Margaret Ann Hartley (born 1942) is a former New Zealand member of parliament, a former mayor of North Shore City, and a member of the Labour Party.

Early years

Hartley was born in 1942 in the town of Warkworth. Before entering politics, she was a

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. From 1980 to 1986 she was a member of the

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City Council, a member of the Child Abuse Prevention Society from 1983 to 1986 and a member of the Auckland Education Board 1984 to 1989.

Political career

Mayoralties

From 1986, Hartley was the mayor of

City, which in 1989 was absorbed into the newly created

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. She then became mayor of North Shore City. In 1990, Hartley was awarded the

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Member of Parliament

She unsuccessfully contested the Birkenhead electorate in the , coming second to

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. She unsuccessfully contested the electorate in the , again coming second to Revell. As she was ranked 47th on Labour's party list in this first MMP election, she did not enter Parliament as a list MP either. She was first elected to Parliament in the , winning the Northcote electorate. She was re-elected for Northcote in , but in was defeated by Jonathan Coleman, a long-standing rival. She remained in Parliament as a list candidate. Hartley served as the Deputy

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in the 47th New Zealand Parliament and the Assistant Speaker from the 2005 general election until her retirement from national politics in February 2008. She was replaced by former environment minister

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as Assistant Speaker and by

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as Labour list MP.

Later activities

In the 2007 local body elections Hartley was elected to the

Council, and left Parliament in 2008 after the summer recess. At the 2010 local government elections, when the North Shore City Council (along with all the other councils in the Auckland region) was amalgamated into the single

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, she stood for the North Shore Ward under the Shore Voice ticket and was successful. She started her new role when the council came into existence on 1 November 2010. Hartley was not re-elected at the 2013 Auckland Council election where she placed third running for re-election to one of the two seats in the North Shore Ward. Hartley was elected to the

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at the 2016 Auckland elections. Ann Hartley QSO investiture

In the

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, Hartley was appointed a

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, for services to local government and the community.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartley, Ann 1942 births Living people New Zealand Labour Party MPs Mayors of North Shore City Women mayors of places in New Zealand New Zealand list MPs Auckland Councillors North Shore City Councillors Mayors of places in the Auckland Region Unsuccessful candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1993 New Zealand general election New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand real estate agents People from Warkworth, New Zealand Date of birth missing (living people) 21st-century New Zealand politicians 21st-century New Zealand women politicians Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Companions of the Queen's Service Order