Tracey Martin

The Honourable
Tracey Martin
MP
35th Minister of Internal Affairs
Assumed office
26 October 2017
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by Peter Dunne
2nd Minister for Children
Assumed office
26 October 2017
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by Anne Tolley
Minister for Seniors
Assumed office
26 October 2017
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by Maggie Barry
3rd Deputy Leader of New Zealand First
In office
2009–2015
Leader Winston Peters
Preceded by Peter Brown
Succeeded by Ron Mark
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for New Zealand First party list
Assumed office
26 November 2011
Personal details
Nationality New Zealander
Political party New Zealand First
Website NZ First profile

Tracey Anne Martin is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. She is a member of the New Zealand First Party and served as Deputy Leader from 2011 to 2015.

Prior to entering Parliament

For the 15 years prior to entering Parliament, Martin was a stay at home parent and was very active in her community. She spent a significant amount of time on parent based fundraising and volunteer committees for Mahurangi Kindergarten, Warkworth Primary School and Mahurangi College.

In her own time, outside of Parliament, Martin served as the Chair of the Board of Trustees at Mahurangi College for over a decade before resigning when she became the Associate Minister for Education in 2018.[1]

Her pre children profession was as a Credit Controller.

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
2011–2014 50th List 2 NZ First
2014–2017 51st List 2 NZ First
2017–present 52nd List 3 NZ First

Martin successfully stood for the Rodney Local Board during the 2010 Auckland Council elections.[2]

She has been involved with New Zealand First since the party started in 1993, and has been a member of its board of directors since 2008. She was selected as a candidate for the 2008 election campaign. [3] She was elected to parliament during the 2011 elections and appointed as deputy leader of New Zealand First.[4] She was first elected to Parliament as a New Zealand First list MP based in Warkworth, in 2011.

In 2013, Martin voted against the Marriage Amendment Bill, which aims to permit same sex marriage in New Zealand, as did the whole of New Zealand First.[5] On the grounds that as with the Irish Referendum, this issue should have been the subject of a binding referendum. New Zealand First requested that the bill become a referendum issue however the request was denied.

On 3 July 2015 it was announced that Martin had been replaced as deputy leader following a caucus vote and replaced by Ron Mark.[6]

In 2015 Martin sponsored the Social Security (Clothing Allowances for Orphans and Unsupported Children) Amendment Bill.[7] The bill gave unsupported child or orphan clothing allowance parity with foster children.[8] She has also been a strong advocate for the expansion of this allowance so that it can be accessed by kin carers.[9]

During the 2017 election, Martin was re-elected on the New Zealand First party list.[10] NZ First won 7.2 percent of the vote and nine seats.[11]

Following the formation of a Labour-NZ First coalition government, Martin was as appointed Minister for Children, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister for Seniors, and Associate Minister of Education.[12] Martin has also been NZ First spokesperson for broadcasting, communications and IT, education and women's affairs.[13]

Personal life

Martin and her husband have three children.[14]

Martin has described her mother as the New Zealander that she most admires as a brave woman who has not been afraid to stand up for her belief and opinions.[15]

Martin's grandfather was a guard at the Featherston prisoner of war camp during the Featherston Incident in 1943.[16] His gun was taken by another member of staff who shot an interpreter at the camp by the name of Adachi. This incident started a riot in which 48 Japanese prisoners of war and one New Zealand guard died.[17]

References

  1. ↑ https://nz.educationhq.com/news/45658/movers-shakers-policy-makers-tracey-martin-associate-minister-of-education/#
  2. ↑ Auckland Council. "Rodney Local Board". Local Boards. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  3. ↑ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10783495
  4. ↑ 'Big boys' trying to keep me out - Peters New Zealand Herald, 24 November 2011
  5. ↑ "Marriage equality bill: How MPs voted". The New Zealand Herald. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Jones, Nicholas (3 July 2015). "Ron Mark new NZ First deputy leader". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  7. ↑ https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/00DBHOH_BILL11958_1/social-security-clothing-allowances-for-orphans-and-unsupported
  8. ↑ https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/00DBHOH_BILL11958_1/social-security-clothing-allowances-for-orphans-and-unsupported
  9. ↑ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1711/S00140/the-nation-lisa-owen-interviews-tracey-martin.htm
  10. ↑ "2017 General Election - Successful candidates". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "2017 General Election - Overall Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Hon Tracey Martin". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  13. ↑ https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2017/10/four-nz-first-mps-and-winston-grab-plumb-jobs-in-government-line-up.html
  14. ↑ Mahurangi College. "Tracey Martin". Mahurangi College News and Events. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  15. ↑ https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/95981766/rodney-candidates-unplugged-tracey-martin-of-new-zealand-first
  16. ↑ https://times-age.co.nz/in-grandads-honour/
  17. ↑ https://times-age.co.nz/in-grandads-honour/
Political offices
Preceded by
Peter Dunne		 Minister of Internal Affairs
2017–present		 Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Peter Brown		 Deputy leader of New Zealand First
2009–2015		 Succeeded by
Ron Mark
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