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finndego t1_its0ec2 wrote

Reply to comment by CthuluTheGrand in Women will have equal share of seats in [New Zealand] Parliament with Soraya Peke-Mason's swearing-in by giblefog

This isnt forced representaion. It's happenstance.

New Zealand has already had the world's 1st transgender Mayor and MP when Georgina Beyer got elected. She was very competent in both roles especially being the Mayor in the rural area of Wairarapa.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_Beyer#:~:text=She%20surprised%20political%20commentators%20to,re%2Dcontested%20Wairarapa%20for%20Labour.

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[Georgina Beyer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_Beyer#:~:text=She surprised political commentators to,re-contested Wairarapa for Labour)

>Georgina Beyer (born November 1957) is a New Zealand politician and former Labour Party Member of Parliament. In 1995 she was elected mayor of Carterton, making her the world's first openly transgender mayor. In 2005 she became the world's first openly transgender Member of Parliament. She is also among a very small number of former sex workers to hold political office.

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