Jan Logie

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Jan Logie
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Personal details
Born (1969-10-26) 26 October 1969 (age 54)
Political party Green
Alma mater University of Otago
Website Green Party profile

Heather Janet "Jan" Logie (born 26 October 1969) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. She is a member of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Early life

Logie was born in Invercargill in 1969.[1] She graduated from the University of Otago with a BA in politics and served as Women's Coordinator for the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations from 1993 to 1996.[1] She lived and worked in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher on the JET Programme.[2] She has previously worked for Women's Refuge, the Hutt Valley Youth Health Service, the New Zealand YWCA and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities.[3]

Logie openly described herself as a "lefty, feminist lesbian" in her maiden speech to Parliament.[4]

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate List Party
2011 – 2014 50th List 9 Green
2014 – present 51st List 10 Green

Logie unsuccessfully contested the 2010 by-election in Mana, placing third with 1,543 votes.[5] Logie also stood in Mana in the 2011 election, where she again came third, however as she ranked ninth on the Green Party list[6] she was elected to Parliament, with the Greens gaining 14 seats .[7] Logie, along with the rest of the Green Party, voted in support of Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013, allowing same-sex couples to legally marry in New Zealand.[8]

She was returned to Parliament after the 2014 general election.

In 2015, Logie created a cross-party group to look at and advocate for LGBTI rights. This group consists of Catherine Delahunty (Green), Chris Bishop (National), David Seymour (Act), Denis O'Rouke (NZ First), Denise Roche (Green), James Shaw (Green), Jan Logie (Green), Kevin Hague (Green), Louisa Wall (Labour), Nanaia Mahuta (Labour), Paul Foster-Bell (National), and Trevor Mallard (Labour).[9]

References

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External links

  • Profile on the Green Party website
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