Candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election by electorate

New Zealand political candidates in the MMP era

Year	Party list	Candidates
1996	party lists	by electorate
1999	party lists	by electorate
2002	party lists	by electorate
2005	party lists	by electorate
2008	party lists	by electorate
2011	party lists	by electorate
2014	party lists	by electorate
2017	party lists	by electorate
2020	party lists	by electorate
2023	party lists	by electorate

65 electorate members of the New Zealand House of Representatives were elected in the general election on 12 October 1996.

General electorates

Unless otherwise noted the information is sourced from here: ^[1]

Albany

1996 general election: Albany
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Progressive Green	Miles Allen		none
	NZ First	Terry Heffernan	Contested Wanganui in 1993	28
	Natural Law	Tom Hopwood		26
	Labour	Colin Hutchinson		none
	Alliance	Heather McConachy		18
	National	Murray McCully	Incumbent for East Coast Bays	21
	McGillicuddy Serious	Tina Nevin		none
	Christian Coalition	Judith Phillips		29
	ACT	Marilyn Thomas		13
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Ann Batten	Resigned from party	n/a
	National	Don McKinnon	Contesting list only

Aoraki

1996 general election: Aoraki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Jenny Bloxham	Contested Timaru in 1993	5
	National	Stuart Boag		54
	ACT	Alan Cone		none
	Christian Coalition	Robin Donovan		none
	Labour	Jim Sutton	Incumbent for Timaru	18
	Natural Law	Royal van der Werf		51
	Alliance	Rex Verity		32

Auckland Central

1996 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Progressive Green	Laurence Boomert		5
	Blokes Liberation Front	Chris Brady
	Independent	Victor Bryers
	Independent	Peter de Jonge
	National	Shane Frith		50
	ACT	Rodney Hide		7
	Independent	Adam Le Lievre
	Alliance	Sandra Lee		2
	Christian Coalition	Barrie Patterson		none
	McGillicuddy Serious	Alistair Ramsden		36
	Green Society	Simon Reeves		1
	Independent	Lynne Robertson
	Republican	Duane Sutton
	Labour	Judith Tizard	Incumbent for Panmure	11
	Natural Law	Mark Watts		8
	NZ First	Richard Whittaker		43
	Citizens Party	Wayne Young

Banks Peninsula

1996 general election: Banks Peninsula
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Dominion Workers	Anton Bailey
	National	David Carter	Incumbent for Selwyn	41
	Christian Coalition	Neville Chamberlain		35
	Alliance	Rod Donald		10
	Labour	Ruth Dyson	Incumbent for Lyttelton	19
	NZ First	Ross Gluer	Contested Lyttelton in 1993	25
	McGillicuddy Serious	Elizabeth Holland		none
	Independent	Ann Lewis
	ACT	Jeff Lopas
	Natural Law	David Lovell-Smith		2

Bay of Plenty

1996 general election: Bay of Plenty
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Jim Bennett		none
	Communist League	Patrick Brown
	NZ First	Peter Brown		13
	Natural Law	Lew Cormack		62
	Progressive Green	Graeme Leech		none
	Te Tawharau	Rangitukehu David Paul		none
	National	Tony Ryall	Incumbent for Eastern Bay of Plenty	29
	McGillicuddy Serious	Mark Servian		1
	Labour	Julie Tucker		none
	Christian Coalition	Judy Turner		none
	ACT	Reg Turner		56

Christchurch Central

1996 general election: Christchurch Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	David Christopher Ball
	ACT	Matthew Ball		26
	Progressive Green	Gillian Baillie		none
	Labour	Tim Barnett		none
	Communist League	Patrick Brown
	Natural Law	Raymond Cain		31
	Alliance	Liz Gordon		13
	United NZ	Jacinta Grice		16
	NZ First	Ron Mark	Contested Selwyn for Labour in 1993	11
	National	Kerry Sullivan		none
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Lianne Dalziel	Contesting list only
	National	John Connelly	Withdrew following sexual allegations	none
	Alliance	Joanna Waiwai Ryan	Won selection, result later overruled	n/a	[2]

