Marilyn Waring

Professor Marilyn Waring CNZM, D.Phil., D.Litt.
Marilyn Waring, 2012
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Raglan
In office 1975 – 1978
Preceded by	Douglas Carter
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waipa
In office 1978 – 1984
Succeeded by	Katherine O'Regan
Chair of the Public Expenditure Committee
In office 1978–1984
Board member of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
In office 2005–2009
Personal details
Born	(1952-10-07) 7 October 1952 (age 64) Ngaruawahia, Waikato
Political party	National
Committees	Chair of the Public Expenditure Committee, Senior Government Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and member of the Disarmament and Arms Control Committee
Website	marilynwaring.com

Marilyn Joy Waring, CNZM (born 7 October 1952), is a New Zealand feminist, a politician, an activist for female human rights and environmental issues, a development consultant and United Nations expert, an author and an academic, known as a principal founder of the discipline of feminist economics.

She served as a member of the Parliament of New Zealand for the conservative New Zealand National Party, successively representing the constituencies of Raglan and Waipa, between 1975 and 1984. Aged 23, she was the youngest member of parliament at the time of her election. As a member of Parliament, she served as Chair of the Public Expenditure Committee, Senior Government Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and member of the Disarmament and Arms Control Committee. Between 1978 and 1981 she was the sole woman in the government caucus. Waring precipitated the New Zealand general election, 1984 by threatening to vote for the opposition-sponsored nuclear-free New Zealand legislation, leading Prime Minister Rob Muldoon to call a snap election, stating that Waring's "feminist anti-nuclear stance" threatened his ability to govern. The nuclear-free New Zealand legislation was subsequently enacted by the new Labour government, and has been a sacrosanct touchstone of New Zealand foreign policy since.