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Nov 29, 1950 Died on 22 Feb 2011 (aged 60)
New Zealand politician
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About Jo Giles
- Joanne May Giles (29 November 1950 – 22 February 2011) was a New Zealand television presenter and former representative sportswoman.
- She represented the country in pistol shooting at the 1997 Oceanian Championships in Adelaide, and the 2000 World Cup in Sydney.
- She was one of New Zealand's first woman jockeys, and competed in motorsport and Rock 'n Roll competitions.Jo Giles was a candidate for ACT New Zealand in the 2005 general election.
- She formed a local body political party "Christchurch City Vision" and was a mayoral candidate in the 2007 Christchurch local body election.
- With 14,454 votes, Giles came third after Bob Parker (47,033 votes) and Megan Woods (32,821 votes) in the election contested by ten candidates.Jo Giles was later a TV presenter for the regional broadcaster Canterbury Television (CTV), with her programme "Shopping with Jo". On 11 March 2011 police confirmed that she was one of the victims of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake in the CTV Building.
- She had four children; Anna, Sam, Liv and James.
