Parl.	Electorate	List Pos.	Party
45th	List	3	Alliance
46th	Coromandel	1	Greens
47th	List	1	Greens
48th	List	1	Greens

Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. She currently serves as co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand alongside Russel Norman who was elected following the death of Rod Donald. Image File history File links photo of Jeanette Fitzsimons, a New Zealand politician. ... The 45th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... Current Alliance logo The Alliance, when referring to New Zealand politics, refers to a left-wing political party. ... The 46th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... Location of Coromandel Peninsula A true-colour image showing Auckland city (left), the Hauraki Gulf (centre) and the Coromandel Peninsula (right). ... Current Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand logo Wikinews has news related to: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... The 47th New Zealand Parliament was the most recent term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... Current Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand logo Wikinews has news related to: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... The 48th New Zealand Parliament will, when final results are confirmed and MPs are sworn in, be the next term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... Current Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand logo Wikinews has news related to: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bold textHello ... Current Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand logo Wikinews has news related to: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... Russel Norman (1967 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ... Rod David Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. ...

As of 2005 she is the Green Party spokesperson on Climate Change, Crown Research Institutes, Energy, Finance and Revenue, Fisheries, Genetic Engineering, Oceans, Research, Science and Technology, Sustainable Economics, Transport and Treaty Issues. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Before being elected to Parliament, Fitzsimons was a lecturer in environmental studies at Auckland University. She was also highly active in various environmental organizations such as the New Zealand Biological Producers' Council, the Campaign Climate for Change (which she founded), and the Environmental Council. She also worked as an environmental consultant to many local authorities. The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ... jecca is very beautiful!! Environmental science is the study of the interactions among the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment; with a focus on pollution and degradation of the environment related due to human activities; and the impact on biodiversity and sustainability from local and global development. ... The University of Auckland (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau) is New Zealands largest research-based university. ...

Fitzsimons' first entry into politics was as a candidate for the Values Party, an early environmentalist group. She was its energy spokesperson from 1977 to 1982, and stood as a candidate in the 1978 election and the 1981 election. When the Values Party merged with a number of other groups to form the modern Green Party, Fitzsimons became an active member of the new organization. A logo used by the Values Party The Values Party, sometimes considered the worlds first national-level environmentalist party, was established in 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1978 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to elect the 39th New Zealand Parliament. ... The 1981 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ...

When the Green Party joined with several other left-wing parties to form the Alliance, Fitzsimons became co-deputy leader (with Sandra Lee-Vercoe holding the other deputy leader position). In the 1993 election, Fitzsimons unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate under the Alliance banner. In 1995, she became co-leader of the Green Party (which remained within the Alliance). Current Alliance logo The Alliance, when referring to New Zealand politics, refers to a left-wing political party. ... Sandra Rose Te Hakamatua Lee-Vercoe (née Lee) (8 August 1952 - ) is currently New Zealand High Commissioner to Niue, and was formerly deputy leader of the Alliance party. ... The 1993 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the 1996 election, the first to be conducted under the new MMP electoral system, Fitzsimons was placed third on the Alliance party list. She also stood as the party's candidate in the Coromandel. She was unsuccessful in the Coromandel electorate, but entered Parliament on the Alliance list. The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system where some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ... Coromandel is the name of a town and harbour on the Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ...

The Greens contested the 1999 election as an independent party, with Fitzsimons and Rod Donald serving as co-leaders. Fitzsimons was placed first on the party's list, and once again contested the Coromandel seat. To observers, it seemed that the Greens' chances of entering parliament were dependent on Fitzsimons' performance in Coromandel - in order to receive proportional representation, the party needed to either gain five percent of the national vote or win an electorate seat, and it appeared that the former option was unlikely. When normal votes had been counted, it appeared that Fitzsimons had been defeated in Coromandel by National's Murray McLean, but when special votes were tallied, Fitzsimons had a narrow lead. This guaranteed the Green Party proportional representation regardless of whether it crossed the five percent threshold (as it eventually did). The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament. ... Rod David Donald (10 October 1957 - 6 November 2005), was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand along with Jeanette Fitzsimons. ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is an electoral system delivering a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ... Murray McLean is a former New Zealand politician. ...

In the 2002 election, Fitzsimons was defeated in Coromandel, placing third. The seat was won by Sandra Goudie of National. She remained in Parliament as the highest-ranked candidate on the Green Party's list. She remains co-leader of the party, and probably has the highest public profile of any Green MP. The 2002 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. ... Sandra Goudie is a New Zealand politician. ...

Fitzsimons is married, and has two adult children. She and her husband manage an organic farm in the Coromandel region. Organic cultivation of mixed vegetables in Capay, California. ...

External links

• Jeanette Fitzsimons bio (Green Party website)
• Jeanette Fitzsimons bio (NZ Parliament website)