Georgina Beyer

Georgina Beyer
Beyer in 2020
Member of New Zealand Parliament for Labour Party List
In office
17 September 2005 – 14 February 2007
Succeeded byLesley Soper[n 1]
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wairarapa
In office
27 November 1999 – 17 September 2005
Preceded byWyatt Creech
Succeeded byJohn Hayes
20th Mayor of Carterton
In office
1 November 1995 – 8 March 2000
DeputyBrian Cameron
Preceded byBarry Keys
Succeeded byMartin Tankersley
Personal details
Born(1957-11-00)November 1957
Wellington, New Zealand
Died6 March 2023(2023-03-06) (aged 65)
Wellington, New Zealand
Political partyMana Movement (2014)
Other political
affiliations
Labour (1999–2007)
RelationsGeorge Bertrand (grandfather)
ParentColin Beyer (stepfather)

Georgina Beyer MNZM JP (November 1957 – 6 March 2023) was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who represented Wairarapa in the Parliament of New Zealand from 1999 to 2005, after serving as mayor of Carterton from 1995 to 1999. Beyer was the world's first openly transgender mayor, and the world's first openly transgender member of parliament. As a member of the Labour Party Beyer supported progressive policies including prostitution law reform, civil unions, anti-discrimination laws, and the promotion of Māori rights. She resigned in 2007, and, in 2014, unsuccessfully stood for election on behalf of the Mana Party.
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