Judy Keall

Judy Keall in 1989

Judith Mary Keall (née Dixon, born 10 January 1942) is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1984 to 1990, and again from 1993 until her retirement in 2002, representing the Labour Party.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
1984–1987 41st Glenfield Labour
1987–1990 42nd Glenfield Labour
1993–1996 44th Horowhenua Labour
1996–1999 45th Otaki none Labour
1999–2002 46th Otaki 21 Labour

Dixon[1] was born in Timaru on 10 May 1942.[2]

She was first elected to Parliament in the 1984 election, winning the North Shore seat of Glenfield.[3] She was re-elected in the 1987 election, but in the 1990 election, she was defeated by National's Peter Hilt. In 1993, Keall was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[4]

In the 1993 election, she returned to Parliament as MP for the lower North Island seat of Horowhenua. After reentering parliament she supported Mike Moore when he was successfully challenged for the leadership by deputy leader Helen Clark.[5] She was appointed by Clark as Labour's spokesperson for consumer affairs and senior citizens.[6] In the 1996 election, when the Horowhenua electorate was abolished, she was elected as MP for the new Otaki electorate.[7] She was re-elected in the 1999 election, but at the 2002 election, she chose to retire from Parliament. She was one of only two electorate MPs who retired in 2002; the other was Labour's Geoff Braybrooke.[8] Keall was succeeded by her former Parliamentary Secretary, Darren Hughes.[7]

Keall chaired Parliament's health select committee[9] and she was the key proponent of legislation that would make bars and restaurants smoke-free.[10]

Keall was separated from her husband Graeme for seven years and part of her retirement from politics was that she could spend more time with him.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Index Auckland: local history, arts and music". Auckland Libraries. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. ^ Temple, Philip (1994). Temple's Guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: McIndoe Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 0-86868-159-8.
  3. ^ Wood, G. A. (1996) [First ed. published 1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. p. 109. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.
  4. ^ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. ^ "How they voted in caucus". The New Zealand Herald. 3 December 1993. p. 3.
  6. ^ "The Labour Shadow Cabinet". The Dominion. 14 December 1993. p. 2.
  7. ^ a b Counsell, Gerard (31 October 2008). "Swing seats: All eyes on Otaki". One News. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  8. ^ Boston, Jonathan (2003). New Zealand Votes: The General Election of 2002. Wellington: Victoria University Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-86473-468-9. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Keall to leave politics". The New Zealand Herald. 8 October 2001. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Judy Keall's Swansong Will Ruin Bars and Cafes" (Press release). Wellington: ACT New Zealand. Scoop. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
New Zealand Parliament
New constituency Member of Parliament for Glenfield
1984–1990 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Horowhenua
1993–1996 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Otaki
1996–2002 		Succeeded by