Christchurch East

1996 general election: Christchurch East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Jeffrey Buchanan		51
	McGillicuddy Serious	Phil Clayton		61
	National	Sue McKenzie		61
	Natural Law	Sean O'Connor		30
	NZ First	Lem Pearse		40
	Legalise Cannabis	Tim Shadbolt	Contested Selwyn for NZ First in 1994 by-election	8
	Labour	Larry Sutherland	Incumbent for Avon	none
	Alliance	Marie Venning		34

Clutha-Southland

1996 general election: Clutha-Southland
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Bill English	Incumbent for Wallace	9
	Alliance	Tracey Hicks		61
	ACT	Peter Snow		16
	Labour	Lesley Soper	Contested Wallace in 1993	33
	Natural Law	Gilbert Urquhart		54
	McGillicuddy Serious	Robyn West	Contested Wallace in 1993	5
	NZ First	Alan Wise		53
	Christian Coalition	Russell Zwies		none

Coromandel

1996 general election: Coromandel
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Superannuitants & Youth	Vern Byrne		none
	Progressive Green	Ralph Dell		none
	Alliance	Jeanette Fitzsimons	Contested Hauraki in 1993	3
	Labour	Margaret Hawkeswood		none
	Natural Law	Mimousse Hodgson		17
	ACT	Thomas Howard		33
	NZ First	Robyn McDonald		14
	United NZ	Gail McIntosh		12
	National	Murray McLean		none
	McGillicuddy Serious	Gary Young		57
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Robert Anderson	Withdrew due to illness

Dunedin North

1996 general election: Dunedin North
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Neil Benson		24
	United NZ	Graeme Brown		19
	Alliance	Jim Flynn	Contested electorate in 1993	31
	Labour	Pete Hodgson		30
	Natural Law	Mary-Anne McGregor		19
	McGillicuddy Serious	Doug Mackie		14
	ACT	Michael Steeneveld		14
	National	Margie Stevens		39

Dunedin South

1996 general election: Dunedin South
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Progressive Green	David Beatty		none
	Labour	Michael Cullen	Incumbent for St Kilda	2
	ACT	Roland Henderson		29
	National	Malcolm MacPherson		none
	Alliance	Leah McBey		17
	NZ First	Noeline McGlynn		57
	Independent	Alan William McDonald
	United NZ	Clive Matthewson	Incumbent for Dunedin West	1
	Natural Law	Inga Schader		23

Epsom

1996 general election: Epsom
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	John Boscawen		25
	Green Society	Sam Cunningham		5
	Labour	Helen Duncan		22
	National	Christine Fletcher	Incumbent for Eden	22
	Progressive Green	Rob Fenwick		1
	McGillicuddy Serious	Kerry Hoole		42
	Natural Law	Bryan Lee		1
	NZ First	Gavin Logan		46
	Christian Coalition	Ewen McQueen		4
	United NZ	Bryan Mockridge		20
	Libertarianz	Lindsay Perigo		1
	Alliance	Mary Tierney		37

Hamilton East

1996 general election: Hamilton East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Natural Law	John G. Cleary		4
	McGillicuddy Serious	Justine Francis		13
	Independent	Patricia Neagle
	Alliance	Ashok Parbhu		39
	Christian Coalition	Lindsay Priest		39
	National	Tony Steel	Contested electorate in 1993	44
	Superannuitants & Youth	Leslie Stroud		4
	Progressive Green	Dianna Tawharu		none
	ACT	Graeme Williams		45
	NZ First	Doug Woolerton		8
	Labour	Dianne Yates		16

Hamilton West

1996 general election: Hamilton West
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	McGillicuddy Serious	Peter Caldwell		18
	Natural Law	Mike Dunn		45
	Labour	Martin Gallagher		24
	Christian Coalition	Eleanor Goodall		37
	Progressive Green	Robert Henderson		none
	NZ First	Neil Kirton		12
	ACT	Garry Mallett		27
	Alliance	John Pemberton		57
	National	Bob Simcock		45

Hunua

1996 general election: Hunua
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Christian Coalition	Enosa Auva'a		41
	NZ First	Patra de Coudray		39
	ACT	Simon Harding		31
	Republican	Sophie James
	National	Warren Kyd	Incumbent for Clevedon	40
	Alliance	Huia Mitchell		64
	United NZ	John Robertson	Incumbent for Papakura	4
	Labour	Paul Schofield		none

