Deputy Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
In office 8 November 2017 – 17 October 2020
Preceded by
Chester Borrows
Succeeded by
Adrian Rurawhe
26th Minister of Social Development
In office 13 October 2014 – 26 October 2017
Prime Minister
John Key Bill English
Preceded by
Paula Bennett
Succeeded by
Carmel Sepuloni
44th Minister of Education
In office 19 November 2008 – 25 November 2011
Prime Minister
John Key
Preceded by
Chris Carter
Succeeded by
Hekia Parata
Minister for Tertiary Education
In office 19 November 2008 – 27 January 2010[1]
Prime Minister
John Key
Preceded by
Pete Hodgson
Succeeded by
Steven Joyce
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for East Coast
In office 17 September 2005 – 17 October 2020
Preceded by
Janet Mackey
Succeeded by
Kiri Allan
Majority
6,413
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party list
In office 27 November 1999 – 27 July 2002
Personal details
Born
Anne Merrilyn Hicks
(1953-03-01) 1 March 1953 (age 71) Wellington, New Zealand
Political party
National Party
Spouse
Allan Hunt Tolley
(m. 1973)
Children
Three
Occupation
Hotelier, Local Government
Website
annetolley.co.nz
Anne Merrilyn TolleyJP (née Hicks; born 1 March 1953) is a New Zealand politician.
Tolley was elected as a member of the Napier City Council in 1986 and served as deputy mayor from 1989 until 1995. In 1999 she was elected to Parliament as a list MP representing the National Party. She was unseated in 2002 but returned in 2005 as the new East Coast MP. Between 2008 and 2017 she was a senior minister in the Fifth National Government, holding the offices of Minister of Education, Minister of Social Development, Minister of Corrections, Minister of Police and Minister of Local Government. She established Oranga Tamariki and was the first Minister for Children from 2016 to 2017.
She was Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2020. In 2021 she was appointed Chair of the Commission overseeing the Tauranga City Council.[2]
^"John Key announces Cabinet reshuffle". The New Zealand Herald. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^"Commissioners appointed to Tauranga City Council". 2 February 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
Anne Merrilyn Tolley JP (née Hicks; born 1 March 1953) is a New Zealand politician. Tolley was elected as a member of the Napier City Council in 1986 and...
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of Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment replacing AnneTolley, effective 27 January 2010. In the 2011 election for the 50th New Zealand...
yard on the 21 June 2012 by New Zealand Police Minister of the time AnneTolley. The crushed Nissan is now on display at Museum of Transport & Technology...
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voted for having previously opposed the bill. From National, Guy, Hipango, Tolley and Walker changed from for to against, while Collins and Yule decided to...
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April 2022, Mahuta reappointed the Tauranga Commission's chairwoman AnneTolley and fellow commissioners Bill Wasley, Stephen Selwood, and Shadrach Rolleston;...
his wife, the former MP Lady Anne Collins were Allan's campaign chairs and political mentors. She came second to AnneTolley in the election, but entered...
Prime Minister, he took former National ministers Paula Bennett and AnneTolley, the Ministry of Social Development, its former chief executive Brendon...
Rangipo prison as one of the worst prisons. When Corrections Minister AnneTolley announced prison closures in 2012, some units at Rangipo were included...
original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2010. Education Minister AnneTolley has announced that Prime Minister John Key's former primary school, Aorangi...
Minister of Social Development and Employment 2008–2014 Succeeded by AnneTolley Preceded by Nanaia Mahuta Minister for Youth Affairs 2008–2013 Succeeded by...
family formed three businesses: A. E. & F. Tolley, wine merchants of Leigh Street, Adelaide, Tolley Scott & Tolley, distillers of Stepney and Nuriootpa, better...
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On 22 April 2022, Mahuta confirmed that the commission's chairwoman, AnneTolley, and fellow commissioners Bill Wasley, Stephen Selwood, and Shadrach...
was appointed on 3 May 2016 to the role the Children's Commissioner, AnneTolley, Minister of Social Development in the New Zealand Government at the...
Minister of Education following the 2011 general election, succeeding AnneTolley. This was the role, she later said, which was the reason she ran for...
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Key), the Police Commissioner (Peter Marshall), the Minister of Police (AnneTolley), several prominent media personalities in New Zealand, and the New Zealand...
empty beds in the prison system. In March 2012, Corrections Minister AnneTolley announced that the new Wiri prison would enable older prisons such as...
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