Hilary Calvert
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Hilary Calvert is a lawyer and a member of the New Zealand parliament
for the ACT Party. Following the resignation of ACT MP David Garrett in September 2010, she assumed a position in the House of Representatives as the next MP on ACT's list.
Charitable Trust.
Calvert is married to Alistair Broad and has three adult daughters.
Both Calvert and Broad are trained lawyers, but have given up their practising certificates. Calvert now manages her property portfolio.
she was placed number six on the ACT party list and stood in the Dunedin North electorate
where she got 1.8% of the votes.
David Garrett
resigned as an ACT list MP over a passport controversy on 17 September 2010. Garrett then resigned from Parliament on 23 September 2010 and Calvert was declared elected to the House of Representatives the next day. Since her entering Parliament Calvert has been appointed into two select committees and regularly acts as 'duty' MP for party voting.
Calvert does not appear on the party list released for the 2011 general election.
New Zealand House of Representatives
The New Zealand House of Representatives is the sole chamber of the legislature of New Zealand. The House and the Queen of New Zealand form the New Zealand Parliament....
for the ACT Party. Following the resignation of ACT MP David Garrett in September 2010, she assumed a position in the House of Representatives as the next MP on ACT's list.
Early years
Calvert is a lawyer, specialising in property law. She is based in Dunedin. She is a former member of the Otago Central Rail TrailOtago Central Rail Trail
The Otago Central Rail Trail is a 150-kilometre walking, cycling and horse riding track in the South Island of New Zealand. It runs in an arc between Middlemarch and Clyde, along the route of the former Otago Central Railway...
Charitable Trust.
Calvert is married to Alistair Broad and has three adult daughters.
Both Calvert and Broad are trained lawyers, but have given up their practising certificates. Calvert now manages her property portfolio.
Member of Parliament
In the 2008 general electionNew Zealand general election, 2008
The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008 to determine the composition of the 49th New Zealand parliament. The conservative National Party, headed by its Parliamentary leader John Key, won a plurality of votes and seats, ending 9 years of government dominated by the social...
she was placed number six on the ACT party list and stood in the Dunedin North electorate
Dunedin North (New Zealand electorate)
Dunedin North is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was established for the 1905 election and has existed since....
where she got 1.8% of the votes.
David Garrett
David Garrett (politician)
David Garrett is a former member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He entered parliament at the 2008 general election as a list MP for ACT New Zealand, having been ranked fifth on that party's list. He was ACT's spokesman on law and order until he resigned from the party on 17 September...
resigned as an ACT list MP over a passport controversy on 17 September 2010. Garrett then resigned from Parliament on 23 September 2010 and Calvert was declared elected to the House of Representatives the next day. Since her entering Parliament Calvert has been appointed into two select committees and regularly acts as 'duty' MP for party voting.
Calvert does not appear on the party list released for the 2011 general election.