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Margaret Shields was born on 18 December, 1941 in New Zealand, is a New Zealand politician. Discover Margaret Shields's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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71 years old |
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18 December, 1941 |
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18 December |
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29 May, 2013 |
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Margaret Shields Height, Weight & Measurements
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Margaret Shields Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Margaret Shields worth at the age of 71 years old? Margaret Shields’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. She is from New Zealand. We have estimated Margaret Shields's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Dame Margaret Kerslake Shields (née Porter, 18 December 1941 – 29 May 2013) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Shields was born on 18 December 1941 in Wellington, and was educated at Wellington Girls' College from 1955 to 1959.
She campaigned for women's rights throughout her career.
In 1966, she was one of a group of Wellington women (members of Newlands Playcentre) who founded the Society for Research on Women (SROW).
She worked at the Department of Statistics from 1973 to 1981, and served on the Wellington Hospital Board from 1977 to 1980.
She was a founding member of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) in 1975 which aimed to get more women into parliament and public offices.
She was on the organising committee of the 1975 United Women's Convention, working alongside leading feminist organisers such as Sue Piper, Deidre Milne and Ros Noonan.
Shields first stood for Labour in the in the electorate, coming second to Hugh Templeton.
Shields had initially been declared the winner of the in the electorate, but she lost by 83 votes on a magisterial recount to Barry Brill.
From the she represented the electorate in Parliament, but in the she was defeated by Roger Sowry; one of a number of losses contributing to the fall of the Fourth Labour Government.
She had three terms in the House of Representatives in the 1980s and was afterwards a member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council, including as chairman.
In 1983 Shields was appointed as Labour's spokesperson for Science & Technology and Statistics by Labour leader David Lange.
She was Minister of Customs and Consumer Affairs from 1984 and the Minister of Women's Affairs from 1987 to 1990.
In 1990, she took up a position as director of INSTRAW, the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, based in the Dominican Republic.
She also held offices with the UN Development Fund for Women, the National Council of Women and the Federation of Graduate Women.
In 1993, Shields was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.
In 1995, Shields was elected to the Greater Wellington Regional Council.
In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services, and later in the 2008 New Year Honours was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
She became its deputy chairwoman in 1998, and was its first female chair from 2001 to 2004.
In the 2009 Special Honours, Shields accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion, following the reintroduction of titular honours by the government.
Shields died in Paraparaumu in 2013 and was survived by her husband Pat and one of her two daughters.
