Georgina Beyer

Former parliamentary roles

• Member, Local Government Committee: 21 December 1999 - 18 June 2002
• Member, MMP Review Committee: 4 April 2000 - 30 August 2001
• Member, Law and Order Committee: 8 May 2001 - 11 August 2005
• Chairperson, Social Services Committee: 9 November 2005 - 16 February 2007
• Member, Local Government and Environment Committee: 9 November 2005 - 16 February 2007

Personal details

• Born 1957, Wellington
• New Zealand Māori
• Iwi affiliations: Te Ati Awa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Porou
• First Transsexual in the world to be elected to Parliament

Career

• First Transsexual in the world to be elected as a Mayor, Carterton District: 1995 - February 2000
• Former National Councillor, Local Government New Zealand
• Member for Wairarapa: 27 November 1999 - 11 August 2005
• List member of Parliament: 17 September 2005 - 16 February 2007

Community activities

• Patron, Frontier and Western Shooting Sports Association
• Justice of the Peace: 1997 -
• Former National Councillor, Local Government NZ
• Trustee, NZ AIDS Foundation: 1997 - 1999
• Inaugural Chairperson, Southern Wairarapa Safer Community Council

This is the archived biography page for former Member of Parliament, Georgina Beyer.