Stephen Rainbow
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Doctor Stephen Rainbow |
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| Wellington City Councillor for Lambton Ward | |
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In office 1989–1995 Serving with Terry McDavitt, Russell Armitage, Rex Nicholls, Liz Thomas |
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| Wellington City Councillor for Southern Ward | |
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In office 1995–1998 Serving with Celia Wade-Brown, Sue Piper, John Gilberthorpe |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 January 1961 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Political party |
Green Party Progressive Green National |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Dr Stephen Laurence Rainbow (born 26 January 1961) is a New Zealand politician and activist.
Stephen Rainbow was born in Christchurch in 1961. He was educated in Richmond at Waimea College, later attending Victoria University of Wellington from 1982 and graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts, and in 1991 with a PhD in Political Science.
Rainbow and his partner Anna Frusin had three children together; Alexandra, Larissa and Solomon.
Rainbow became politically active in the 1980s joining the Labour Party and served on Labour's New Zealand Council. He later joined the newly formed Green Party and stood for election in 1989 for the Wellington City Council on a Green ticket. He was successful and became the country's first Green councillor. The next year he contested the seat of Wellington Central for the Greens at the 1990 general election, finishing third out of seven candidates.
Rainbow was re-elected to the Wellington City Council in 1992 and 1995. On both occasions he also stood for Mayor without success, finishing fourth in 1992 and seventh in 1995.
By 1994 Rainbow was leading the opposition to the Green Party's membership of the Alliance, a broad left-wing coalition, thinking the Alliance's emphasis on social justice type issues detracted focus from environmental issues. In 1995 Rainbow co-founded the Progressive Green Party, a "Bluegreen" environmentalist party with a more right-wing emphasis.
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