Judith Tizard

Quick Facts

Full Name	Judith Tizard
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 3, 1956(1956-01-03)
Age	68
Birthplace	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Auckland Region
Horoscope	Capricorn

Judith Tizard Biography

Judith Tizard is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 3, 1956 in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Tizard was born at Auckland’s St Helen’s maternity hospital in Pitt Street in 1956. The birthplace of her mother was a prominent political family. Her mother was the late Dame Catherine Tizard, served as the Mayor of Auckland and as Governor-General as did her father. Bob Tizard, was an influential Labour Party cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister. After succeeding to her father as the MP for Panmure in the year 1990, Tizard worked in the Labour Party Research Unit (1976-1977) as well as an official of the Auckland Electric Power Board (1977-1983) as well as a restaurant director and owner of the O’Connells Restaurant on O’Connell Street in Auckland (1978-1982) and was active in the catering business (1981-1984) and was an elected part of Auckland Regional Council from 1981 to 1984. Auckland Regional Council (1988-1991). Tizard holds an undergraduate degree in the field of bachelor of Arts (BA) in History from the University of Auckland.

On October 16, 2008, an announcement was made by Tizard in response to “alarmist claims made by a small group of IT commentators in the media that recent amendments to the Copyright Act would have ISPs cutting off the accounts of their users based on unsubstantiated accusations of copyright infringement. […] This is quiet [sic] simply untrue, and I am sure they know it.” The press release appears to have been pulled.

Before the 2008 general election Tizard was given the list placing of 38, a relatively low one for a minister. She was then defeated in her electorate by National’s Nikki Kaye by a margin of 1,497 votes. Her list placing meant she would not return to parliament unless Labour list MPs quit.

On 23 March 2009, the Prime Minister announced that the law would not take effect and would be re-written.

in 1993 Tizard got his New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.

Judith Tizard Net Worth

Judith Tizard is one of the richest Politician from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Judith Tizard 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Judith Ngaire Tizard (born 3 January 1956) is an ex- New Zealand politician, and an active participant in the Labour Party. Tizard is now employed in the office of the constituency that is run by Phil Twyford, incumbent Member for Te Atatu.

Tizard was unsuccessful in her bid for her seat in Remuera in the election of 1987, cutting the number of votes for Doug Graham to 406. She was elected to Parliament in the election of 1990 as a member for Panmure. After being reelected by the voters in 1993, she changed her campaign towards Auckland Central, which she won at the 1996 election, beating Sandra Lee. She became a Minister who was not part of Cabinet. She served as minister of Consumer Affairs, Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage and the Associate Minister for Transport as well as the Associate Minister for Commerce and the Minister responsible of Archives New Zealand and the National Library.

In 2008 Tizard championed an amendment to the Copyright Act, which required internet service providers (ISPs) to develop policies to terminate the Internet account of repeat copyright infringers. She defended this position when meeting Internet lobby groups, saying it is necessary to protect New Zealand artists, and referred to the release of New Zealand film Sione’s Wedding, which, she claimed, was damaged by unlawful distribution on the Internet.

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Judith Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Judith Tizard celebrates birthday on January 3 of every year.