra Goudie |
| Majority | 250 (0.73%) |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Alliance List |
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In office 1996–1999 |
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17 January 1945 New Zealnd |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
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Green Party Alliance Values Party |
Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons, CNZM (born 17 January 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. She was the co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 1995 to 2009, and was a Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2010.
Before being elected to Parliament, Fitzsimons was a lecturer in environmental studies at the University of Auckland. She was also highly active in various environmental organizations such as the New Zealand Biological Producers' Council, the Campaign Climate for Change (which she founded), and the Environmental Council. She also worked as an environmental consultant to many local authorities.
Fitzsimons' first entry into politics was as a candidate for the Values Party, an early environmentalist based political party. She was its energy spokesperson from 1977 to 1982, and stood as a candidate in the 1978 election and the 1981 election. When the Values Party merged with a number of other groups to form the modern Green Party, Fitzsimons became an active member of the new organization.
When the Green Party joined with several other left-wing parties to form the Alliance, Fitzsimons became co-deputy leader (with Sandra Lee-Vercoe holding the other deputy leader position). In the 1993 election, Fitzsimons unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate under the Alliance banner. In 1995, she became co-leader of the Green Party (which remained within the Alliance).
In the 1996 election, the first to be conducted under the new MMP electoral system, Fitzsimons was placed third on the Alliance party list. She also stood as the party's candidate in the Coromandel. She was unsuccessful in the Coromandel electorate, but entered Parliament on the Alliance list.
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