Eugenie Sage

Eugenie Meryl Sage (born 1957/1958) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. Since the 2011 election, she has been a Green Party list MP in the House of Representatives.

Political career

Sage was a field officer and spokesperson for Forest and Bird before being elected as councillor for the Selwyn-Banks Peninsula Regional Constituency of Environment Canterbury at the 2007 elections. She lost her seat when the Environment Canterbury Council were replaced by Commissioners on 1 May 2010.

In October 2010 she was appointed as a community member to the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Water Management Committee of Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS).

Sage contested the Selwyn electorate at the 2011 general election for the Green Party. Although she did not win the electorate, she was ranked at sixth on the party's list. The Green Party received sufficient votes to return 14 list members and Sage was elected to Parliament. In addition to her caucus responsibilities as her party's spokesperson on Christchurch, conservation, environment, land information, local government, resource management issues, and water, Sage serves as deputy chairperson of the local government and environment committee.