Celia Wade-Brown

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Celia Wade-Brown
Celia Wade-Brown, 2013.jpg
Celia Wade-Brown (2013)
politics
Current position: 34th Mayor of Wellington
since: October 27, 2010
Political party: Green party
Personal data
Born: July 12, 1956
in: London
Family status: married, 2 children

Celia Wade-Brown (born July 12, 1956 in London ) is a New Zealand local politician and since 2010 mayor of Wellington , the capital of New Zealand .

Life, education and work

Celia Wade-Brown was born on July 12, 1956 in Paddington in West London and, according to her own statements, grew up in a city apartment on the railway line to Paddington . The family was poor because their parents, Eliza Wade and Liam Brown , a British Army officer, had seven children to look after, of which she was the middle. After the family moved to Wokingham , Berkshire for a job offer , Wade-Brown attended the local Holt School , a secondary school for girls where she received funding for good performance.

After completing school, she went to Africa for a year and worked as a laboratory assistant at Wesley Girls' High School in Ghana . She then studied chemistry, English and philosophy at the University of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire in England .

After completing her studies, she received training from IBM as a system engineer and worked as a programmer in APL for a consulting firm in London .

New Zealand

In 1983 she emigrated to New Zealand, reached Wellington on 8 August 1983 and works in the company Databank Systems Ltd . She moved to Island Bay , where she still lives with her husband Alastair . She has two sons with him. With her husband, she founded an IT consultancy for financial systems. She was also a founding member of the Internet Society of New Zealand in 1995 and chair of the 2020Trust, which she co-founded .

Political career

Celia Wade-Brown's political career began with her involvement in local politics on environmental issues. After joining the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand , she applied for the political office of Ward Councilor for the Southern Ward , an urban county of Wellington , in 1994 . In addition, she was given a seat on Wellington City Council (city council) for the first time , to which she was a member until 1998. After that, she took a political break to devote herself to her family and travel with them.

Back in Wellington , Wade-Brown ran again as a "Green" candidate for City Council and was re-elected in 2001 to be responsible for the environment, sewage and waste disposal. However , in the following years she could not pass some elections for the New Zealand House of Representatives for her party. In 2009, she decided to run for mayor of the city, left her party to run as an independent candidate and won the 2010 mayoral election by a narrow margin of just 176 votes over incumbent Kerry Prendergast .

In October 2013 she won her first re-election by a clearer margin. Although she is still considered independent as the mayor's office holder, she still feels connected to the Green Party.

Web links

Commons : Celia Wade-Brown  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Celia Wade-Brown wins Wellington mayoralty . The National Business Review , October 13, 2010, accessed October 12, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b Katie Chapman : New mayor for Wellington . Stuff - Fairfax Media , October 13, 2010, accessed April 3, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Celia Wade-Brown - Biographical Details . Celia for Mayor , archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on April 3, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
  4. ↑ a b Kate Pike : Kate Follows Celia - An Account of Celia's Childhood . Student Magazine Salient - Victoria University of Wellington , April 4, 2011, accessed October 12, 2014 .
  5. ^ Brian Baker , Tann vom Hove: Mayor of the Month for October 2014 - Celia Wade-Brown, Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand . City Mayors , October 6, 2014, accessed October 12, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Celia Wade-Brown . The Dominion Post , November 20, 2010, accessed October 12, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Celia Wade-Brown re-elected in Wellington . The New Zealand Herald , October 12, 2013, accessed October 12, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Wade-Brown, Celia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand Mayoress of Wellington, New Zealand
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH London