Fleur Fitzsimons

Fitzsimons grew up in Hastings. She studied law at Victoria University of Wellington and whilst there was President of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association from 2002 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005 she was co-president of the New Zealand Union of Students' Associations, serving alongside future Labour Party general secretary Andrew Kirton. She then worked as a lawyer for the Public Service Association from 2008 to 2017 and was a member of the Island Bay School Board of Trustees. ==Political career==

Wellington City Council When Paul Eagle resigned his seat on the Wellington City Council after his election to Parliament a by-election was held in his ward. Fitzsimons replaced him as the Labour Party candidate, who received Eagle's endorsement, and won the by-election. During her second term on the council she was seen as the de-facto leader of the centre-left group of councillors during the contentious triennium led by the then-mayor Andy Foster. She declined to run again at the 2022 election, by which time she was speculated as intending to run for parliament and would not rule it out. 2023 campaign for Parliament After Eagle's unsuccessful campaign for the Wellington mayoralty, he announced on 13 December 2022 that he would not be contesting the 2023 general election. In March 2023, Fitzsimons was selected unopposed as Labour's candidate for to replace Eagle. == Union leadership ==

Following her retirement from Wellington City Council, Fitzsimons returned to work with the PSA and was appointed an associate national secretary. In February 2025 it was announced Fitzimons would be a national secretary of the union. ==Personal life==

Fitzsimons has four children, one of whom is transgender. She lives in Island Bay. ==References==