Hutt South

1996 general election: Hutt South
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Peter Love		none
	McGillicuddy Serious	Alastair McGlinchy		31
	National	Joy McLauchlan	Incumbent for Western Hutt	13
	Labour	Trevor Mallard	Incumbent for Pencarrow	none
	ACT	Chris Milne		11
	NZ First	Deborah Morris		9
	United NZ	Frank Owen		13
	Superannuitants & Youth	Jack Powell		3
	Independent	Brian Russell
	Natural Law	Angela Slade		60

Ilam

1996 general election: Ilam
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	United NZ	Margaret Austin	Incumbent for Yaldhurst	2
	NZ First	Helen Broughton		29
	National	Gerry Brownlee	Contested Sydenham in 1993	47
	Labour	Eamon Daly		none
	Alliance	Jan Davey		25
	ACT	Nigel Mattison		15
	Natural Law	Andrew Sanderson		28

Invercargill

1996 general election: Invercargill
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Louis Crimp		49
	McGillicuddy Serious	Anthony Hobbs		48
	NZ First	Owen Horton		49
	Natural Law	Jacque Hughes		61
	Independent	Philip Jones	Contested electorate in 1993
	United NZ	Stuart Jordan		23
	Labour	Mark Peck		21
	National	Eric Roy	Incumbent for Awarua	23
	Alliance	Bruce Stirling		56

Kaikoura

1996 general election: Kaikoura
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Desmond Joseph Bell
	Natural Law	Anne Brigid		58
	Alliance	Ian Ewen-Street		52
	McGillicuddy Serious	Rodney Hansen		33
	NZ First	Tom Harrison		20
	Labour	Marian Hobbs	Contested Selwyn in 1994	12
	National	Doug Kidd		14
	ACT	Peter King-Talbot		52

Karapiro

1996 general election: Karapiro
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Vince Ashworth		12
	McGillicuddy Serious	Craig Beere		22
	Christian Coalition	Philip Holdway-Davis		none
	Natural Law	Belinda Hills		47
	Alliance	John Kilbride		36
	National	John Luxton	Incumbent for Matamata	33
	United NZ	Tim Macindoe		11
	Labour	Sue Moroney		31
	Mana Māori	Lai Toy		none

Mahia

1996 general election: Mahia
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Craig Bauld			none
	Independent	Luke Donnelly
	National	Wayne Kimber	Contested Gisborne in 1993	59
	Labour	Janet Mackey	Incumbent for Gisborne	17
	Natural Law	Roy Neumegen		none
	NZ First	Gordon Preston		47
	Alliance	Graham Smith		59

Mana

1996 general election: Mana
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Progressive Green	David Green		11
	NZ First	Graham Harding		17
	Independent	Marie Iupeli
	Labour	Graham Kelly	Incumbent for Porirua	13
	Christian Coalition	Renton Maclauchlan		36
	McGillicuddy Serious	Grant Prankered		29
	Natural Law	Wayne Shepherd		49
	Alliance	Vernon Tile		33
	National	Allan Wells		none
	ACT	Neil Wilson		44

Mangere

1996 general election: Mangere
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Natural Law	Grant Bilyard		none
	National	David Broome		none
	Labour	Taito Phillip Field	Incumbent for Otara	none
	United NZ	Francis Ifopo		21
	ACT	Kevin Mathewson		46
	NZ First	Thomas Moana		60
	Advance NZ	Afamasaga Rasmussen		4
	Alliance	Len Richards	Contested electorate in 1993	60
	Christian Coalition	James Ward		none

Manukau East

1996 general election: Manukau East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Ngaire Clark		58
	ACT	Patrick Cole		none
	Natural Law	Greg Dodds		33
	United NZ	Ted Faleauto		8
	Alliance	Tafa Mulitalo		21
	Labour	Ross Robertson	Incumbent for Papatoetoe	none
	Conservatives	Trevor Rogers	Incumbent for Howick	1
	Advance NZ	Taimalelagi Tofilau		3
	Communist League	Annalucia Vermunt
	National	Ken Yee		64

