Annie McVicar

Annie McVicar MBE JP (4 November 1862 – 26 February 1954) was a New Zealand community worker and local politician, and the first woman elected to the Wellington City Council.

From 1919 she was involved in distributing funds to improve conditions in maternity homes, after a large sum of money was left to the Hospital Board.

In local government, as in her other activities, McVicar was known to be energetic and pragmatic, particularly when focused on her specific interests which were the education and welfare of women and children.

An editorial in the Evening Post declared: "Never before has Wellington had a lady City Councillor, and the innovation is full of promise.

In the 1938 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for public and social welfare services in New Zealand.