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Title: Beyer pulls out of mayoral race
Post by: Shana A on August 17, 2010, 08:23:59 AM
Beyer pulls out of mayoral race
4:40 PM Tuesday Aug 17, 2010

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10666773 (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10666773)

Former Labour MP Georgina Beyer has pulled out of the contest for the Masterton mayoralty.

Ms Beyer, 52, was mayor of Carterton from 1995 until 2000, leaving the role after winning the Wairarapa electorate seat in the 1999 general election.

She was the world's first transsexual mayor and MP.