Ann Hartley

Ann Hartley MP
1st Mayor of North Shore
In office 1989–1992
Succeeded by	Paul Titchener
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Northcote
In office 1999–2005
Preceded by	Ian Revell
Succeeded by	Jonathan Coleman
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour Party list
In office 2005–2008
Personal details
Born	1942 Warkworth
Nationality	New Zealand

Margaret Ann Hartley, known as Ann Hartley, is a former New Zealand member of parliament, a former Mayor of North Shore City, and a member of the Labour Party.

Early years

Hartley was born in 1942 in the town of Warkworth. Before entering politics, she was a real estate agent.

Political career

Mayoralties

Hartley was the mayor of Birkenhead, which later became a suburb of North Shore City. She was then mayor of North Shore City.

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	List	Party
1999–2002	46th	Northcote	35	Labour
2002–2005	47th	Northcote	35	Labour
2005–2008	47th	List	30	Labour

She unsuccessfully contested the Birkenhead electorate in the 1993 election, coming second to National's Ian Revell. She unsuccessfully contested the Northcote electorate in the 1996 election, again coming second to Revell. As she was ranked 47th on Labour's party list in the first MMP election, she did not enter Parliament as a list MP either.

She was first elected to Parliament in the 1999 election, winning the Northcote electorate. She was re-elected for Northcote in 2002, but in 2005 was defeated by Jonathan Coleman, a long-standing rival. She remained in Parliament as a list candidate.

Hartley served as the Deputy Speaker of the House in the 47th New Zealand Parliament and the Assistant Speaker from the 2005 general election until her retirement from national politics in February 2008. She was replaced by former environment minister Marian Hobbs as Assistant Speaker and by Louisa Wall as Labour list MP.

Later Actvities

Auckland Council
Years	Ward	Affiliation
2010–2013	North Shore	Shore Voice

In the 2007 local body elections Hartley was elected to the North Shore City Council, and left Parliament in 2008 after the summer recess.

At the 2010 local government elections, the North Shore city council (along with all the other councils in the Auckland region) was replaced by a single Auckland council, she stood for the North Shore ward under the Shore Voice ticket and was successful. She started her new role when the council came into existence on 1 November 2010. Although an incumbent Councillor, Hartley was not re-elected at the 2013 Auckland Council Election where she placed third running for re-election to one of the two seats in the North Shore Ward.