Editing Silvia Cartwright (section)

{{Short description|Governor-General of New Zealand from 2001 to 2006}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
|name             = Dame Silvia Cartwright
|image            = Governor-General Silvia Cartwright.jpg
|honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=NZL|size=100%|ONZa|PCNZMa|DBE|QSO|DStJ}}
|order            = 18th
|office           = Governor-General of New Zealand
|monarch          = [[Elizabeth II]]
|primeminister    = [[Helen Clark]]
|term_start       = 4 April 2001
|term_end         = 4 August 2006
|predecessor      = [[Michael Hardie Boys|Sir Michael Hardie Boys]]
|successor        = [[Anand Satyanand|Sir Anand Satyanand]]
|order2           = 3rd [[District Court of New Zealand|Chief District Court judge]]
|term_start2      = 1989
|term_end2        = 1993
|predecessor2     = [[Peter Trapski]]
|successor2       = [[Ron Young (jurist)|Ron Young]]
|birth_name       = Silvia Rose Poulter
|birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1943|11|7|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [[Dunedin]], New Zealand
|death_date       = 
|death_place      = 
|spouse           = {{marriage|[[Peter Cartwright (lawyer)|Peter Cartwright]]|1969|2019|end=d.}}
|alma_mater       = [[University of Otago]]
}}
'''Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright''' {{postnominals|country=NZL|ONZa|PCNZMa|DBE|QSO|DStJ}} (née '''Poulter'''; born 7 November 1943) is a New Zealand jurist who served as the 18th [[governor-general of New Zealand]], from 2001 to 2006. She was the second woman to hold the office, after [[Catherine Tizard|Dame Catherine Tizard]].