Jill White

Jacqueline Jill White, known as Jill White (born 22 February 1941), is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician, and a registered nurse.[1]

Jill White
White in 2018
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Manawatu
In office 6 November 1993 – 12 October 1996
Preceded by	Hamish MacIntyre
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour party list
In office 12 October 1996 – 24 November 1998
Succeeded by	Helen Duncan
25th Mayor of Palmerston North
In office 10 October 1998 – 13 October 2001
Preceded by	Paul Rieger
Succeeded by	Mark Bell-Booth
Personal details
Born	22 February 1941 Feilding, New Zealand
Political party	Labour Party (1990–present)
Profession	Teacher, Nurse

Early life and career

White was born in Feilding in 1941. She attended Manchester Street Primary School and Feilding Agricultural High School before attending Victoria University of Wellington where she gained a Bachelor of Science and then Canterbury Teachers' College. She later completed a Bachelor of Arts at Massey University.[2]

She first worked as a secondary school teacher in New Zealand from 1965, and later Samoa via Volunteer Service Abroad, before becoming a nurse in 1972. White also worked in the United Kingdom as a nurse before returning to New Zealand in 1979 where she became a community and public nurse before retiring in 1988.[2]

Local body politics

White was a councillor on Palmerston North City Council from 1983 to 1992. This was followed by some years in Parliament, a role from which she resigned in 1998 to become Mayor of Palmerston North. She held that post until 2001.[3][4][5] She was the first woman to hold the position. In 1989, she was elected a member of the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council, remaining a member until 1994 when she resigned.[2] She was later a Horizons Regional Councillor from 2007 until 2013.

White's community involvement was with the Girl Guides, District Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse and the National Council of Women.[2]

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
1993–1996	44th	Manawatu		Labour
1996–1998	45th	List	9	Labour

From 1993 to 1998, she was a member of Parliament for the Labour Party, first as MP for Manawatu and then as a list MP.[6] In 1996, she had stood in Rangitīkei unsuccessfully.[7]

Notes

1. Temple, Philip (1994). Temple's Guide to the 44th New Zealand Parliament. Dunedin: McIndoe Publishers. ISBN 0-86868-159-8.
2. Who's Who 1993, p. 82. sfn error: no target: CITEREFWho's_Who1993 (help)
3. "Duncan says bye like she said hi – late". The New Zealand Herald. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
4. "1990s". Palmerston North City Council. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
5. Matheson, Ian Roderick (2003). "Palmerston North Borough and City Councillors". Council and community: 125 years of local government in Palmerston North 1877–2002. pp. 91–100. ISBN 0-473-09340-5.
6. "Women in parliament 1933–2005". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
7. "Electorate candidates for election". The Dominion. 19 September 1996. p. 17.

References

• Who's Who in the New Zealand Parliament 1993. Wellington: Parliamentary Service. 1993.
• Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament by G.A. Wood (University of Otago Press, 2nd edition 1996) ISBN 1-877133-00-0
• "Women in parliament 1933 – 2005". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2011.