Editing Judith Tizard (section)

==Early life and career==
Tizard was born at [[Auckland]]'s St Helen's maternity hospital in Pitt Street in 1956.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phare |first1=Jane |title=Jude packs punch |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10509362 |access-date=8 June 2015 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=11 May 2008}}</ref> She was educated at [[Glendowie College]].{{sfn|Who's Who|1996|p=90}} Born into a political family, her mother, Dame [[Catherine Tizard]], served as [[Mayor of Auckland]] and as [[Governor-General of New Zealand|Governor-General]] and her father, [[Bob Tizard]], was a prominent Labour Party cabinet minister and [[Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand|Deputy Prime Minister]]. She followed her parents into politics, joining the Labour Party herself in 1973.{{sfn|Who's Who|1996|p=90}}

After moving from Auckland to Wellington, when her father became a cabinet minister, Tizard began studying politics at [[Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University]] and got a job in the Labour Party Research Unit from 1976 to 1977. She became more enthusiastic about her work, spending more time in that than study before returning to Auckland and working as a cook in a restaurant owned by one of her friends.{{sfn|Tizard|2010|p=}} She was elected a member of the Auckland Electric Power Board in 1977, remaining a member until 1983.<ref name="don't forget">{{Cite news |first=John |last=Armstrong |title=... and don't forget about me, says Judith |date=29 August 1989 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |page=1 }}</ref> Her mother commented that it was "...another telling demonstration of the power of a recognisable name on a ticket. As she (Judith) said herself, who in their right mind would elect a 21-year-old barmaid to run a power board? That's how she had described herself on the ticket."{{sfn|Tizard|2010|p=}}

Later, Tizard finished her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History from the [[University of Auckland]].{{sfn|Who's Who|1993|p=80}} She became a waitress, restaurant owner, and manager of O'Connells Restaurant on O'Connell St in Auckland (1978–1982), and was involved in the catering industry (1981–1984).{{sfn|Who's Who|1996|p=90}} In 1986 she stood unsuccessfully for a seat on the [[Auckland City Council]] in 1986 in the central ward, but narrowly missed out on election.{{sfn|Bush|1991|p=442}} She was elected a member of the [[Auckland Regional Council]] in 1988. She was re-elected in 1989 before resigning in 1991.<ref name="don't forget"/>