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Hon Kate Wilkinson

Kate Wilkinson is the electorate MP for Waimakariri.

Kate was raised on a Mid Canterbury mixed cropping farm at Chertsey and went to secondary school in Christchurch. After leaving St Margaret's College, Kate studied law at the University of Canterbury and graduated with an LLB. She began working as a solicitor with Harman & Co in 1979, and became a partner five years later. She was involved in general practice law, corporate and commercial law, and property and trusts law.

For 15 years, Kate was a member of the New Zealand Junior Chamber Inc (Jaycees) and has been General Legal Counsel and National President. In 2000, Kate was the Personal Assistant to World President of Junior Chamber International and was awarded Senatorship of JCI for outstanding service.

Kate was the Deputy Chairman of the Waimakariri Community Action Group and was also Trustee of the Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Foundation Canterbury Inc until late 2008.

She is also a former Trustee of the Christchurch Arts Festival Trust Board and maintains strong links with the arts community. She has been a seminar presenter for the Motor Trade Association, NZ Institute of Management, and the Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce.