Sonja Davies

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Sonja Davies ONZ

Marching On is the second volume of Sonja Davies' autobiography
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Pencarrow
In office 1987 – 1993
Preceded by	Fraser Colman
Succeeded by	Trevor Mallard
Personal details
Born	(1923-11-11)11 November 1923
Died	12 June 2005(2005-06-12) (aged 81)
Political party	Labour

Sonja Davies ONZ (11 November 1923 – 12 June 2005) was a New Zealand trade unionist, peace campaigner, and Member of Parliament. On 6 February 1987 Davies was the third appointee to the Order of New Zealand.^[1]

Involvement in Unions

Davies helped to found the Working Women's Council, and in 1974 she became the first female executive of the Federation of Labour.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1987–1990	42nd	Pencarrow	Labour
1990–1993	43rd	Pencarrow	Labour

Davies became the Labour MP for Pencarrow in 1987 and served two terms, retiring in 1993; Trevor Mallard replaced her.

Media

Her autobiography, Bread and Roses: Her Story, (ISBN 1-86953-162-0), was turned into a film in 1994. Directed by Gaylene Preston), the film was also called Bread and Roses. A second volume of autobiography, Marching On (ISBN 1-86941-296-6) was published in 1997.

Bread and Roses (film, 1994) on IMDb

References

↑ "The Order of New Zealand" (12 February 1987) 20 New Zealand Gazette 705 at 709.

External links

Sonja Davies biography from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Fraser Colman	Member of Parliament for Pencarrow 1987 – 1993	Succeeded by Trevor Mallard

Authority control	VIAF: 116338993 ISNI: 0000 0000 8324 8925

Members of the Order of New Zealand

Current

Ordinary members	Miriam Dell Kiri Te Kanawa Miles Warren Jim Bolger Ken Douglas Cliff Whiting Mike Moore Thomas Williams Jonathan Hunt Lloyd Geering Kenneth Keith Don McKinnon Murray Halberg Helen Clark Bob Charles Albert Wendt

Additional members	Michael Duffy Catherine Tizard Brian Lochore C. K. Stead Owen Woodhouse Prince Philip Margaret Bazley Peter Jackson Malvina Major

Honorary members	Shridath Ramphal

Deceased

Ordinary members	Arnold Nordmeyer C. E. Beeby Te Atairangikaahu Edmund Hillary Sonja Davies Jim Knox Frederick Turnovsky Richard Matthews Douglas Lilburn June Blundell Manuhuia Bennett Henry Lang Whina Cooper John Somerville Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan Margaret Mahy Thaddeus McCarthy Roy McKenzie James Muir Cameron Fletcher Ivan Lichter Alan MacDiarmid David Lange Doreen Blumhardt Ralph Hotere

Additional members	Guy Powles Allen Curnow Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Janet Frame Arthur Lydiard Ann Ballin Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon Hugh Kawharu Paul Reeves

Honorary members	William Hayward Pickering

Persondata
Name	Davies, Sonja
Alternative names
Short description	Politician, trade unionist
Date of birth	11 November 1923
Place of birth
Date of death	12 June 2005
Place of death

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