1. Margaret Ann Hartley was a New Zealand politician.
20 Facts About Ann Hartley
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Ann Hartley was a Labour member of parliament between 1999 and 2008, and served as the mayor of North Shore City from 1989 to 1992.
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Margaret Ann Thompson was born in Warkworth on 23 September 1942, the daughter of June Margaret and William Forsyth Thompson.
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Ann Hartley was educated at Orewa District High School from 1956 to 1960.
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From 1986, Ann Hartley was the mayor of Birkenhead City, which in 1989 was absorbed into the newly created North Shore City as part of the 1989 New Zealand local government reforms.
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Ann Hartley was defeated after one term, but tried to win the role back in 1998.
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Ann Hartley unsuccessfully contested the Birkenhead electorate in the 1993 election, coming second to National's Ian Revell.
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Ann Hartley unsuccessfully contested the Northcote electorate in the 1996 election, again coming second to Revell.
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Ann Hartley was first elected to Parliament in the 1999 election, winning the Northcote electorate.
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Ann Hartley was re-elected for Northcote in 2002, but in 2005 was defeated by Jonathan Coleman.
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Ann Hartley served as the Deputy Speaker of the House in the 47th New Zealand Parliament and the Assistant Speaker from the 2005 general election until her retirement from national politics in February 2008.
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Ann Hartley was replaced by former environment minister Marian Hobbs as Assistant Speaker and by Louisa Wall as Labour list MP.
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Ann Hartley started her new role when the council came into existence on 1 November 2010.
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Ann Hartley played a role in improving public green spaces and events centres in the city, such as Kauri Point Centennial Park and the Bruce Mason Centre.
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Ann 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.
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Ann Hartley was elected to the Kaipatiki Local Board at the 2016 Auckland elections.
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Ann Hartley was reelected in 2019, and stepped down at the 2022 elections.
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Ann Hartley died in Auckland on 20 December 2024, at the age of 82.
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In 1990, Ann Hartley was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
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Ann Hartley was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to local government and the community.