About Margaret Evans
Born 1944. Margaret Evans is a New Zealand politician.
Margaret Anne Evans (born 31 August 1944) is a New Zealand local-body politician. She was the Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand from 1989 to 1998, succeeding Ross Jansen.
Biography Evans was born in Feilding on 31 August 1944, and was educated at New Plymouth Girls' High School. She studied at the University of Waikato in 1964.
Honours and awards In 1990, Evans received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, In the 1995 New Year Honours, Evans was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to local government.
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New Zealand mayor
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Margaret Evans was born in 1944.
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· DBpedia: Margaret Evans (mayor)
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