Helen Smith (New Zealand)
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Helen Smith was a Porirua
, New Zealand
city councillor until 2001. First elected in a by-election in 1973 as a Values Party
councillor, Smith stood as Values candidate for the Porirua electorate in the , and elections, gaining the highest number of votes of any Values Party candidate in the country in 1978.http://www.nzes.org/exec/getdata/NZ_elections_1972-93.xls Smith was also the runner-up in the 1977 mayoral election in Porirua.
From 1980 to 2001, when she was narrowly defeated, Smith was chairperson of the Community Development Committee, which saw her responsible for the library services in Porirua, widely considered to be excellent. She was also the main instigator for the Pataka Complex and an art gallery in Porirua.
Smith was a leader in Porirua community issues. She lived in Titahi Bay
with her husband Dr Allan Smith and had four children and numerous grandchildren.
Porirua
Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
city councillor until 2001. First elected in a by-election in 1973 as a Values Party
Values Party
The Values Party, considered the world's first national-level environmentalist party that pre-dated any fashionable Green terminology, was established in 1972 at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, one of its initial leaders being Tony Brunt...
councillor, Smith stood as Values candidate for the Porirua electorate in the , and elections, gaining the highest number of votes of any Values Party candidate in the country in 1978.http://www.nzes.org/exec/getdata/NZ_elections_1972-93.xls Smith was also the runner-up in the 1977 mayoral election in Porirua.
From 1980 to 2001, when she was narrowly defeated, Smith was chairperson of the Community Development Committee, which saw her responsible for the library services in Porirua, widely considered to be excellent. She was also the main instigator for the Pataka Complex and an art gallery in Porirua.
Smith was a leader in Porirua community issues. She lived in Titahi Bay
Titahi Bay
Titahi Bay is a suburb of Porirua in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the foot of a short peninsula along the west coast of the Porirua Harbour, to the north of Porirua city centre. The suburb's population in 2006 was 7,527...
with her husband Dr Allan Smith and had four children and numerous grandchildren.