Margaret Wilson
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The Honourable Margaret Wilson DCNZM |
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Margaret Wilson in the Polish Senate (2008)
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| 29th Attorney-General | |
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In office 5 December 1999 – 28 February 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Doug Graham |
| Succeeded by | Michael Cullen |
| 27th Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 3 March 2005 – 8 November 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Hunt |
| Succeeded by | Lockwood Smith |
| Minister of Commerce | |
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In office 26 February – 21 December 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Lianne Dalziel |
| Succeeded by | Pete Hodgson |
| 26th President of the Labour Party | |
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In office 1984–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Anderton |
| Succeeded by | Rex Jones |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour Party list |
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In office 27 November 1999 – 3 October 2008 |
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| Personal details | |
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20 May 1947 Gisborne, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
| Profession | Academic |
Margaret Anne Wilson DCNZM (born 20 May 1947) is a New Zealand academic and former politician. She was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives during the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand. She is a member of the Labour Party.
Born in Gisborne, Wilson received her secondary education at St Dominic's College, Northcote. She had a leg amputated due to cancer at the age of 16, which cut short her plans to be a physical education teacher. Instead, she studied law and graduated LLB (honours) from the University of Auckland.
Wilson worked as a lawyer, a Professor of Law and Dean at the University of Waikato, and a trade unionist. From 1984 to 1987, she was president of the Labour Party, and from 1989 to 1990, she worked as chief political advisor to the Prime Minister, Geoffrey Palmer. She has also served on the Law Commission, and was appointed as a director of the Reserve Bank.
Wilson contested the Tauranga electorate in the 1999 election, and although she was 64 votes shy of defeating incumbent Winston Peters, she entered Parliament as a list MP and immediately gained election to the Cabinet. Her portfolios included those of Attorney-General and Minister of Labour. She remained a list MP after the 2002 elections, serving as Attorney-General, Minister of Commerce, Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Associate Minister for Courts, and Associate Minister of Justice.
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