Eugenie Sage

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Eugenie Sage
Eugenie Sage
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Green party list
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 December 2011 (2011-12-10)
Personal details
Born Auckland
Political party Green

Eugenie Sage is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. Since the 2011 election, she is representing the Green Party in Parliament.

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate List Party
2011  present 50th List 6 Green

Sage was a field officer and spokesperson for Forest and Bird[1] before being elected as councillor for the Selwyn-Banks Peninsula Regional Constituency of Environment Canterbury at the 2007 elections.[2] She lost her seat when the Environment Canterbury Council were replaced by Commissioners on 1 May 2010.[3]

In October 2010 she was appointed as a community member to the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Water Management Committee of Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS).[4]

She was ranked at number six as a Green Party candidate for the 2011 general election.[5] With the Green Party returning 13 list members according to preliminary results, Sage was elected to Parliament.

References

  1. Eugenie Sage, Committee Member Biographies - Selwyn-Waihora Zone Water Management Committee - Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS), retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. 2007 Election results announcement 17 October 2007 - ECan website, retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. Meeting of Environment Canterbury commissioners - ECan website media release 30 April 2010, retrieved 3 January 2011.
  4. Selwyn-Waihora Zone community committee members, 7 October 2010 Media statement - Selwyn-Waihora Zone Water Management Committee - Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS), retrieved 4 January 2011.
  5. "Green Party ranks its candidates". The Press. NZPA. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011. 

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