Julie Anne Genter is a Green Party Member of Parliament, currently representing the Rongotai electorate [36][44].
Genter was educated at UC Berkeley [18] and also studied at Sciences Po in Paris [16]. She additionally undertook postgraduate study at the University of Auckland from 2006 [19][20]. Earlier in her career, according to a single reputable secondary source, she worked as an English teacher in France [1].
Her professional background is in transport planning. According to single reputable secondary sources, she worked as a transportation planner [2], a transport planning consultant [7], and from 2008 as a transportation planner at MRCagney [8]. She is also reported to have worked as a consultant with district and regional councils, government agencies, and private developers [3]. From 2006, according to a single reputable secondary source, she volunteered with the Green Party [14] and later served as an adviser within the party [12].
Genter entered Parliament as a Green Party list MP, with her membership of the House of Representatives recorded from 26 November 2011 [35] and her confirmed entry to Parliament dating from 2011 [34]. She served as a Green Party spokesperson across a range of portfolios including finance, transport, infrastructure, and urban development from 2011, according to a single reputable secondary source [41]. From July 2015, according to a single reputable secondary source, she held the Green Party finance spokesperson role [10].
Following the 2017 general election, Genter served as Associate Minister of Transport [28] and Associate Minister of Health [27], both from 2017, as well as Minister for Women from 2017 [39]. According to a single reputable secondary source, she was appointed Associate Minister for Transport from 29 November 2017 [25] and Associate Minister for Health from 26 October 2017 [22].
At the 2023 general election, Genter stood as a candidate for the Rongotai electorate [29] and, according to a single reputable secondary source, became the Green Party Electorate MP for Rongotai from 14 October 2023 [36][31]. Following that election, according to a single reputable secondary source, she took on Green Party spokesperson responsibilities for transport, infrastructure, urban development, building and construction, economic development, and state-owned enterprises from 29 November 2023 [11].