The 1999 New Zealand general election was held on 27 November 1999 to determine the composition of the 46th New Zealand Parliament. The governing National Party,led by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley,was defeated,being replaced by a coalition of Helen Clark's Labour Party and the smaller Alliance. This marked an end to nine years of the Fourth National Government,and the beginning of the Fifth Labour Government which would govern for nine years in turn,until its loss to the National Party in the 2008 general election. It was the first New Zealand election where both major parties had female leaders.
The 1996 New Zealand general election was held on 12 October 1996 to determine the composition of the 45th New Zealand Parliament. It was notable for being the first election to be held under the new mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system,and produced a parliament considerably more diverse than previous elections. Under the new MMP system,65 members were elected in single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting,while a further 55 "top-up" members were allocated from closed lists to achieve a proportional distribution based on each party's share of the nationwide party vote.
Matthew Peter Robson is a New Zealand politician. He was deputy leader of the Progressive Party,and served in the Parliament from 1996 to 2005,first as a member of the Alliance,then as a Progressive.
Richard John Northey is a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1990,and again from 1993 to 1996. He served on the Auckland Council between 2010 and 2013,and is a member of the Labour Party.
The Onehunga by-election of 1980 was a by-election for the Onehunga electorate during the 39th New Zealand Parliament. It was prompted by the death of Frank Rogers,a Labour Party MP. It was held on 7 June 1980 and was won by Fred Gerbic,also of the Labour Party.
Maungakiekie is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate,returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Maungakiekie is Greg Fleming of the National Party. The electorate's name comes from Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill,a large and symbolically important hill at the western end of the seat.
Mount Roskill is a parliamentary electorate in Auckland,New Zealand,returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Phil Goff of the Labour Party held the seat from the 1999 election until he resigned from Parliament on 12 October 2016 after contesting and being elected Mayor of Auckland on 8 October 2016 in the 2016 mayoral election. His resignation necessitated a byelection in this electorate which was won by Michael Wood.
Frederick Miroslav Gerbic was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Onehunga,initially with the formal name of Town of Onehunga,is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the south of the city of Auckland. Between 1861 and 1881,and between 1938 and 1996,it was represented by seven Members of Parliament. It was a stronghold for the Labour Party.
Peseta Samuelu Masunu "Sam" Lotu-Iiga is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Maungakiekie electorate,having been elected in the 2008 election. Lotu-Iiga was one of two National Party Pasifika MPs. Lotu-Iiga holds the Samoan high chiefly title of Peseta.
Denise Adrienne Lee is a New Zealand politician who was the National Party's Member of Parliament for the Maungakiekie electorate from 2017 to 2020. She was previously an Auckland Council local body councillor.
Priyanca Radhakrishnan is a New Zealand politician who has been elected to the New Zealand parliament since the 2017 general election as a representative of the New Zealand Labour Party and was Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector from 2020 to 2023.
Christopher Bishop is a New Zealand National Party politician who was first elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2014 as a list MP. Bishop won the Hutt South electorate in 2017 but lost the seat in 2020. He returned to Parliament as a National list MP and served as National spokesperson for Housing and Infrastructure and is the Shadow Leader of the House. He is the Chairperson of National's 2023 Election Campaign. He is the current MP for Hutt South. He is a former lobbyist for tobacco company Phillip Morris.
The Otahuhu by-election 1963 was a by-election held in the Otahuhu electorate in Auckland during the term of the 33rd New Zealand Parliament,on 16 March 1963.
The Onehunga by-election 1953 was a by-election held in the Onehunga electorate in Auckland during the term of the 30th New Zealand Parliament,on 19 December 1953. The by-election was won by Hugh Watt of the Labour Party.
Virginia Ruby Andersen is a New Zealand politician. She has been a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party since the 2017 New Zealand general election.
Helen Ione White is a New Zealand politician. In 2020 she became a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party. In 2023,she was chosen by Labour to contest the Mount Albert electorate,previously held by former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. White won the seat,holding it for Labour,but by a significantly reduced margin of 18 votes.
Ricardo Menéndez March is a New Zealand activist and politician who,since 2020,is a Member of Parliament for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand in the House of Representatives.
Jessica Hammond is a New Zealand public servant,perennial candidate,playwright,and blogger. Hammond stood for The Opportunities Party for Ōhāriu in the 2017 and 2020 general elections.
This page lists candidates contesting electorates in the 2023 New Zealand general election.
