{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Annette Main | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}} | image = AnnetteMain26May2017CCby.jpg | alt = | caption = Main in 2017 | order = 27th Mayor of Wanganui | term_start = 2010 | term_end = 2016 | predecessor = Michael Laws | successor = Hamish McDouall | birth_date = | birth_place = Castlecliff, Whanganui, New Zealand | party = | alma_mater = }} '''Annette Kay Main''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 1951/1952) is a New Zealand local-body politician. She served as mayor of Whanganui from 2010 to 2016, and was the first woman to hold that office.
==Early life and family== Main was born in Castlecliff in Whanganui and attended Castlecliff School and Whanganui High School.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=August 2011 |title=Annette Main – the people's mayor |url=https://wdhb.org.nz/contented/clientfiles/whanganui-district-health-board/files/wanganui-matters_issue-3.pdf |magazine=Wanganui Matters |location=Whanganui |issue=3 |pages=12–13 |access-date=14 October 2018 }}</ref> She trained as a teacher, before becoming a parent.<ref name=mfwbio>{{cite web |url=http://women.govt.nz/leadership/inspiring-women/annette-main |title=Annette Main: Mayor, Whanganui |publisher=Ministry for Women |date=8 June 2016 |accessdate=14 October 2018}}</ref> She worked for New Zealand Post in their public relations department, for the Whanganui District Council as a tourism officer, and then ran a tourism business.<ref name=mfwbio/>
==Political career== In 1998 Main was elected to the Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council, where she served for 12 years. During that time she chaired the environment committee and served as deputy chair.<ref name=mfwbio/>
In 2010 she was elected mayor of Whanganui, becoming the first woman to hold the position.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11005727 |title=Wanganui Elects First Woman Mayor |publisher=Wanganui Chronicle |date=9 October 2010 |accessdate=14 October 2018}}</ref> She was re-elected in 2013. As mayor, she supported the New Zealand Geographic board's decision to change the town's name to include an "h".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/latest-news/whanganui-or-wanganui |title=Whanganui or Wanganui? |publisher=Maori Television |author=Wepiha Te Kanawa |date=4 December 2014 |accessdate=14 October 2018}}</ref> She did not stand for re-election in 2016, instead successfully pursuing a seat on the Whanganui District Health Board.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11697278 |title='Passionate advocate' for city standing for DHB |publisher=Whanganui Chronicle |date=19 August 2016 |accessdate=14 October 2018}}</ref>
Main was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to local government, in the 2017 New Year Honours.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11774786 |title=Queen's honour for former Whanganui Mayor |publisher=Whanganui Chronicle |date=30 December 2016 |accessdate=14 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11864006 |title=Former mayor Annette Main follows father's footsteps |publisher=Whanganui Chronicle |date=27 May 2017 |accessdate=14 October 2018}}</ref> In 2018 she was appointed to the council of the Universal College of Learning.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=12048219 |title=Former Whanganui mayor Annette Main appointed as a member of UCOL council |publisher=Whanganui Chronicle |date=11 May 2018 |accessdate=14 October 2018}}</ref>
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