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About Lianne Dalziel
Lianne Audrey Dalziel is a New Zealand politician and former mayor of Christchurch. Prior to this position, she was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 23 years, serving as Minister of Immigration, Commerce, Minister of Food Safety and Associate Minister of Justice in the Fifth Labour Government. She resigned from Cabinet on 20 February 2004 after apparently lying about a leak of documents to the media, but was reinstated as a minister following Labour's return to office after the 2005 election. She resigned from Parliament effective 11 October 2013 to contest the Christchurch mayoral election. The incumbent, Bob Parker, decided not to stand again. She was widely regarded as the favourite and won with a wide margin to become the 46th mayor of Christchurch.
Everything about Lianne Dalziel →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- Member of the New Zealand Parliament, Mayor of Christchurch, Member of the New Zealand Parliament
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Born
- June 7, 1960