Mary Dreaver | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waitemata | |
In office 19 July 1941 – 25 September 1943 | |
Preceded by | Jack Lyon |
Succeeded by | Henry Thorne Morton |
New Zealand Legislative Councillor | |
In office 31 January 1946 – 31 December 1950 | |
Appointed by | Peter Fraser |
Personal details | |
Born | Mary Manson Bain 31 March 1887 Dunedin, New Zealand |
Died | 19 July 1961 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 74)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse |
Andrew James Dreaver
(m. 1911) |
Children | 6 |
Profession | Journalist |
Mary Manson Dreaver MBE (née Bain, 31 March 1887 – 19 July 1961) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. She was the third woman to sit in the New Zealand House of Representatives, one of the first two women to sit in the New Zealand Legislative Council, and the only woman to sit in both chambers.