Manurewa

1996 general election: Manurewa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green Society	Colin Amery		8
	McGillicuddy Serious	Derek Craig	Contested electorate in 1993	30
	Labour	George Hawkins		none
	United NZ	Malcolm Hood		9
	Alliance	Willie Jackson		20
	Natural Law	Faye McLaren		50
	NZ First	Roger Mail		51
	National	Les Marinkovich		none
	Christian Coalition	Braden Matson		31
	ACT	John Thompson		40

Maungakiekie

1996 general election: Maungakiekie
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Progressive Green	Dorothy Bond		none
	Natural Law	Graeme Lodge		20
	NZ First	Gilbert Myles	Contested Roskill in 1993	15
	Labour	Richard Northey	Incumbent for Onehunga	29
	ACT	Angus Ogilvie		28
	McGillicuddy Serious	John Orchard		none
	Republican	Bill Puru
	Alliance	Matt Robson		7
	United NZ	Ramparkash Samujh		10
	Advance NZ	England So'onalole		1
	National	Belinda Vernon		18

Napier

1996 general election: Napier
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Geoff Braybrooke		none
	Alliance	Robin Gwynn		53
	ACT	Jean Hill		19
	Natural Law	Ian Levingston		32
	NZ First	Stuart Spencer		42
	National	Kathryn Ward		65

Nelson

1996 general election: Nelson
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Christian Coalition	Nick Barber	Contested electorate in 1993	18
	Labour	John Blincoe		23
	NZ First	Bernard Downey	Contested electorate in 1993	22
	Natural Law	Michelle McGregor		39
	McGillicuddy Serious	Tim Owens		19
	National	Nick Smith	Incumbent for Tasman	30
	Alliance	Mike Ward	Contested electorate in 1993	47
	ACT	Graeme Williams		none

New Lynn

1996 general election: New Lynn
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Progressive Green	Mark Darin		none
	McGillicuddy Serious	Richard Foster		none
	National	Richard Gardner		none
	Labour	Phil Goff	Incumbent for Roskill	none
	United NZ	John Hubscher		26
	Natural Law	Les McGrath		63
	NZ First	Dawn Mullins	Contested electorate in 1993	52
	Advance NZ	James Prescott		2
	Alliance	Cliff Robinson	Contested electorate in 1993	none

New Plymouth

1996 general election: New Plymouth
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Harry Duynhoven		none
	Alliance	Sue Gaffy		40
	ACT	Tony Huston		32
	National	Roger Maxwell	Incumbent for Taranaki	25
	Progressive Green	Paul O'Neill		none
	NZ First	Harry Slaats		48
	Natural Law	Bruce Sowry	Contested electorate in 1993	29

North Shore

1996 general election: North Shore
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Ann Batten	Contested Glenfield in 1993	3
	Christian Coalition	Julie Belding		8
	Labour	Perry Cameron		none
	Alliance	Joel Cayford	Contested electorate in 1993	23
	McGillicuddy Serious	Felix Clark		none
	Progressive Green	Cassandra Doherty		none
	Superannuitants & Youth	Trevor Gilligan		2
	Green Society	Bradley Heising		10
	Natural Law	Gail Pianta		7
	ACT	Derek Quigley	Former MP	2
	National	Wayne Mapp		58

Northcote

1996 general election: Northcote
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Kieran Bird		30
	Alliance	Grant Gillon	Contested Glenfield in 1993	11
	Labour	Ann Hartley	Contested Birkenhead in 1993	47
	United NZ	Peter Hilt	Incumbent for Glenfield	6
	Progressive Green	Peter Lee		9
	Green Society	Merete Molving		3
	Natural Law	Kevin O'Brien		22
	NZ First	Janie Phillips		26
	National	Ian Revell	Incumbent for Birkenhead	36
	McGillicuddy Serious	Bernard Smith		8
	Republican	Pamera Warner

