48th Parliament of New Zealand | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||||
Term | 7 November 2005 – 3 October 2008 | ||||
Election | 2005 New Zealand general election | ||||
Government | Fifth Labour Government | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 121 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Margaret Wilson | ||||
Leader of the House | Michael Cullen | ||||
Prime Minister | Helen Clark | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | John Key — Don Brash until 27 November 2006 | ||||
Sovereign | |||||
Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||
Governor-General | Anand Satyanand from 23 August 2006 — Silvia Cartwright until 4 August 2006 |
The 48th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined at a general election held on 17 September 2005. The new parliament met for the first time on 7 November 2005. It was dissolved on 3 October 2008. [1]
The Labour Party and the Progressive Party, backed by New Zealand First and United Future, established a majority at the beginning the 48th Parliament. The Labour-led administration was in its third term. The National Party and ACT form the formal opposition to the government. Other non-government parties are the Greens (who promised to abstain on confidence and supply votes) and the Māori Party.
The 48th Parliament consists of 121 representatives. This represents an overhang of one seat, with the Māori Party having won one more electorates than its share of the vote would otherwise have given it. In total, sixty-nine of the MPs were chosen by geographical electorates, including seven Māori electorates. The remainder were elected by means of party-list proportional representation under the MMP electoral system.
All the Māori Party MPs tried to alter their Oath of office by adding references to the Treaty of Waitangi. They all had to retake their oaths.
Party | Party vote | Electorate vote | Seats | ||||||||
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Votes | % | Change (pp) | Votes | % | Change (pp) | List | Electorate | Total | +/- | ||
Labour | 935,319 | 41.10 | 0.16 | 902,072 | 40.35 | 4.34 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 2 | |
National | 889,813 | 39.10 | 18.17 | 902,874 | 40.38 | 9.84 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 21 | |
NZ First | 130,115 | 5.72 | 4.66 | 78,117 | 3.49 | 0.49 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |
Green | 120,521 | 5.30 | 1.70 | 92,164 | 4.12 | 1.23 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
Māori Party | 48,263 | 2.12 | new | 75,076 | 3.36 | new | 0 | 4 | 4 | new | |
United Future | 60,860 | 2.67 | 4.02 | 63,486 | 2.84 | 1.52 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
ACT | 34,469 | 1.51 | 5.63 | 44,071 | 1.97 | 1.58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Progressive | 26,441 | 1.16 | 0.54 | 36,638 | 1.64 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Destiny | 14,210 | 0.62 | new | 17,608 | 0.79 | new | 0 | 0 | 0 | new | |
Legalise Cannabis | 5,748 | 0.25 | 0.39 | 2,601 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Christian Heritage | 2,821 | 0.12 | 1.23 | 1,296 | 0.06 | 1.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alliance | 1,641 | 0.07 | 1.20 | 1,901 | 0.09 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 | |||
Family Rights | 1,178 | 0.05 | new | 1,045 | 0.05 | new | 0 | 0 | 0 | new | |
Democrats | 1,079 | 0.05 | new | 565 | 0.03 | new | 0 | 0 | 0 | new | |
Libertarianz | 946 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 781 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Direct Democracy | 782 | 0.03 | new | 1,934 | 0.09 | new | 0 | 0 | new | ||
99 MP | 601 | 0.03 | new | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | new | |
One NZ | 478 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 214 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |||
RONZ | 344 | 0.02 | new | 131 | 0.01 | new | 0 | 0 | 0 | new | |
Unregistered parties | — | — | — | 1,466 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent | — | — | — | 11,829 | 0.53 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 2,275,629 | 98.77 | 0.07 | 2,235,869 | 97.04 | 0.05 | |||||
Informal votes | 10,561 | 0.46 | 0.04 | 24,801 | 1.08 | 0.21 | |||||
Disallowed votes | 17,815 | 0.77 | 0.03 | 43,335 | 1.88 | 0.26 | |||||
Total | 2,304,005 | 100 | 2,304,005 | 100 | 52 | 69 | 121 | 1 | |||
Eligible voters and Turnout | 2,847,396 | 80.92 | 3.94 | 2,847,396 | 80.92 | 3.94 |
Government: the third and final term of the Fifth Labour Government, in power from 1999 until 2008; minority coalition with Progressive Party since 2002
Prime Minister: Helen Clark (Labour) from 1999 to 2008
Governor General: Dame Silvia Cartwright to August 2006; Anand Satyanand August 2006–
Deputy Prime Minister: Michael Cullen (Labour) 2002–2008
Leader of the Opposition: Don Brash (National Party), to November 2006; John Key (National) November 2006 –
Speaker : Margaret Wilson (Labour)
Deputy Speaker: Clem Simich (National)
Assistant Speaker: Ross Robertson (Labour) and Ann Hartley (Labour)
Leader of the House: Michael Cullen (Labour)
48th New Zealand Parliament - MPs elected to Parliament
List MPs are ordered by allocation as determined by the Chief Electoral Office [3] and the party lists.
Party | New MP | Term started | Seat | Previous MP | |
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Green | Nándor Tánczos | 6 November 2005 | List | Rod Donald 1 | |
Labour | Charles Chauvel | 1 August 2006 | List | Jim Sutton | |
National | Katrina Shanks | 7 February 2007 | List | Don Brash | |
Labour | Lesley Soper | 15 February 2007 | List | Georgina Beyer | |
NZ First | Dail Jones | 15 February 2008 | List | Brian Donnelly 2 | |
Labour | Louisa Wall | 4 March 2008 | List | Ann Hartley | |
Labour | William Sio | 29 March 2008 | List | Dianne Yates | |
Green | Russel Norman | 26 June 2008 | List | Nándor Tánczos | |
National | (vacant) | 31 August 2008 | Rakaia | Brian Connell 3 | |
1 Rod Donald died before being sworn in as MP. | |||||
Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Māngere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008. Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party. |
The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape. [8]
The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape. [9]
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