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Haurongo: Anderson, Mary Patricia

Mary Patricia Anderson

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Mary Patricia Anderson

Dignified, determined and energetic, Mary Anderson played a prominent role in West Coast Labour politics in the 1920s and 1930s, and went on to be one of the first women members of the Legislative Council in 1946.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: 1/4-020151; F

Photograph by Stanley P. Andrew

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Neill Atkinson. 'Anderson, Mary Patricia', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42/mary-patricia-anderson (accessed 24 June 2026).