Margaret Clark

Dame Margaret Clark (born 28 January 1941) is a New Zealand political science academic. She is currently an emeritus professor of politics at Victoria University of Wellington.

Early life, family, and education Born in Wellington on 28 January 1941, Clark was educated at Wellington East Girls' College. She went on to study at Wellington Teachers' Training College and Victoria University College, completing a Bachelor of Arts in politics at the latter institution in 1960. After winning a Rotary Foundation Fellowship, she undertook further study at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur from 1962 to 1963, graduating Master of Arts in 1964, and later doctoral studies at Columbia University in New York City from 1969 to 1972, gaining a PhD. Galvin died in 2010.

Honours In the 1993 New Year Honours, Clark was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for services to education. She was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to education, in the 2007 New Year Honours. Following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009, she accepted redesignation as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

In 2012, the Margaret Clark Prize for Victoria University of Wellington honours politics students was established in her name.

Selected publications Clark, M, Other Worlds In Clark, M (ed), Beyond Expectations: fourteen New Zealand women write about their lives (Allen & Unwin, 1986). Clark, M (ed), Keith Holyoake: Towards a Political Biography (Wellington: Dunmore Press, 1997). Clark, M (ed), Peter Fraser: Master Politician (Wellington: Dunmore Press, 1998.) Clark, M (ed), Three Labour Leaders: Nordmeyer, Kirk and Rowling (Wellington: Dunmore Press, 2001). Clark, M (ed), Holyoake's Lieutenants (Wellington: Dunmore Press, 2003). Clark, M (ed), Muldoon Revisited (Wellington: Dunmore Press, 2004). Clark, M (ed), Lange and the Fourth Labour Government (Wellington: Dunmore Press, 2006). Clark, M (ed), The Bolger Years: 1990–2007 (Wellington: Dunmore Press, 2008)