Tracy Mulholland is a New Zealand politician who is an

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lor.

Political career

In the early 1990s, Mulholland was the marketing manager for

LynnMall LynnMall is a shopping centre in New Lynn, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand's first shopping centre, LynnMall, has been servicing Auckland's western suburbs for over 50 years. Since opening in 1963, the centre has continued to evol ...

. In the 2000s, she worked for the

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and Auckland, Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED). Between 2010 and 2016, Mulholland was the general manager of the New Lynn Business Association. In 2016, Mulholland campaigned as the

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candidate for the

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, becoming the board chairman. In June 2019, Mulholland cut ties with the Labour Party, joining the right-leaning local body ticket

Communities and Residents Communities and Residents (C&R) is a right-leaning local body ticket in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formed in 1938 as Citizens & Ratepayers, with a view to controlling the Auckland City Council and preventing left-leaning Labour Party contr ...

. In the 2019 local body elections, Mulholland was elected the

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counsellor, receiving 5,853 votes, narrowly beating her competitor

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from the Labour Party. Mulholland lost the 2022 elections to Labour Party candidate

Kerrin Leoni Kerrin Leoni is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor. In 2022, Leoni was elected as the Whau ward councillor. Early life Leoni is of Māori ( Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāi Takoto, and Ngāti Kurī) and European (Italian and Irish) des ...

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