Janet McVeagh

Janet Mary McVeagh (27 December 1941 – 31 December 2004) was a New Zealand disability worker, environmentalist and politician who was a co-leader of the Values Party in the 1980s.

Biography McVeagh worked for the Crippled Children Society (CCS) as a recreation officer in New Plymouth and later Auckland. She had four children, three sons and one daughter.

She was a long-time advocate for the environment and social justice, leading her to join the Values Party upon its foundation in 1972.

As Janet Roborgh she contested the electorate of New Plymouth as the Values candidate at the 1978, 1981 and 1984 elections. In 1981 she was elected a co-leader of the Values Party. She led the party in two general elections before resigning at the 1988 party conference. The Values Party was wound down starting in 1989 and in 1990 the remnants became part of the new Green Party. McVeagh became the Green Party's disabilities spokesperson. She was also allotted the relatively high list placing of 13. She finished fourth out of eleven candidates and was not high enough on the Green Party list to be elected. Her children continued to run her company after her death.