Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/politics/New MPs/Kate Fulton
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Kate Fulton is a Nelson City Councillor. She stood for the West Coast-Tasman electorate for the Green Party in the 2017 election. Final results for West Coast-Tasman 100% votes counted: Damien O'Connor (Lab) 16,526, Maureen Pugh (Nat) 11,690, Kate Fulton (Green) 1,747. Party vote: National 40.9%, Labour 36.8% [1]
Personal life[edit]
Fulton lives in Nelson and is a councillor for the city council.[2][3]
Political career[edit]
Fulton was elected as a Nelson City Councillor at the 2010 elections, and was reelected in 2013 and 2016.[3] She was reelected in a close race at the 2016 elections, at the final result being only 61 votes away from the thirteenth ranked candidate Trudie Brand.[4] Originally Brand was elected by 141 votes, but after special votes were counted Fulton slipped into 12th seat by 61 votes.[4] During her third term, she was selected as the Green Party's candidate for the electorate of West Coast-Tasman.[3][2] She competed against incumbent Damien O'Connor who had held the electorate or its previous form, Tasman, since 1993, with a break from 2008 to 2011.
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/97143414/live-nelson-tasman-election-2017
- ^ a b Bartlett, Hannah (20 January 2017). "Nelson by-election could be parting gift from councillors bound for Beehive". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ a b c Bartlett, Hannah (6 January 2017). "Nelson City Councillor Kate Fulton to bid for Green Party's West Coast-Tasman seat". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ a b Carson, Jonathan (14 October 2016). "Kate Fulton claims 12th seat at council table in tight race with Trudie Brand". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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