Leader of the House (New Zealand)

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Leader of the House
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Incumbent
Chris Bishop
since 27 November 2023
Appointer Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder David Thomson
Formation13 December 1978
Deputy Louise Upston

In the New Zealand Parliament, the leader of the House is the government minister appointed by the prime minister to be responsible for the management of Government business in the House of Representatives. This includes determining the order in which the Government's legislative agenda will be addressed in the House. The leader of the House is also an ex officio member of the Parliamentary Service Commission.

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History and functions

The first leader of the House was appointed in 1978, although a similar office had existed in Australia since 1951 and another in the United Kingdom for several centuries. The responsibilities of the leader of the House were previously functions exercised by the prime minister. [1]

The leader of the House serves three main functions: [2]

List of leaders of the House

The following individuals have been appointed as leader of the New Zealand House of Representatives: [3]

Key

   National    Labour

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1 David Thomson David Spence Thomson.jpg 13 December 197826 July 1984 Muldoon
2 Geoffrey Palmer Geoffrey Palmer.jpg 26 July 198424 August 1987 Lange
3 Jonathan Hunt Jonathan Hunt 1986.jpg 24 August 19872 November 1990
Palmer
Moore
4 Paul East Paul East crop.jpg 2 November 199027 March 1993 Bolger
5 Don McKinnon Don McKinnon 2012.jpg 27 March 199316 December 1996
6 Wyatt Creech Wyatt Creech, 1998.jpg 16 December 199631 August 1998
Shipley
7 Roger Sowry Roger Sowry.jpg 31 August 199810 December 1999
8 Michael Cullen Michael Cullen, 2008.jpg 10 December 199919 November 2008 Clark
9 Gerry Brownlee Gerry Brownlee 2014-11-24.jpg 19 November 20082 May 2017 Key
English
10 Simon Bridges Simon-Bridges-Free-Crop.jpg 2 May 201726 October 2017
11 Chris Hipkins Chris Hipkins 2 crop.jpg 26 October 201725 January 2023 Ardern
12 Grant Robertson Hon Grant Robertson (cropped).jpg 25 January 2023 [a] 27 November 2023 Hipkins
13 Chris Bishop Chris Bishop (cropped).png 27 November 2023Present Luxon
  1. Acting Leader of the House from 25 January until 1 February 2023.

See also

Notes

  1. G.A. Wood, ed. (1996). Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2nd ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. p. 62.
  2. "People in Parliament". New Zealand House of Representatives . Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. Wilson 1985, p. 124.

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