Judy Turner
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Judy Turner is a 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...

 politician
Politician
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 who is the deputy leader of United Future New Zealand. She was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives
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....

 from 2002 to 2008 as a list MP.

Member of Parliament

Turner was first elected as a United Future list MP at the 2002 elections
New Zealand general election, 2002
The 2002 New Zealand general election was held on 27 July 2002 to determine the composition of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the reelection of Helen Clark's Labour Party government, as well as the worst-ever performance by the opposition National Party.Arguably the most controversial...

.

In December 2004 United Future party members chose her as their deputy leader. In September 2005, Judy Turner and Gordon Copeland
Gordon Copeland
Gordon Copeland is a New Zealand politician who was a Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2008. He was a list MP for the United Future New Zealand party from 2002 until he resigned from the party in 2007. He is now Party President of The Kiwi Party, which he co-founded with another former United...

 became the only two United Future List MPs re-elected alongside Peter Dunne
Peter Dunne
Peter Dunne is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament who leads the United Future political party. He has served as a Cabinet minister in governments dominated by the centre-left Labour Party as well as by the centre-right National Party...

  (who won an electorate seat). Although Copeland left the party in 2007, Turner indicated that she would remain within the United Future caucus.

In the 2008 election
New 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...

, Turner stood as a United Future candidate for the East Coast electorate
East Coast (New Zealand electorate)
East Coast is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate first existed from 1871 to 1893. From 1996 to 2002, the electorate was called Mahia...

. However, she failed to win the electorate, and United Future did not poll sufficiently well for a second list MP during the New Zealand general election, 2008
New 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...

. As a consequence, Turner did not return to Parliament.

In June 2009, Ms Turner stood as an electorate candidate for United Future in Auckland's Mount Albert
Mount Albert
-Settlements:* Mount Albert, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand* Mount Albert , based on Mount Albert* Mont Albert, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia-Mountains:...

, polling eighth at 89 votes. She was outpolled by the Bill and Ben Party
Bill and Ben Party
The Bill and Ben Party was a New Zealand joke political party formed in 2008 and voluntarily deregistered in 2010. The party's leaders were Jamie Linehan and Ben Boyce of the TV3 satirical sports show Pulp Sport...

 co-leader Ben Boyce (158 votes), as well as the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party is a political party in New Zealand. It is dedicated to removing or reducing restrictions on the use of cannabis and similar substances...

's Dakta Green (92 votes) and The Kiwi Party's Simmone Dyer (91 votes).

Former parliamentary roles



  • Member, Business Committee



  • Member, Finance and Expenditure Committee


  • Member, Social Services Committee


Former UFNZ caucus roles




  • Deputy Leader


  • Member, Health select committee 27 August 2002-11 August 2005


  • Spokesperson, Drugs 2002-2005


  • Spokesperson, Family and Children 2002-2005



  • Spokesperson, Senior Citizens 2002-2005


  • Spokesperson, Social Services 2002-2005


  • Spokesperson, Women's Affairs 2002-2005


  • Spokesperson, Health 2005-2008


  • Spokesperson, Education and Research 2005-2008



  • Spokesperson, Family and Social Services 2005-2008


  • Spokesperson, Māori and Treaty Issues 2005-2008




Personal details

Born 2 August 1956, married with three adult children. Before entering politics, she worked simultaneously as an art teacher and as a pastoral and community worker at an evangelical New Life Church.
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