Margaret Evans (mayor)

Margaret Anne Evans CBE JP (born 31 August 1944) is a New Zealand local-body politician.

Evans was born in Feilding on 31 August 1944, and was educated at New Plymouth Girls' High School.

[1] Evans was a member of the New Zealand Party, founded by businessman Bob Jones, and she stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in the Hamilton East electorate in the 1984 election.

[2] In 2003 Evans completed a master's thesis at the University of Waikato, on the role of mayor in New Zealand.

[4] In the 1995 New Year Honours, Evans was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to local government.