Helen Clark

:This entry discusses the New Zealand Prime Minister. For others, see Helen Clark (disambiguation).

Early life

Clark received her education at Te Pahu primary school, Epsom Girls' Grammar School in Auckland and University of Auckland, where she studied politics and graduated with a MA(Hons). She was the eldest of a four-girl farming family in the Waikato. Her mother worked as a primary-school teacher and her father, a farmer, supported the National Party at the time of the 1981 election. She studied abroad in 1976 on a University Grants Committee scholarship.

Related Topics:
Auckland - University of Auckland - Waikato - National Party

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She became a lecturer in politics at University of Auckland from 1973 until her election to Parliament in 1981. She married the sociologist Peter Davis, who had been her partner of five years at that time, shortly before her 1981 election. Dr. Peter Davis is currently a professor in medical sociology and is the Head of Sociology at the University of Auckland.

Related Topics:
Sociologist - Peter Davis - University of Auckland

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