Eugenie Sage
Eugenie Sage | |
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13th Minister of Conservation | |
In office 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern |
Preceded by | Maggie Barry |
Succeeded by | Kiri Allan |
16th Minister for Land Information | |
In office 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern |
Preceded by | Mark Mitchell |
Succeeded by | Damien O'Connor |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Green party list | |
Assumed office 10 December 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Auckland, New Zealand |
Political party | Green |
Relations | Pat Suggate (father-in-law) |
Website | https://www.greens.org.nz/eugenie_sage |
Eugenie Meryl Sage (born 1958)[1] is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. Since the 2011 election, she has been a Green Party list MP in the House of Representatives and served as the Minister of Conservation and Land Information and the Associate Minister for the Environment from 2017 to 2020.
Political career
Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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2011–2014 | 50th | List | 6 | Green | |
2014–2017 | 51st | List | 4 | Green | |
2017–2020 | 52nd | List | 4 | Green | |
2020–present | 53rd | List | 6 | Green |
Sage was a field officer and spokesperson for Forest and Bird[2] before being elected as councillor for the Selwyn-Banks Peninsula Regional Constituency of Environment Canterbury at the 2007 local elections.[3] She lost her seat when the Environment Canterbury Council were replaced by Commissioners on 1 May 2010.[4]
In October 2010 she was appointed as a community member to the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Water Management Committee of Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS).[5]
Sage contested the Selwyn electorate at the 2011 general election for the Green Party. Although she did not win the electorate, she was ranked at sixth on the party's list.[6] The Green Party received sufficient votes to return 14 list members and Sage was elected to Parliament. In addition to her caucus responsibilities as her party's spokesperson on Christchurch, conservation, environment, land information, local government, resource management issues, and water, Sage serves as deputy chairperson of the local government and environment committee.[7]
In the 2014 election, Sage contested the Port Hills electorate and was returned to Parliament again via the Green Party list.[8] Following the 2017 election, Sage assumed the ministerial portfolios for Conservation and Land Information, and Associate Minister for the Environment.[9]
During the 2020 New Zealand election that was held on 17 October, Sage was re-elected to Parliament on the party list.[10] She also contested the Banks Peninsula electorate and came third place behind Labour's Tracey McLellan and National's Catherine Chu.[11]
References
- ^ Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand List Ranking Process 2011 Candidate Information.
- ^ Eugenie Sage Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Committee Member Biographies - Selwyn-Waihora Zone Water Management Committee - Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS), retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ 2007 Election results announcement 17 October 2007 Archived 14 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine - ECan website, retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ Meeting of Environment Canterbury commissioners Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - ECan website media release 30 April 2010, retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ Selwyn-Waihora Zone community committee members Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 7 October 2010 Media statement - Selwyn-Waihora Zone Water Management Committee - Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS), retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ "Green Party ranks its candidates". The Press. NZPA. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Eugenie Sage". parliament.co.nz. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Mathewson, Nicole; Stylianou, Georgina; Fulton, Tim (20 September 2014). "Labour's Dyson keeps Port Hills". The Press. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Ministerial list". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "2020 General Election and Referendums - Official Result Successful Candidates". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Banks Peninsula - Preliminary Count". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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External links
- Eugenie Sage at the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
- Profile at New Zealand Parliament website
- 1958 births
- Living people
- New Zealand environmentalists
- People from Auckland
- Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Government ministers of New Zealand
- Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand MPs
- New Zealand list MPs
- Local political office-holders in New Zealand
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- 21st-century New Zealand politicians
- 21st-century New Zealand women politicians
- Candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election
- Women government ministers of New Zealand
- Canterbury regional councillors
- Candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election