Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Invercargill
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2020
Preceded by
Sarah Dowie
Majority
10,945[1]
17th Minister for the Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 November 2023
Prime Minister
Christopher Luxon
Preceded by
David Parker
Personal details
Born
September 1959 (age 64) Southland, New Zealand
Political party
National
Spouse
Marty Irwin
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Otago
Penelope Elsie SimmondsCNZM MP (born September 1959)[2] is a New Zealand politician, Member of Parliament and a Minister in the House of Representatives for the National Party. She previously served as the chief executive of the Southern Institute of Technology.[3] Following the 2023 New Zealand general election, Simmonds assumed the disability issues, environmental, tertiary education and skills, and associate social development and employment portfolios in the Sixth National Government.[4]
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^Young, Audrey (24 August 2023). "Election 2023: Meet Penny Simmonds, National's Invercargill MP tipped for Cabinet". New Zealand Herald.
^"Election 2020: The 40 diverse new MPs entering Parliament". Newstalk ZB. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via The New Zealand Herald.
^"Cabinet lineup for new government unveiled - who gets what?". Radio New Zealand. 24 November 2023. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
again in September 2019. Simmonds had been rumoured as a potential candidate for about fifteen years prior. Key points of Simmonds' campaign were opposing...
name over its Māori name. That same day, Tertiary Education Minister PennySimmonds confirmed that the mega polytechnic Te Pūkenga (New Zealand Institute...
Melissa Lee of her Media and Communications ministerial portfolio and PennySimmonds of her Disability Issues portfolio during a cabinet reshuffle. Lee had...
Retrieved 14 April 2024. "Media Minister Melissa Lee demoted from Cabinet, PennySimmonds stripped of portfolio". Radio New Zealand. 24 April 2024. Archived from...
electorate of Invercargill in the New Zealand Parliament is held by PennySimmonds, a Member of Parliament and Minister from the government party National...
7 February 2024. "Media Minister Melissa Lee demoted from Cabinet, PennySimmonds stripped of portfolio". Radio New Zealand. 24 April 2024. Archived from...
Ministry of Disabled People officials and Disability Issues Minister PennySimmonds for an urgent briefing following criticism from disabled people's carers...
attendance and educational performance. On 24 April, Upston assumed PennySimmonds' Disability Issues portfolio following a cabinet reshuffle. The Ministry...
Development Minister for Ethnic Communities Associate Minister for ACC 16 PennySimmonds Invercargill 2020– Minister for the Environment Minister for Tertiary...
replaces Melissa Lee as the Media and Communications Minister, and PennySimmonds has her Disability Issues portfolio removed. Lee is removed from cabinet...
Party ministers outside of Cabinet The Hon. Melissa Lee MP The Hon. PennySimmonds CNZM MP The Hon. Chris Penk MP The Hon. Nicola Grigg MP The Hon. Andrew...
the Ross scandal. Southern Institute of Technology chief executive PennySimmonds was announced as the replacement candidate. Dowie delivered her valedictory...
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(Rangitīkei) Shane Reti (Whangārei) Tom Rutherford (Bay of Plenty) PennySimmonds (Invercargill) Scott Simpson (Coromandel) Stuart Smith (Kaikōura) Erica...
Minister for the Environment Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills PennySimmonds Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment Invercargill...
Pallett Hamish Campbell 7,830 Raf Manji Sarah Pallett Invercargill PennySimmonds 9,874 Liz Craig Scott Ian Donaldson Kaikōura Stuart Smith 11,412 Emma...
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