Mary Batchelor

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1972–75	Labour
1975–78	39th	Avon		Labour
1978–81	40th	Avon		Labour
1981–84	41st	Avon		Labour
1984–87	42nd	Avon		Labour

Mary Dorothy Batchelor, QSO (7 January 1927 – 12 March 2009) was a Labour Member of Parliament for the Avon (Christchurch) electorate for 15 years from 1972 to 1987.^[1]

Batchelor also served on the Christchurch City Council for six years between 1971 and 1977. She was awarded a QSO in 1987 for public service, a New Zealand 1990 Medal, and a Women's Suffrage Medal in 1993.

Mary Batchelor died on 12 March 2009.^[2]

"She advocated firmly for equality of women in work, and for women generally, without being anti-male" (David Close quoted in The Christchurch Press, 28 March 2009).

References

1. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985). New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840-1984 (4th ed.). Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer 
2. ^ "Obituaries — Mary Dorothy Batchelor QSO". New Zealand Parliament. Tuesday, 24 March 2009. http://www.parliament.nz/mi-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/a/b/5/49HansD_20090324_00000001-Obituaries-Mary-Dorothy-Batchelor-QSO.htm. Retrieved 30 March 2010. 

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Name	Batchelor, Mary
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Date of birth	7 January 1927
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Date of death	12 March 2009
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