Northland

1996 general election: Northland
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Natural Law	Leigh Bush		57
	National	John Carter	Incumbent for Far North	34
	Independent	Cherry Daly
	Alliance	Frank Grover		5
	Christian Coalition	Ned Jack		none
	ACT	John Latimer		38
	Labour	Peter Pangari		none
	NZ First	Ron Peters		none
	Progressive Green	Kevin Prime		15
	McGillicuddy Serious	Dale Magnus Taylor		47

Ohariu-Belmont

1996 general election: Ohariu-Belmont
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Phillida Bunkle		9
	NZ First	Ernie Davis		none
	Natural Law	Penelope Donovan		6
	United NZ	Peter Dunne	Incumbent for Onslow	3
	ACT	Ken Shirley	Former MP	3
	Labour	Verna Smith	Contested Eden in 1993	25
	Christian Coalition	Rosemarie Thomas		15
	McGillicuddy Serious	Jonat Wharton		21

Otago

1996 general election: Otago
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Bruce Albitson	Contested Waitaki in 1993
	Christian Coalition	Grant Bradfield		6
	ACT	Anne Dill		9
	Natural Law	Carolyn Drake		34
	Independent	Garth Hamilton
	National	Gavan Herlihy		57
	United NZ	Kevin Fleury		17
	McGillicuddy Serious	Mike Legge		25
	Conservatives	Margaret McHugh		2
	NZ First	Stan Perkins		55
	Alliance	Norman Wood		45
	Labour	Janet Yiakmis		none

Otaki

1996 general election: Otaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Robin Culee		34
	Natural Law	Ian Gaustad		16
	Christian Coalition	Kevin Honore		33
	Labour	Judy Keall	Incumbent for Horowhenua	none
	Alliance	Mike Smith		16
	National	Roger Sowry	Incumbent for Kapiti	15
	NZ First	Jack Tamihana		56
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Eddie Perkins	Ineligible due to citizenship		[3]

Owairaka

1996 general election: Owairaka
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Advance NZ	Eric Chuah		5
	Labour	Helen Clark	Incumbent for Mt Albert	1
	ACT	Andrew Couper		none
	Natural Law	Martin Davy		52
	McGillicuddy Serious	Julia Johnson		50
	NZ First	Jason Keiller		20
	Alliance	Keith Locke	Contested Eden in 1993	24
	National	Phil Raffills		46
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Cheryl Parsons	Withdrew due to low list placing	66	[4]

Pakuranga

1996 general election: Pakuranga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Trevor Barnard		29
	Labour	James Clarke		none
	Progressive Green	Catherine Forsyth		none
	Natural Law	John Hodgson		3
	ACT	Heather Mackay	Contested electorate in 1993	23
	Christian Coalition	Craig Starrenburg		none
	National	Maurice Williamson		20

Palmerston North

1996 general election: Palmerston North
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Gerard Hehir	Contested electorate in 1993	28
	Christian Coalition	Grant Bowater		16
	NZ First	Trevor Jans		38
	Labour	Steve Maharey		none
	Natural Law	Tony Martin		10
	National	George Mathew		62
	McGillicuddy Serious	Paddy O'Neil		none
	ACT	Val Wilde		17

Port Waikato

1996 general election: Port Waikato
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Bill Birch	Incumbent for Franklin	3
	United NZ	Diane Colson		7
	Natural Law	Rhonda-Lisa Comins		64
	NZ First	John Forbes		31
	Christian Coalition	Rick Hayward		none
	Labour	Terry Hughes		none
	ACT	Marlene Lamb		20
	Alliance	Francis Petchey		65
	McGillicuddy Serious	David Sutcliffe		64
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Paul Harris		none	[5]

Rakaia

1996 general election: Rakaia
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Christian Coalition	Rosemary Francis		15
	United NZ	John Howie		15
	NZ First	Colleen Page		32
	ACT	Dean Richardson		37
	Alliance	Mark Robertson		62
	National	Jenny Shipley		4
	Natural Law	Ian Smillie		55
	Labour	Geoff Stone		39

Rangitikei

1996 general election: Rangitikei
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Victor Bailey		55
	Independent	Bruce Beetham	Former MP
	Natural Law	John Blatchford		46
	Conservatives	Jim Howard		18
	Christian Coalition	Vic Jarvis		20
	Alliance	Hamish MacIntyre	Contested Manawatu in 1993	19
	National	Denis Marshall		32
	Labour	Jill White	Incumbent for Manawatu	9
	NZ First	Peter Woolston		54

