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Josephine Bartley

Josephine Bartley
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward Councillor
Assumed office
21 February 2018
Preceded byDenise Lee
Personal details
Political partyLabour

Josephine Ruth Bartley is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor.

Political career

Auckland Council
Years Ward Affiliation
2018–2019 Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Labour
2019–2022 Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Labour
2022–present Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Labour

Bartley was the Labour Party candidate for Tāmaki electorate in 2008, finishing second.[1]

Bartley was elected to the Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board in the 2010 local elections and re-elected in 2013 and 2016.[2][3][4] Bartley was the chair of the board from 2016-2018.[2]

In February 2018 she was elected as councillor representing the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward on the Auckland Council in a by-election following the resignation of councillor Denise Lee.[5] Bartley is the first Pacific woman to be elected to Auckland Council.[6]

In the 2019 local body elections, Bartley was re-elected, growing her majority from 7225 to 8358.[7]

In November 2021, Bartley received a substantial number of threats of violence because of her involvement in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.[8][9]

Personal life

Bartley is Samoan, her father's village is Tapatapao and her mother's is Singamoga.[6]

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