Anne Fraser

Lowson Anne Collins, Lady Cullen (formerly Fraser, born 20 July 1951) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Anne Collins
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for East Cape
In office 1984 – 1990
Preceded by	Duncan MacIntyre
Succeeded by	Tony Ryall
Personal details
Born	Lowson Anne Collins 20 July 1951 Napier, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Michael Cullen ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	2[1]

Early life and family

Collins was born in Napier on 20 July 1951, the daughter of Lowson and Brian Collins.[1] She was educated at Napier Girls' High School, and went on to study at Massey University, graduating BEd in 1982.[1] Following her first marriage she was known as Anne Fraser.

Parliamentary career

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1984–1987	41st	East Cape		Labour
1987–1990	42nd	East Cape		Labour

She represented the electorate of East Cape in Parliament from 1984, after winning it subsequent to the retirement of the previous representative, Duncan MacIntyre of the National Party.[2] She held the seat at the subsequent 1987 election by less than 240 votes, and in 1989, her name officially reverted to her maiden name Anne Collins after she had separated from her husband.[3] She retired from Parliament in 1990. The same year, she was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal,[1] and in 1993 she received the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[4]

She is married to former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Michael Cullen.[5]

Notes

1. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 103. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
2. Wilson 1985, pp. 198, 215.
3. "Fraser, Anne". Auckland Libraries. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
4. "New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
5. Young, Audrey (8 April 2009). "A parliamentarian without parallel". The New Zealand Herald.

References

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.