18 Facts About Sue Kedgley

Susan Jane Kedgley was born on 1948 and is a New Zealand politician, food campaigner and author.

Sue Kedgley stated she had a sheltered upbringing being given a 'proper' girls upbringing and was a debutante.

Sue Kedgley became involved in student politics and was a member of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association from 1967 to 1969.

Sue Kedgley then studied at the University of Auckland and in 1971, while still a student, she joined Women's Movement for Freedom, a group formed in 1970 by Patricia Enting.

Sue Kedgley was employed as a researcher on the show Checkpoint.

Sue Kedgley was unable to become a presenter, being told at the time that women couldn't because their voices "aren't deep enough and they lack authority".

Sue Kedgley's book, titled Eating Safely in a Toxic World, set the scene in New Zealand for a new movement of 'safe-food campaigners'.

In 1992 Sue Kedgley, having left Labour to join the incipient Green Party, was elected the Wellington City Council.

Sue Kedgley remained a member for 7 years and was the founder and co-convenor of the New Zealand Safe Food Campaign.

Sue Kedgley resigned from the council in December 1999 after winning a parliamentary seat, saying it would be impossible to carry out both roles successfully at once.

The Green Party did not stand a candidate and both the party and Sue Kedgley endorsed independent candidate Ray Ahipene-Mercer, an environmentalist, who won the seat.

Sue Kedgley represented the Green Party in the New Zealand Parliament since first becoming a Member of Parliament as a list MP in the 1999 election until 2011.

Sue Kedgley won re-election in the 2002,2005 and 2008 general elections.

Sue Kedgley was the Chairperson of the New Zealand Parliament Health Committee from 2005 to 2008 and was the Deputy Chair for 6 years prior.

In July 2013, Sue Kedgley announced that she would be running for the Greater Wellington Regional Council on a Green Party ticket in the Wellington ward.

Sue Kedgley announced that she would not stand for re-election to the Regional Council in 2019, but will contest the District Health Board.

Sue Kedgley was re-elected to the District Health Board at the 2019 elections.

In 2016, Sue Kedgley received the New Zealand Women of Influence Award for Diversity in recognition of her work towards greater gender diversity in the workplace.