List of New Zealand electorates represented by sitting prime ministers

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This is a chronological list of parliamentary electorates in the New Zealand which were represented by sitting prime ministers.

Contents

Four prime ministers were members of the now abolished New Zealand Legislative Council and one has been a List MP. No prime minister has represented a Māori electorate.

List

The following is a list of all electorates represented by sitting prime ministers: [1]

ElectoratePrime MinisterStartEndNotes
Christchurch Henry Sewell 7 May 185620 May 1856
Wanganui William Fox 20 May 18562 June 1856
Nelson Edward Stafford 2 June 185612 July 1861
Rangitikei William Fox 12 July 18616 August 1862
Nelson Alfred Domett 6 August 186230 October 1863
none Frederick Whitaker 30 October 186324 November 1864Member of the Legislative Council
Cheviot Frederick Weld 24 November 186416 October 1865
Nelson Edward Stafford 16 October 186520 November 1868
Timaru Edward Stafford 20 November 186828 June 1869
Rangitikei William Fox 28 June 186910 September 1872
Timaru Edward Stafford 10 September 187211 October 1872
none George Waterhouse 11 October 18723 March 1873Member of the Legislative Council
Rangitikei William Fox 3 March 18738 April 1873
Auckland East Julius Vogel 8 April 18736 July 1875
none Daniel Pollen 6 July 187515 February 1876Member of the Legislative Council
Wanganui Julius Vogel 15 February 18761 September 1876
Egmont Harry Atkinson 1 September 187613 October 1877
Thames George Grey 13 October 18778 October 1879
Selwyn John Hall 8 October 187921 April 1882
none Frederick Whitaker 21 April 188225 September 1883Member of the Legislative Council
Egmont Harry Atkinson 25 September 188316 August 1884
Dunedin East Robert Stout 16 August 188428 August 1884
Egmont Harry Atkinson 28 August 18843 September 1884
Dunedin East Robert Stout 3 September 18848 October 1887
Egmont Harry Atkinson 8 October 188724 January 1891
Wanganui John Ballance 24 January 189127 April 1893
Westland Richard Seddon 27 April 189310 June 1906
Timaru William Hall-Jones 10 June 19066 August 1906
Awarua Joseph Ward 6 August 190612 March 1912
Egmont Thomas Mackenzie 12 March 191210 July 1912
Franklin William Massey 10 July 191210 May 1925
none Francis Bell 10 May 192530 May 1925Member of the Legislative Council
Kaipara Gordon Coates 30 May 192510 December 1928
Invercargill Joseph Ward 10 December 192828 May 1930
Hurunui George Forbes 28 May 19306 December 1935
Auckland West Michael Joseph Savage 6 December 193527 March 1940
Wellington Central Peter Fraser 27 March 194027 November 1946
Brooklyn Peter Fraser 27 November 194613 December 1949
Fendalton Sidney Holland 13 December 194920 September 1957
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 20 September 195712 December 1957
Hutt Walter Nash 12 December 195712 December 1960
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 12 December 19607 February 1972
Karori Jack Marshall 7 February 19728 December 1972
Sydenham Norman Kirk 8 December 197231 August 1974
Onehunga Hugh Watt 31 August 19746 September 1974Acting Prime Minister
Tasman Bill Rowling 6 September 197412 December 1975
Tamaki Robert Muldoon 12 December 197526 July 1984
Mangere David Lange 26 July 19848 August 1989
Christchurch Central Geoffrey Palmer 8 August 19894 September 1990
Christchurch North Mike Moore 4 September 19902 November 1990
King Country Jim Bolger 2 November 199012 October 1996
Taranaki-King Country Jim Bolger 12 October 19968 December 1997
Rakaia Jenny Shipley 8 December 19975 December 1999
Mount Albert Helen Clark 5 December 199919 November 2008
Helensville John Key 19 November 200812 December 2016
none Bill English 12 December 201626 October 2017 List MP
Mount Albert Jacinda Ardern 26 October 201725 January 2023
Remutaka Chris Hipkins 25 January 202327 November 2023
Botany Christopher Luxon 27 November 2023Incumbent

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