Biography: Gilmer, Elizabeth May

Elizabeth May Gilmer

Wellington community worker and local politician May Gilmer was, it seems, happy to make tea as well as policy.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, S. P. Andrew Collection (PAColl-3739)

Reference: 1/1-018455; F

Photograph by Stanley P. Andrew

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How to cite this page

Bronwyn Labrum. 'Gilmer, Elizabeth May', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/202/elizabeth-may-gilmer (accessed 4 June 2026).