Sue Piper

Susan Margaret Piper (born 1951) is a retired New Zealand trade unionist and local politician.Her parents were Leon Bremmer "Pip" Piper and Margaret Neilson "Tilly" Hunter, both were trade unionists and active members of the Communist Party of New Zealand (CPNZ).[3][1] As a child Piper and her brother Michael told anyone who would listen that they were communists and accordingly "they expected to share everything we [others] owned.[1][11] In 1992 she stood for the Labour nomination for the seat of Western Hutt ahead of the 1993 election, but lost out to regional councillor and former All Black Ken Gray.As she lived outside the electorate she was thought an outside chance of winning with no local support base and looked opportunistic.
WellingtonCommunist Party of New ZealandLabour PartyAnnette KingMiramarRongotaiWellington City Council2001 New Year HonoursRos NoonanDeirdre MilneMargaret ShieldsPublic Service AssociationWestern Hutt1993 electionKen Gray1992 Wellington Central by-electionLocal Government CommissionMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa TongarewaNational Library of New ZealandThe DominionThe Evening PostThe New Zealand HeraldPresident of the Public Service Association