342:. As a Labour candidate she unsuccessfully contested the Newmarket Borough Council in 1927 and the Auckland Hospital Board in 1929. She won a seat on the Auckland Hospital Board in 1931. In 1933 a visit by her to the hospital kitchen and claims of long hours and "sweated labour" there aroused controversy on the board. Dreaver continued as a member of the hospital board until 1944 and was elected for another period from 1950 to 1956.
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