Rimutaka

1996 general election: Rimutaka
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Karyn Bisdee		48
	ACT	Owen Dance		21
	McGillicuddy Serious	Dan Hegarty		none
	Christian Coalition	Geoff Hounsell		12
	NZ First	Peter McCardle	Incumbent for Heretaunga	4
	Labour	Paul Swain	Incumbent for Eastern Hutt	none
	Alliance	Brendan Tracey		55
	Natural Law	Neil West		none

Rodney

1996 general election: Rodney
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green Society	Vic Albon		6
	Labour	Mike Coutanche		none
	ACT	Brian Dent		53
	NZ First	David Gill		34
	Progressive Green	Callum Hayes		none
	United NZ	Michael Hilt		28
	Alliance	Mike Lee		none
	Independent	Ross Meurant	Incumbent for Hobson
	National	Lockwood Smith	Incumbent for Kaipara	8
	McGillicuddy Serious	Val Smith		7
	Natural Law	Angela Wood		36

Rongotai

1996 general election: Rongotai
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	United NZ	Steven Bright		14
	ACT	Stephen Gore		43
	Alliance	Bill Hamilton		26
	Labour	Annette King	Incumbent for Miramar	6
	National	David Major		38
	Private Enterprise	Frank Moncur
	Natural Law	Richard Moreham		15
	Asia Pacific	Mano'o Mulitalo		1
	Legalise Cannabis	Kevin Patrick O'Connell		none
	McGillicuddy Serious	Greg Smith		10

Rotorua

1996 general election: Rotorua
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Max Bradford	Incumbent for Tarawera	none
	Natural Law	Frank Gwynne		38
	McGillicuddy Serious	Adrian Holroyd		20
	Labour	Rosemary Michie		46
	Conservatives	Dennis Quirke		4
	Alliance	Keith Ridings	Contested electorate in 1993	22
	NZ First	Charles Sturt		44
	Te Tawharau	Hawea Vercoe		3
	Progressive Green	Allan Williams		none
	Christian Coalition	Geoff Winter		38
	ACT	Stephen Wrathall		47

Tamaki

1996 general election: Tamaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Ron Chamberlain		45
	Independent	Sue Henry
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	Incumbent for New Lynn	7
	Advance NZ	Manu Prescott		8
	McGillicuddy Serious	A.J. Russell		none
	ACT	Patricia Schnauer		5
	National	Clem Simich		42
	Progressive Green	Rodger Spiller		6
	Alliance	Rosalie Steward		42
	Green Society	Peter Whitmore		2

Taranaki-King Country

1996 general election: Taranaki-King Country
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Mana Māori	Jacqui Amohanga		7
	National	Jim Bolger		1
	Labour	Peter Calvert		none
	Alliance	Kevin Campbell		48
	Natural Law	Joanna Grieg		59
	McGillicuddy Serious	Anand Hayso	Contested electorate in 1993	17
	ACT	Trevor Johnson		none
	NZ First	Robin Ord		33
	Independent	Brett Power
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Murray Simpson		none	[5]

Taupo

1996 general election: Taupo
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Mark Burton		10
	Alliance	Sheryl Cadman		43
	McGillicuddy Serious	David Dick		35
	ACT	Adrian Dixon		41
	Natural Law	Jan Flynn		53
	National	John McCarthy		none
	NZ First	Ian Peters	Former MP	16
	Conservatives	Bob Vine		5

Tauranga

1996 general election: Tauranga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Gary Barham	Contested electorate in 1993	50
	McGillicuddy Serious	Graeme Cairns		65
	Labour	Stephanie Hammond		none
	Independent	Maxime Leech
	National	Katherine O'Regan	Incumbent for Waipa	10
	NZ First	Winston Peters		1
	ACT	Michael Ryan
	Christian Coalition	Kel Steiner		none
	Te Tawharau	Steven Te Kani		5
	Natural Law	Helen Treadwell	Contested Whangarei in 1993	40

