Barbara Stewart

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Barbara Stewart is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the New Zealand First party.

Early life

Stewart was born in Wairoa in 1952. She obtained a BEd and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies, both from the University of Waikato. Before entering politics, she was a teacher and a company training officer.^[1]

Political career

Stewart was initially a member of the National Party and acted as secretary for the Feilding branch 1987–90.^[1]

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
2002–2005	47th	List	6	NZ First
2005–2008	48th	List	6	NZ First

2011 – present	50th	List	5	NZ First

Stewart was elected to Parliament in the 2002 elections as a list MP, having been ranked sixth on the New Zealand First party list.^[1] In 2006 she introduced a Member's Bill to Parliament to reduce the size of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 120 members to 100 members. The bill passed its first reading 61 votes to 60 on 16 March 2006, but was defeated at its Second Reading on 8 November 2006.

In the 2008 general election Stewart was fifth on the New Zealand First party list, but the party lost all its parliamentary seats, winning no electorates and polling below the 5% threshold.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Members of Parliament". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

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List of current caucus Members	Winston Peters Tracey Martin Andrew Williams Richard Prosser Barbara Stewart Denis O'Rourke Asenati Taylor

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Name	Stewart, Barbara
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Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	23 February 1952
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