Margaret Wilson

Margaret Wilson
Wilson in 2008
27th Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
3 March 2005 – 8 December 2008
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
John Key
Preceded byJonathan Hunt
Succeeded byLockwood Smith
7th Minister of Commerce
In office
21 February 2004 – 21 December 2004
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byLianne Dalziel
Succeeded byPete Hodgson
30th Attorney-General
In office
10 December 1999 – 28 February 2005
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byDoug Graham
Succeeded byMichael Cullen
7th Minister of Labour
In office
10 December 1999 – 26 February 2004
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byMax Bradford
Succeeded byPaul Swain
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Labour Party list
In office
27 November 1999 – 3 October 2008
26th President of the Labour Party
In office
8 September 1984 – 9 November 1987
Vice PresidentStu McCaffley
Preceded byJim Anderton
Succeeded byRex Jones
Personal details
Born
Margaret Anne Wilson

(1947-05-20) 20 May 1947 (age 77)
Gisborne, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
ProfessionAcademic

Margaret Anne Wilson DCNZM (born 20 May 1947) is a New Zealand lawyer, academic and former Labour Party politician. She served as Attorney-General from 1999 to 2005 and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2005 to 2008, during the Fifth Labour Government.