List of appointments to the New Zealand House of Representatives

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This is a list of appointments to the New Zealand House of Representatives, which is the sole house of the New Zealand Parliament, filling vacancies of List MPs, from the first election to be held under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system in 1996 until the present day.

Vacancies can be caused in several ways:

List of appointments

45th Parliament (1996–1999)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
23 April 1997 Jim Gerard National Resignation Annabel Young National [1]
24 November 1998 Jill White Labour Resignation Helen Duncan Labour [2]
16 February 1999 Deborah Morris Independent Resignation Gilbert Myles NZ First [3]
16 February 1999 Paul East National Resignation Alec Neill National [3]
46th Parliament (1999–2002)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
15 March 2000 Don McKinnon National Resignation Arthur Anae National [4]
13 February 2001 Simon Upton National Resignation Alec Neill National [5]
47th Parliament (2002–2005)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
29 July 2003 Graham Kelly Labour Resignation Moana Mackey Labour [6]
30 November 2004 Donna Awatere Huata Independent Expulsion Kenneth Wang ACT [7]
5 April 2005 Jonathan Hunt Labour Resignation Lesley Soper Labour [8]
48th Parliament (2005–2008)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
15 November 2005 Rod Donald Green Death Nándor Tánczos Green [9]
1 August 2006 Jim Sutton Labour Resignation Charles Chauvel Labour [10]
13 February 2007 Don Brash National Resignation Katrina Shanks National [11]
20 February 2007 Georgina Beyer Labour Resignation Lesley Soper Labour [12]
19 February 2008 Brian Donnelly NZ First Resignation Dail Jones NZ First [13]
4 March 2008 Ann Hartley Labour Resignation Louisa Wall Labour [14]
1 April 2008 Dianne Yates Labour Resignation William Sio Labour [15]
1 July 2008 Nándor Tánczos Green Resignation Russel Norman Green [16]
49th Parliament (2008–2011)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
5 May 2009 Michael Cullen Labour Resignation Damien O'Connor Labour [17]
17 June 2009 Richard Worth National Resignation Cam Calder National [18]
17 November 2009 Sue Bradford Green Resignation David Clendon Green [19]
16 February 2010 Jeanette Fitzsimons Green Resignation Gareth Hughes Green [20]
12 October 2010 David Garrett ACT Resignation Hilary Calvert ACT [21]
12 April 2011 Darren Hughes Labour Resignation Louisa Wall Labour [22]
50th Parliament (2011–2014)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
19 February 2013 Lockwood Smith National Resignation Aaron Gilmore National [23]
13 March 2013 Charles Chauvel Labour Resignation Carol Beaumont Labour [24]
28 May 2013 Jackie Blue National Resignation Paul Foster-Bell National [25]
29 May 2013 Aaron Gilmore National Resignation Claudette Hauiti National [26]
28 January 2014 Katrina Shanks National Resignation Jo Hayes National [27]
27 May 2014 Shane Jones Labour Resignation Kelvin Davis Labour [28]
51st Parliament (2014–2017)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
28 April 2015 Winston Peters NZ First Elected to electorate seat Ria Bond NZ First [29]
3 November 2015 Russel Norman Green Resignation Marama Davidson Green [30]
9 February 2016 Tim Groser National Resignation Maureen Pugh National [31]
7 October 2016 Kevin Hague Green Resignation Barry Coates Green [32]
16 March 2017 Jacinda Ardern Labour Elected to electorate seat Raymond Huo Labour [33]
52nd Parliament (2017–2020)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
20 March 2018 Bill English National Resignation Maureen Pugh National [34]
3 April 2018 Steven Joyce National Resignation Nicola Willis National [35]
12 February 2019 Chris Finlayson National Resignation Agnes Loheni National [36]
16 May 2019 Nuk Korako National Resignation Paulo Garcia National [37]
53rd Parliament (2020 – 2023)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
11 June 2021 Nick Smith National Resignation Harete Hipango National [38]
1 May 2022 Louisa Wall Labour Resignation Lemauga Lydia Sosene Labour [39]
25 July 2022 Kris Faafoi Labour Resignation Dan Rosewarne Labour [40]
25 October 2022 Trevor Mallard Labour Resignation Soraya Peke-Mason Labour [41]
54th Parliament (2023 – present)
DateIncumbentPartyCauseAppointeePartySource
6 December 2023 Andrew Little Labour Resignation Camilla Belich Labour [42]
19 January 2024 Golriz Ghahraman Green Resignation Celia Wade-Brown Green [43]
29 January 2024 Rino Tirikatene Labour Resignation Tracey McLellan Labour [44]
7 February 2024 Kelvin Davis Labour Resignation Shanan Halbert Labour [45]

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