Ruth Dyson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ruth Dyson
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 11, 1957(1957-08-11)
Age	67
Birthplace	Wellington
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Wellington Region
Horoscope	Leo

Ruth Dyson Biography

Ruth Dyson is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 11, 1957 in Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand. Ruth Suzanne Dyson, born 11 August 1957, is a New Zealand politician. She is a member the Labour Party and has been a Member since 1993. She has been a representative of the Port Hills electorate since the 2008 election.

Dyson was reshuffled on 31 October 2007 and took over the portfolio of Social Development until the Clark government lost power in 2008. Despite swinging against Labour, Dyson won Port Hills’ new electorate with a larger margin than Banks Peninsula.

Dyson was re-elected as the MP for Port Hills at the 2011 general election. She is currently the Labour spokesperson for Conservation, Senior Citizens, and Internal Affairs and chairs the Parliamentary Select Committee on Government Administration . When Lianne Dalziel confirmed that she would contest the 2013 Christchurch mayoralty, her Christchurch Earthquake Recovery portfolio was split and assigned to Dyson and Clayton Cosgrove in July 2013.

Dyson contested the 2014 election against Nuk Korako of the National Party and chose not to be placed on Labour’s party list. Based on preliminary counts, Dyson has a majority of 1,865 votes over Korako.

Dyson was appointed to minor ministerial positions, including Associate Health, Disability Issues, and Associate Social Development, when the Labour Party gained power in 1999’s general election. After being arrested for drink driving, Dyson resigned from these positions on 31 October 2000. On 4 June 2001, she was able to retake most of her ministerial responsibilities.

Ruth Dyson Net Worth

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

Dyson was born in Lower Hutt. Dyson was born in Lower Hutt. Her father was a New Zealand Army soldier, so Dyson and her family often moved around the country. Dyson was a member of the Labour Party in Westport, where she worked as a campaign organizer for Labour MP Kerry Burke during the 1981 and 1984 elections. She moved to Wellington in 1985 and worked alongside Fran Wilde, Labour MP, on the Homosexual law reform bill. In 1987, Wilde was re-elected and she worked with her on the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. She later held several senior positions in the Labour Party including the office of president.

In 1993, Dyson was elected to Parliament. He won the Lyttelton electoral vote against National’s David Carter. The Lyttelton electorate was abolished in

1996. Dyson stood on Banks Peninsula and lost to Carter. Carter had been elected an MP in 1994 Selwyn by-election. Because of her membership on the Labour Party list, she was elected a list MP. Carter was defeated by her in the 1999 election to win Banks Peninsula. Since then, she has been the MP for the region. However, the boundaries of the area were altered and the name was changed to Port Hills before the 2008 elections.

In December 2009 Dyson’s Resource Management (Requiring Authorities) Amendment Bill, which would amend the Resource Management Act 1991 to reintroduce a public interest test for projects seeking requiring authority, was drawn from the member’s ballot. The bill was defeated at its first reading.

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Ruth Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Ruth Dyson celebrates birthday on August 11 of every year.