Story: Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday

At Days Bay

At Days Bay

Sonja Davies stands on the wharf at Days Bay, Wellington (in her Pencarrow electorate), in late November 1989. In 1987 she had entered Parliament as the Labour member for Pencarrow. Although she enjoyed electorate work, she was frustrated by the free-market policies of other Labour MPs at this time.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1989/4350/5A-F
Photograph by John Nicholson

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Anne Else. 'Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6d1/davies-sonja-margaret-loveday (accessed 3 October 2023)