1. Sue Bradford criticised the party from the left in regards to her opinion that the party underwent a centrist direction under the leadership of James Shaw and Marama Davidson.
11 Facts About Sue Bradford
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Sue Bradford graduated from the University of Auckland in History and Political Studies, and later obtained an MA in Chinese.
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Sue Bradford has spent time on the unemployment benefit and the domestic purposes benefit.
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Sue Bradford had joined the Green Party in 1990, and had contested the 1998 Auckland mayoral election as the Green candidate.
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Sue Bradford has successfully pushed through three member's bills: removing the defence of "reasonable force" when corporally punishing or smacking children; letting mothers in jail keep their babies for longer; and making the adult minimum wage apply to 16- and 17-year-olds.
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In 2009 Sue Bradford ran unsuccessfully against Metiria Turei to replace Jeanette Fitzsimons for the co-leadership of the Green Party.
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On 25 September 2009, Sue Bradford announced her intention to resign as a Member of Parliament in late October, citing her disappointment at the loss and wish to take new directions.
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Sue Bradford regretted not becoming a Cabinet Minister, especially a Minister of Housing and Social Development.
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Sue Bradford said that she would consider the idea but did not run.
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Sue Bradford joined the Mana Party in 2011, and was a losing candidate for the Waitakere seat at the 2011 New Zealand general election.
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In May 2014, Sue Bradford resigned from the Mana Party in response to the formation of an alliance with the Internet Party.