| Anne Collins | |
| Constituency Mp: | East Cape |
| Parliament: | New Zealand |
| Term Start: | 1984 |
| Term End: | 1990 |
| Predecessor: | Duncan MacIntyre |
| Successor: | Tony Ryall |
| Birth Name: | Lowson Anne Collins |
| Birth Date: | 20 July 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Napier, New Zealand |
| Party: | Labour |
| Children: | 2 |
Lowson Anne Collins, Lady Cullen (formerly Fraser; born 20 July 1951) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Collins was born in Napier on 20 July 1951, the daughter of Lowson and Brian Collins.[1] She was educated at Napier Girls' High School, and went on to study at Massey University, graduating BEd in 1982.[1] Following her first marriage she was known as Anne Fraser.
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.[2] She retired from Parliament in 1990. The same year, she was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal,[1] and in 1993 she received the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[3]
She was married to former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Michael Cullen until his death in 2021.[4] [5]