Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/politics/New MPs/Kate Fulton

Kate Fulton is a Nelson City Councillor. She stood for the West Coast-Tasman electorate for the Green Party in the 2017 election. Final results for West Coast-Tasman 100% votes counted: Damien O'Connor (Lab) 16,526, Maureen Pugh (Nat) 11,690, Kate Fulton (Green) 1,747. Party vote: National 40.9%, Labour 36.8%

Personal life
Fulton lives in Nelson and is a councillor for the city council.

Political career
Fulton was elected as a Nelson City Councillor at the 2010 elections, and was reelected in 2013 and 2016. She was reelected in a close race at the 2016 elections, at the final result being only 61 votes away from the thirteenth ranked candidate Trudie Brand. Originally Brand was elected by 141 votes, but after special votes were counted Fulton slipped into 12th seat by 61 votes. During her third term, she was selected as the Green Party's candidate for the electorate of. She competed against incumbent Damien O'Connor who had held the electorate or its previous form, Tasman, since 1993, with a break from to.