Tukituki

1996 general election: Tukituki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Harry Alchin-Smith		41
	Labour	Rick Barker		28
	NZ First	Keri James Kingi		41
	ACT	John Ormond		10
	Natural Law	Martyn Ouseley		27
	National	Graeme Reeves	Contested Miramar in 1993	60
	Christian Coalition	Helma Vermeulen		24
	Asia Pacific	Tuli Wong Kee		6

Waimakariri

1996 general election: Waimakariri
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Ross Andrews		none
	Christian Coalition	Lindsay Bain		23
	Natural Law	Mike Barthmelmeh		21
	NZ First	Claire Bulman		19
	National	Jim Gerard	Incumbent for Rangiora	17
	Independent	Peter Hawkhead
	Labour	Mike Moore	Incumbent for Christchurch North	none
	Alliance	John Wright	Contested Rangiora in 1993	4

Waipareira

1996 general election: Waipareira
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Natural Law	Judy Boock		13
	Labour	Chris Carter	Incumbent for Te Atatu	none
	NZ First	Jack Elder	Incumbent for Henderson	7
	ACT	Chris Fidoe		none
	Alliance	Laila Harré	Contested Te Atatu in 1993	8
	National	Brian Neeson	Incumbent for Waitakere	35
	Republican	Akesa Tagaloa-Faleiva

Wairarapa

1996 general election: Wairarapa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Natural Law	Bruce Brown		18
	National	Wyatt Creech		12
	ACT	Derek Daniell		42
	World Socialist	Christopher Fackney
	NZ First	George Groombridge		35
	Progressive Green	Mathew Horrocks		12
	Christian Coalition	Mike Lloyd		10
	Alliance	Dave MacPherson		14
	Labour	Lynette Stutz		35
	McGillicuddy Serious	Vince Terreni	Contested Auckland Central in 1990	none

Waitakere

1996 general election: Waitakere
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Progressive Green	Mark Bellingham		4
	Superannuitants & Youth	John Cronin	Contested Tauranga in 1993	1
	ACT	Stephen Depiazzi		54
	McGillicuddy Serious	Gravity George		none
	Green Society	Hans Grueber		4
	National	Marie Hasler	Former MP	27
	Natural Law	Kay Morgan		25
	NZ First	John Riddell		62
	Labour	Suzanne Sinclair	Incumbent for Titirangi	27
	Alliance	Liz Thomas		38

Wellington Central

1996 general election: Wellington Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby		1
	Christian Coalition	Robin Corner		14
	Progressive Green	Alison Davis		3
	Independent	Andy Foster
	United NZ	Pauline Gardiner	Incumbent for Wellington-Karori	5
	McGillicuddy Serious	Ross Gardner		27
	Alliance	Danna Glendining		30
	Mana Māori	Waiariki Grace		12
	Libertarianz	Nikolas Haden		9
	Natural Law	Daniel Meares		14
	NZ First	Sarah Porter		none
	ACT	Richard Prebble	Contested Auckland Central in 1993	1
	Asia Pacific	Rama Ramanathan		2
	Independent	Peter Franklin Robinson
	Labour	Alick Shaw		none
	National	Mark Thomas		49

West Coast-Tasman

1996 general election: West Coast-Tasman
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Alliance	Richard Davies		49
	Progressive Green	Gwenny Davis		7
	Christian Coalition	Iola Griffin		none
	ACT	Owen Jennings		6
	NZ First	Marlene Kennedy		61
	National	Margaret Moir	Contested West Coast in 1993	51
	Labour	Damien O'Connor	Incumbent for West Coast	32
	Natural Law	Mark Rayner		41
	McGillicuddy Serious	Steve Richards		6
	Independent	Ken Waldron

Whanganui

1996 general election: Whanganui
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Christian Coalition	Gael Donoghue	Contested electorate in 1993	11
	National	Peter Gresham	Incumbent for Waitotara	24
	Natural Law	Kevin Harvey		43
	Alliance	Caroline Lampp		27
	ACT	John Lithgow	Former MP	39
	NZ First	Duncan Mathews		50
	Labour	Jill Pettis		14
	Conservatives	Eric Werder		3

