Moira Coatsworth

Moira Coatsworth


34th President of the Labour Party
In office 2011–2015
Preceded by	Andrew Little
Succeeded by	Nigel Haworth
Personal details
Born	1953/1954 (age 62–63)^[1] South Africa
Nationality	South African/New Zealander
Political party	Labour Party
Residence	Coromandel

Moira Coatsworth (born 1953 or 1954)^[1] is a former president of the New Zealand Labour Party, serving in that role from 2011 to 2015.

Early years

Born in South Africa, Coatsworth moved to New Zealand when she was eight. She works as a child psychologist and owns a small farm in the Coromandel.^[1]

Political career

Coatsworth joined the Labour Party in the 1980s during anti-mining campaigns in the Coromandel.^[1]^[2]

Before being elected President, Coatsworth was Senior Vice President of the Labour Party.^[2]^[3]^[4] She was elected President of the Labour Party unopposed on 2 April 2011.^[2]

She has "absolutely no ambition" to be an MP.^[1]

Resignation

On 26 November 2014, Coatsworth announced her intention to move forward her resignation as President to mid-December 2014,^[5] after completing the election in which Andrew Little was elected Party Leader, and starting the party's 2014 review.^[6] She stated that her reasons for leaving were that she wants "to see a new president working with Andrew as the new leader, really hitting the ground running at the beginning of next year and getting a plan in and getting moving." Nigel Haworth was elected as her successor.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Campaign of two halves for Labour stuff.co.nz, 21 May 2011
1 2 3 "Moira Coatsworth elected as new Labour President". TVNZ. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
↑ Shipman, Charlotte (2 April 2011). "New Labour President not worried about poisoned chalice". 3 News. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
↑ "Labour keen to move on from Hughes saga". TVNZ. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
↑ Trevett, Claire (26 November 2014). "Labour president Moira Coatsworth resigns". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
↑ "Coatsworth quits as Labour president". Radio New Zealand News. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

Party political offices
Preceded by Andrew Little	President of the Labour Party 2011–2015	Succeeded by Nigel Haworth

New Zealand Labour Party

Party leaders Names in bold served as prime minister of New Zealand	Alfred Hindmarsh (1916–18) Harry Holland (1919–33) Michael Joseph Savage (1933–40) Peter Fraser (1940–50) Walter Nash (1951–63) Arnold Nordmeyer (1963–65) Norman Kirk (1965–74) Bill Rowling (1974–83) David Lange (1983–89) Geoffrey Palmer (1989–90) Mike Moore (1990–93) Helen Clark (1993–2008) Phil Goff (2008–11) David Shearer (2011–13) David Cunliffe (2013–14) Andrew Little (2014–present)

Party presidents	James McCombs (1916–17) Andrew Walker (1917–18) Tom Paul (1918–20) Peter Fraser (1920–21) Frederick Cooke (1921–22) Tom Brindle (1922–26) Bob Semple (1926–28) John Archer (1928–29) Jim Thorn (1929–31) Rex Mason (1931–32) Bill Jordan (1932–33) Frank Langstone (1933–34) Tim Armstrong (1934–35) Walter Nash (1935–36) Clyde Carr (1936–37) James Roberts (1937–50) Arnold Nordmeyer (1950–55) Michael Moohan (1955–60) Martyn Finlay (1960–64) Norman Kirk (1964–66) Norman Douglas (1966–70) Bill Rowling (1970–72) Charles Bennett (1972–76) Arthur Faulkner (1976–78) Jim Anderton (1979–84) Margaret Wilson (1984–87) Rex Jones (1987–88) Ruth Dyson (1988–93) Maryan Street (1993–95) Michael Hirschfeld (1995–99) Bob Harvey (1999–2000) Mike Williams (2000–09) Andrew Little (2009–11) Moira Coatsworth (2011–15) Nigel Haworth (2015–present)

Current Members of Parliament Names without electorates are list MPs (List of former MPs)	Leader: Andrew Little Deputy Leader: Annette King (Rongotai) Jacinda Ardern David Clark (Dunedin North) Clayton Cosgrove David Cunliffe (New Lynn) Clare Curran (Dunedin South) Kelvin Davis (Te Tai Tokerau) Ruth Dyson (Port Hills) Kris Faafoi (Mana) Peeni Henare (Tāmaki Makaurau) Chris Hipkins (Rimutaka) Iain Lees-Galloway (Palmerston North) Nanaia Mahuta (Hauraki-Waikato) Trevor Mallard (Hutt South) Sue Moroney Stuart Nash (Napier) Damien O'Connor (West Coast-Tasman) David Parker Grant Robertson (Wellington Central) Adrian Rurawhe (Te Tai Hauāuru) Jenny Salesa (Manukau East) Carmel Sepuloni (Kelston) David Shearer (Mount Albert) William Sio (Māngere) Rino Tirikatene (Te Tai Tonga) Phil Twyford (Te Atatū) Louisa Wall (Manurewa) Meka Whaitiri (Ikaroa-Rāwhiti) Poto Williams (Christchurch East) Michael Wood (Mount Roskill) Megan Woods (Wigram)

Labour governments	First (1935–49) Second (1957–60) Third (1972–75) Fourth (1984–90) Fifth (1999–2008)

Labour opposition	Holland Nordmeyer Kirk Rowling Goff Shearer Cunliffe Little

Leadership elections	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1933 1940 1951 1954 1963 1965 1974 1980 1983 1988 1989 1990 1993 1996 2008 2011 2013 2014

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