Anne Fraser
Lowson Anne Collins, Lady Cullen is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.Early life and family
Collins was born in Napier on 20 July 1951, the daughter of Lowson and Brian Collins. She was educated at Napier Girls' High School, and went on to study at Massey University, graduating BEd in 1982. Following her first marriage she was known as Anne Fraser.Parliamentary career
She represented the electorate of East Cape in Parliament from, after winning it subsequent to the retirement of the previous representative, Duncan MacIntyre of the National Party. She held the seat at the subsequent by less than 240 votes, and in 1989, her name officially reverted to her maiden name Anne Collins after she had separated from her husband. She retired from Parliament in 1990. The same year, she was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, and in 1993 she received the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.
She is married to former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Michael Cullen.