Whangarei

1996 general election: Whangarei
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	John Banks		16
	NZ First	Brian Donnelly	Contested electorate in 1993	6
	Independent	Paul Gourlie	Contested electorate in 1993
	Labour	Kevin Grose		none
	Natural Law	Guy David Hatchard		9
	Independent	Mary Le Myre
	Alliance	Brian Morris		63
	ACT	Muriel Newman		8
	United NZ	Gray Phillips		29
	McGillicuddy Serious	Richard Wolfe		none

Wigram

1996 general election: Wigram
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Progressive Green	Jules Adams		none
	Alliance	Jim Anderton	Incumbent for Sydenham	1
	United NZ	John Austin		none
	NZ First	Nicci Bergman	Contested Sydenham in 1993	23
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen	Contested Sydenham in 1993
	McGillicuddy Serious	Nick Harper		45
	Natural Law	Warwick Jones		11
	National	Angus McKay		53
	Dominion Workers	Clifford Mundy	Contested Sydenham in 1993
	Labour	Mick Ozimek		none
	Independent	Averil Tunridge
	Independent	Peter Wakeman
	ACT	Stu Whyte

Maori electorates

Te Puku O Te Whenua

1996 general election: Te Puku O Te Whenua
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Donna Awatere Huata		4
	Natural Law	Tim Irwin	Contested Southern Maori in 1993	48
	Alliance	Rewi James		54
	Te Tawharau	Niko John Maihi		4
	Mana Māori	Ken Mair		8
	Independent	Te Aroha Jack Mei
	Indigenous Peoples	Turangapito Parata
	National	Timoti Te Heuheu		none
	Labour	Rino Tirikatene		none
	Christian Coalition	Maahi Tukapa		34
	NZ First	Rana Waitai		27
	Nga Iwi Morehu	Jennifer Waitai-Rapana

Te Tai Hauauru

1996 general election: Te Tai Hauauru
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	McGillicuddy Serious	Derek Alston		none
	Mana Māori	Angeline Greensill		1
	Alliance	Te Pare Joseph		58
	ACT	Merania Karauria		18
	Labour	Nanaia Mahuta		8
	National	Tahuna Minhinnick		none
	NZ First	Tuku Morgan		10
	Indigenous Peoples	Kotene Pihima
	Natural Law	Ken Thomas		44
	Christian Coalition	Rawiri Whare	Contested Southern Maori in 1993	none

Te Tai Rawhiti

1996 general election: Te Tai Rawhiti
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Hinemoa Awatere
	National	Peta Butt		56
	Te Tawharau	Willie Coates		1
	NZ First	Tuariki Delamere		18
	Mana Māori	Tame Iti	Contested Eastern Maori in 1993	2
	Alliance	Alamein Kopu	Contested Eastern Maori in 1993	12
	Natural Law	Lynne Patterson		24
	Labour	Peter Tapsell	Incumbent for Eastern Maori	none

Te Tai Tokerau

1996 general election: Te Tai Tokerau
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Natural Law	Mere Austin		5
	Independent	Maryanne Baker
	Alliance	Peter Campbell		35
	National	Rihari Dick Dargaville		55
	Labour	Joe Hawke		15
	NZ First	Tau Henare	Incumbent for Northern Maori	2
	McGillicuddy Serious	K.T. Julian		4
	Christian Coalition	Larry Sytherland		none
	Indigenous Peoples	Kingi Eruera Taurua

Te Tai Tonga

1996 general election: Te Tai Tonga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Cliff Bedwell		63
	Alliance	Hone Kaiwai		15
	Mana Māori	Eva Rickard		none
	Labour	Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan	Incumbent for Southern Maori	none
	Legalise Cannabis	Honty Whaanga		17
	NZ First	Tu Wyllie		36

References

1. "Electorate candidates for election". The Dominion . 19 September 1996. p. 17.
2. "Alliance to rerun Chch Central vote". The Press . 11 October 1995.
3. "ACT candidate withdraws". The Evening Standard. 21 August 1996. p. 2.
4. "Solo effort to keep the courts busy". The Dominion . 15 May 1996. p. 14.
5. "Political parties gear up for candidate selection blitz". Waikato Times . 28 May 1996. p. 3.