Anne Fraser

Anne Collins
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for East Cape
In office
1984–1990
Preceded byDuncan MacIntyre
Succeeded byTony Ryall
Personal details
Born
Lowson Anne Collins

(1951-07-20) 20 July 1951 (age 73)
Napier, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
Spouse
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(m. 1989; died 2021)​
Children2[1]

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

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 was married to former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Michael Cullen until his death in 2021.[5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ "Collins, Anne". New Zealand Herald. 17 June 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  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.
  6. ^ "Labour's Sir Michael Cullen dies at 76 after battle with lung cancer". The New Zealand Herald. 20 August 2021.

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.
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Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Cape
1984–1990 		Succeeded by


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