Members of the New Zealand Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

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This is a list of Members of the New Zealand Parliament who have served for at least 30 years. The time of service is not always continuous and separate terms are aggregated.

New Zealand Parliament legislative body of New Zealand

The New Zealand Parliament is the legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the Queen of New Zealand (Queen-in-Parliament) and the New Zealand House of Representatives. The Queen is usually represented by her governor-general. Before 1951, there was an upper chamber, the New Zealand Legislative Council. The Parliament was established in 1854 and is one of the oldest continuously functioning legislatures in the world.

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A total of 32 individuals have served in excess of 30 years in Parliament. Thus far the only female MP to have served longer than 30 years is Annette King. [1]

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this category includes specifically members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title. Member of Congress is an equivalent term in other jurisdictions.

Annette King New Zealand politician

Dame Annette Faye King is a former New Zealand politician. She served as Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2011, and from 2014 until 1 March 2017. She was a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand, and was the MP for the Rongotai electorate in Wellington from 1996 to 2017.

Members of Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

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†: Died in office

NameFirst electedLeft ParliamentHighest office heldReferences
Sir William Steward 3 February 1871 20 November 1911 [nb 1] Speaker of the House [2] [3]
Thomas Young Duncan 9 December 1881 19 December 1911Cabinet Minister
Sir James Carroll 7 September 1887 27 November 1919 [nb 2] Cabinet Minister [4]
Sir James Allen 26 September 1887 22 March 1920Cabinet Minister [5]
Sir Joseph Ward 26 September 1887 8 July 1930†Prime Minister
William Massey 9 April 1894 10 May 1925†Prime Minister [6]
Sir Thomas Wilford 4 December 1896 18 November 1929Leader of the Opposition [7] [8]
William Hughes Field 6 January 1900 1 November 1935MP [9]
Sir Āpirana Ngata 20 December 1905 30 August 1943 [nb 3] Cabinet Minister [10]
George Forbes 17 November 1908 25 September 1943Prime Minister
Gordon Coates 19 December 1911 27 May 1943†Prime Minister
Peter Fraser 3 October 1918 12 December 1950†Prime Minister [11]
Bill Parry 17 December 1919 27 July 1951 [nb 4] Cabinet Minister [12]
Robert McKeen 7 December 1922 5 October 1954 [nb 5] Speaker of the House [13]
Rex Mason 15 April 1926 25 October 1966 [nb 6] Cabinet Minister [14]
Sir Walter Nash 18 December 1929 4 June 1968†Prime Minister [15]
Sir Eruera Tirikatene 3 August 1932 11 January 1967†Cabinet Minister
Sir Keith Holyoake 1 December 1932 10 March 1977Prime Minister [16]
Clyde Carr 27 November 1935 31 May 1962Chairman of Committees [17]
Sir Arnold Nordmeyer 27 November 1935 29 November 1969Leader of the Opposition [18]
Sir Robert Macfarlane 3 June 1939 29 November 1969Speaker of the House
Warren Freer 24 September 1947 29 October 1981 [nb 7] Cabinet Minister [19]
Bob Tizard 30 November 1957 27 October 1990Deputy Prime Minister
Sir Robert Muldoon 26 November 1960 17 December 1991Prime Minister [20]
Jonathan Hunt 26 November 1966 30 March 2005Speaker of the House [21]
Winston Peters 24 May 1979presentDeputy Prime Minister
Phil Goff 28 November 1981 12 October 2016Leader of the Opposition
Peter Dunne 14 July 1984 22 August 2017Cabinet Minister [22]
Dame Annette King 14 July 198422 August 2017Cabinet Minister [1]
Trevor Mallard 14 July 1984presentSpeaker of the House
Murray McCully 15 August 1987 22 August 2017Cabinet Minister
Maurice Williamson 15 August 198722 August 2017Cabinet Minister

Table footnotes: [23]

  1. ↑ date of dissolution of the 17th Parliament
  2. ↑ date of dissolution of the 19th Parliament
  3. ↑ date of dissolution of the 26th Parliament
  4. ↑ date of dissolution of the 29th Parliament
  5. ↑ date of dissolution of the 30th Parliament
  6. ↑ date of dissolution of the 34th Parliament
  7. ↑ date of dissolution of the 39th Parliament

See also

Father or Mother of the House is an unofficial title applied to the longest-serving member of parliament (MP) sitting in the New Zealand House of Representatives. No duties or special distinctions are associated with the position.

Living former members of the New Zealand Parliament

This is a list of living former members of the New Zealand House of Representatives who were elected more than 40 years ago, as at 20 November 2018. The most recent election to occur more than 40 years ago took place on 25 November 1978. The most recent election that occurred almost 40 years ago was the Christchurch Central by-election held on 18 August 1979; Geoffrey Palmer first entered the house at that election.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Labour's Grande Dame Annette King signs out". The New Zealand Herald . 10 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Father of the House". The Marlborough Express . XXXIX (155). 5 July 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 233, 236.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 188, 201.
  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 179, 188.
  6. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 179, 219.
  7. ↑ "Maori MPs - Parliament's people". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 219, 245.
  9. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 195.
  10. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 223, 245.
  11. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 198, 223.
  12. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 198, 225.
  13. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 215, 225.
  14. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 215, 218.
  15. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 218, 223.
  16. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 47, 58, 206, 223.
  17. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 188.
  18. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 223.
  19. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 198, 206.
  20. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 198, 222.
  21. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 206.
  22. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 194.
  23. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 137–139.

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