Fran Wilde

Dame Fran Wilde
Wilde in 2017
5th Chairperson of the Wellington Regional Council
In office
30 October 2007 – 30 June 2015
Preceded byIan Buchanan
Succeeded byChris Laidlaw
31st Mayor of Wellington
In office
28 October 1992 – 28 October 1995
DeputyDavid Watt
Preceded byJim Belich
Succeeded byMark Blumsky
28th Minister of Tourism
In office
24 August 1989 – 2 November 1990
Prime MinisterGeoffrey Palmer
Mike Moore
Preceded byJonathan Hunt
Succeeded byJohn Banks
2nd Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control
In office
24 August 1989 – 2 November 1990
Prime MinisterGeoffrey Palmer
Mike Moore
Preceded byRussell Marshall
Succeeded byDoug Graham
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wellington Central
In office
28 November 1981 – 10 October 1992
Preceded byKen Comber
Succeeded byChris Laidlaw
Personal details
Born
Frances Helen Kitching

(1948-11-11) 11 November 1948 (age 76)
Wellington, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
Alma materVictoria University

Dame Frances Helen Wilde DNZM QSO (née Kitching, born 11 November 1948) is a New Zealand politician, and former Wellington Labour member of parliament, Minister of Tourism and Mayor of Wellington. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Wellington. She was chairperson of the Greater Wellington Regional Council from 2007 until 2015, and since 2019 she has chaired the board of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.