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43rd New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

43rd New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

FieldValue
name43rd Parliament of New Zealand
imageFile:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
captionParliament House, Wellington
bodyNew Zealand Parliament
election[1990 New Zealand general election](1990-new-zealand-general-election)
governmentFourth National Government
term_start28 November 1990
term_end23 September 1993
before[42nd Parliament](42nd-new-zealand-parliament)
after[44th Parliament](44th-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1House of Representatives
chamber1_imageFile:43rd New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership197
chamber1_leader1_typeSpeaker of the House
chamber1_leader1Robin Gray
chamber1_leader2_typeLeader of the House
chamber1_leader2Don McKinnon
— Paul East until 27 March 1993
chamber1_leader3_typePrime Minister
chamber1_leader3Jim Bolger
chamber1_leader4_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader4Mike Moore
chamber2Sovereign
chamber2_leader1_typeMonarch
chamber2_leader1Elizabeth II
chamber2_leader2_typeGovernor-General
chamber2_leader2Catherine Tizard
— Paul Reeves until 29 November 1990
session1_start28 November 1990
session1_end19 December 1990
session2_start22 January 1991
session2_end23 September 1993

— Paul East until 27 March 1993 — Paul Reeves until 29 November 1990 The 43rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1990 elections, and it sat until the 1993 elections.

The 43rd Parliament saw the beginning of the fourth National Party government, with the Labour Party failing to win a third term in office. The 43rd Parliament was heavily dominated by National, which controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats. Only one minor party, Jim Anderton's NewLabour, was present at the beginning of the 43rd Parliament. Later, NewLabour would join with several unrepresented parties to form the Alliance, which would gain two additional seats when two National MPs defected. Another National MP, Winston Peters, would also break away from his party, becoming an independent.

The 43rd Parliament consisted of ninety-seven representatives, the same as the previous Parliament. All of these representatives were chosen by single-member geographical electorates, including four Māori electorates.

Electoral boundaries for the 43rd Parliament

Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1990 election and at dissolution:

AffiliationMembersAt [1990 election](1990-new-zealand-general-election)At dissolution
67**63**
***Government total****67****63***
29**29**
1*Merger*
*Not yet founded***2**
*Not yet founded***2**
–**1**
***Opposition total****30****34***
**Total**
97**97**
**Working Government majority**37**29**

Notes

  • Jim Anderton, Leader of the NewLabour Party merged the party into the newly founded Alliance party.
  • The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

Initial composition of the 43rd Parliament

Changes during 43rd Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 43rd Parliament.

By-elections

Electorate and by-electionDateIncumbentCauseWinner
  • Robert Muldoon, the National Party MP for Tamaki and a former Prime Minister of New Zealand, quit Parliament on 17 December 1991. His departure prompted a by-election in Tamaki early the following year — it was won by Clem Simich, also of the National Party.
  • Fran Wilde, the Labour Party MP for Wellington Central, quit Parliament in 1992 to become Mayor of Wellington. Her departure prompted a by-election in Wellington Central in December — it was won by Chris Laidlaw, also of the Labour Party.
  • Winston Peters, the National Party MP for Tauranga, resigned from both his party and his seat on 18 March 1993. His departure prompted a by-election in Tauranga in April — Peters contested and won it as an independent candidate. Later, he would found the New Zealand First party.

Party affiliation changes

NameYearSeatFromTo
Jim Anderton1991SydenhamNewLabour
Gilbert Myles1991RoskillNational
1991IndependentLiberal
1992LiberalAlliance
1993AllianceNew Zealand First
Hamish MacIntyre1991ManawatuNational
1992LiberalAlliance
Cam Campion1991WanganuiNational
Winston Peters1993TaurangaIndependent
  • Jim Anderton, the sole MP for the NewLabour Party, merged his party with several others to form the Alliance in 1991. Anderton was thereafter recorded as an Alliance MP rather than a NewLabour MP.
  • Gilbert Myles and Hamish MacIntyre, the National Party MPs for Roskill and Manawatu, respectively, quit their party in 1992. They established a small group Liberal Party, which they eventually merged into the Alliance.
  • Cam Campion, the National Party MP for Wanganui, announced his resignation from the party on 3 March 1993. He accused the party of attempting to rig the reselection process against him. Campion remained an independent for the remainder of the term.
  • Winston Peters formed the New Zealand First party in 1993. He was joined in the party by Myles.

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