local elections of that year, challenging sitting mayor Kevin Winters. Chadwick defeated Winters and three other candidates, receiving more than 11,000 votes from a total 19,596 votes cast. At the 2016 local-body elections, Chadwick again ran for mayor, defeating six other candidates, receiving 8,990 of a total 21,408 votes cast Chadwick's husband, John Chadwick, died in Rotorua on 26 May 2017. In 2020, Chadwick announced a zero percent rates increase in the Rotorua Lakes Council's 2020/2021 annual plan to cushion the financial blow of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had severely impacted the district's tourism industry. Chadwick did not stand for re-election as mayor in the 2022 elections. In the 2022 New Year Honours, Chadwick was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to local government and as a Member of Parliament. References Further reading External links Parliamentary website page Steve Chadwick's website |- |- |- |- 1948 births Living people New Zealand Labour Party MPs Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand Local politicians in New Zealand New Zealand nurses People from Hastings, New Zealand People from Rotorua Women government ministers of New Zealand New Zealand list MPs Unsuccessful candidates in the 2011 New Zealand general election Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates Mayors of Rotorua People educated at Karamu High School 21st-century New Zealand politicians 21st-century New Zealand women politicians Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Companions of the Queen's Service Order