constituency_mp nationality birth_date term_end committees order term_start image name occupation caption predecessor parliament birth_place party office successor primeminister article_title
christchurch central labour party list christchurch east new zealand 7 june 1960 21 12 october 1996 27 november 1999 11 october 2013 february 2004 19 november 2008 15 august 2002 commerce committee -lrb- chairperson -rrb- privileges committee 46th minister of commerce minister for acc 24 28 march 2001 27 october 1990 12 october 1996 27 october november 1999 2013 15 august 2002 19 october 2005 lianne dalziel , february 2015.jpg lianne dalziel union worker dalziel in february 2015 bob sutherland parker paul swain pete hodgson geoffrey palmer larry new zealand new zealand new zealand christchurch labour party mayor of christchurch margaret williams wilson simon power ruth dyson tim barnett poto helen clark helen clark lianne dalziel

lianne dalziel

lianne audrey dalziel -lrb- ; born 7 june 1960 -rrb- is the mayor of christchurch .
prior to this position , she was a member of the new zealand parliament for 23 years , serving as minister of immigration , commerce , minister of food safety and associate minister of justice in the fifth labour government .
she resigned from cabinet on 20 february 2004 after apparently lying about a leak of documents to the media , but was reinstated as a minister following labour 's return to office after the 2005 election .
she resigned from parliament effective 11 october 2013 to contest the christchurch mayoral election .
the incumbent , bob parker , decided not to stand again , and she was widely regarded as the top favourite and won with a wide margin to become the 46th mayor of christchurch .
