Connie Birchfield


Constance Alice "Connie" Birchfield was a New Zealand housekeeper, trade unionist, hotel maid, communist, bookseller and political activist. She was born in Haydock, Lancashire, England on 27 July 1898.
Birchfield stood for the House of Representatives four times in safe Labour seats; in general elections for in the, for in the, and for in the ; and receiving 241, 99 and 120 votes respectively. She also stood for Brooklyn in the 1951 Brooklyn by-election, getting 129 votes.