48th New Zealand Parliament

48th Parliament of New Zealand
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Parliament House, Wellington
Overview
Legislative body	New Zealand Parliament
Term	7 November 2005 – 3 October 2008
Election	2005 New Zealand general election
Government	Fifth Labour Government
House of Representatives
Members	121
Speaker of the House	Margaret Wilson
Leader of the House	Michael Cullen
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Leader of the Opposition	John Key — Don Brash until 27 November 2006
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Anand Satyanand from 23 August 2006 — Silvia Cartwright until 4 August 2006

The 48th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined at a general election held on 17 September 2005. The new parliament met for the first time on 7 November 2005. It was dissolved on 3 October 2008.^[1]

The Labour Party and the Progressive Party, backed by New Zealand First and United Future, established a majority at the beginning the 48th Parliament. The Labour-led administration was in its third term. The National Party and ACT form the formal opposition to the government. Other non-government parties are the Greens (who promised to abstain on confidence and supply votes) and the Māori Party.

The 48th Parliament consists of 121 representatives. This represents an overhang of one seat, with the Māori Party having won one more electorate than its share of the vote would otherwise have given it. In total, sixty-nine of the MPs were chosen by geographical electorates, including seven Māori electorates. The remainder were elected by means of party-list proportional representation under the MMP electoral system.

All of the Māori Party MPs attempted to alter their oath of office by adding references to the Treaty of Waitangi. They were all required to retake their oaths.

Summary of the 17 September 2005 election for the House of Representatives^[2]

Party		Party vote			Electorate vote			Seats
		Votes	%	Change (pp)	Votes	%	Change (pp)	List	Electorate	Total	+/-
	Labour	935,319	41.10	0.16	902,072	40.35	4.34	19	31	50	2
	National	889,813	39.10	18.17	902,874	40.38	9.84	17	31	48	21
	NZ First	130,115	5.72	4.66	78,117	3.49	0.49	7	0	7	6
	Green	120,521	5.30	1.70	92,164	4.12	1.23	6	0	6	3
	Māori Party	48,263	2.12	new	75,076	3.36	new	0	4	4	new
	United Future	60,860	2.67	4.02	63,486	2.84	1.52	2	1	3	5
	ACT	34,469	1.51	5.63	44,071	1.97	1.58	1	1	2	7
	Progressive	26,441	1.16	0.54	36,638	1.64	0.20	0	1	1	1
	Destiny	14,210	0.62	new	17,608	0.79	new	0	0	0	new
	Legalise Cannabis	5,748	0.25	0.39	2,601	0.12	0.05	0	0	0
	Christian Heritage	2,821	0.12	1.23	1,296	0.06	1.99	0	0	0
	Alliance	1,641	0.07	1.20	1,901	0.09	1.60		0	0
	Family Rights	1,178	0.05	new	1,045	0.05	new	0	0	0	new
	Democrats	1,079	0.05	new	565	0.03	new	0	0	0	new
	Libertarianz	946	0.04	0.04	781	0.03		0	0	0
	Direct Democracy	782	0.03	new	1,934	0.09	new		0	0	new
	99 MP	601	0.03	new	—	—	—	0	0	0	new
	One NZ	478	0.02	0.07	214	0.01	0.12		0	0
	RONZ	344	0.02	new	131	0.01	new	0	0	0	new
	Unregistered parties	—	—	—	1,466	0.07	0.12	0	0	0
	Independent	—	—	—	11,829	0.53	0.22	0	0	0
Valid votes		2,275,629	98.77	0.07	2,235,869	97.04	0.05
Informal votes		10,561	0.46	0.04	24,801	1.08	0.21
Disallowed votes		17,815	0.77	0.03	43,335	1.88	0.26
Total		2,304,005	100		2,304,005	100		52	69	121	1
Eligible voters and Turnout		2,847,396	80.92	3.94	2,847,396	80.92	3.94

Government: the third and final term of the Fifth Labour Government, in power from 1999 until 2008; minority coalition with Progressive Party since 2002
Prime Minister: Helen Clark (Labour) from 1999 to 2008
Governor General: Dame Silvia Cartwright to August 2006; Anand Satyanand August 2006–
Deputy Prime Minister: Michael Cullen (Labour) 2002–2008
Leader of the Opposition: Don Brash (National Party), to November 2006; John Key (National) November 2006 –
Speaker : Margaret Wilson (Labour)
Deputy Speaker: Clem Simich (National)
Assistant Speaker: Ross Robertson (Labour) and Ann Hartley (Labour)
Leader of the House: Michael Cullen (Labour)

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 2005 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation		Members
		At 2002 election	At dissolution
	Labour	50	49
	Progressive	1	1
	United Future CS	3	2
	NZ First CS	7	7
Government total		61	59
	Green C	6	6
Government with Cooperation total		67	65
	National	48	48
	ACT	2	2
	Māori Party	4	4
	Independent	0	2
Opposition total		54	56
Total		121	121
Working Government majority [2]		13	9

Notes

• ^CS United Future and NZ First supported the Labour-Progressive coalition on a confidence and supply basis.
• ² Both New Zealand First and United Future said they would not support a Labour-led coalition which included Greens in Cabinet posts. However, United Future indicated it could support a government where the Greens gave supply-and-confidence votes. The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

48th New Zealand Parliament - MPs elected to Parliament

List MPs are ordered by allocation as determined by the Chief Electoral Office^[3] and the party lists.

	Party	Name	Electorate	Term
	National	Jo Goodhew	Aoraki	First
	Labour	Judith Tizard	Auckland Central	Sixth
	Labour	Ruth Dyson	Banks Peninsula	Fifth
	National	Tony Ryall	Bay of Plenty	Sixth
	Labour	Tim Barnett	Christchurch Central	Fourth
	Labour	Lianne Dalziel	Christchurch East	Sixth
	National	Judith Collins	Clevedon	Second
	National	Bill English	Clutha-Southland	Sixth
	National	Sandra Goudie	Coromandel	Second
	Labour	Pete Hodgson	Dunedin North	Sixth
	Labour	David Benson-Pope	Dunedin South	Third
	National	Anne Tolley	East Coast	Second
	National	Murray McCully	East Coast Bays	Seventh
	ACT	Rodney Hide	Epsom	Fourth
	National	David Bennett	Hamilton East	First
	Labour	Martin Gallagher	Hamilton West	Fourth
	National	John Key	Helensville	Second
	Labour	Trevor Mallard	Hutt South	Seventh
	National	Gerry Brownlee	Ilam	Fourth
	National	Eric Roy	Invercargill	Fourth
	National	Colin King	Kaikōura	First
	Labour	Winnie Laban	Mana	Third
	Labour	Taito Phillip Field	Mangere	Fifth
	Labour	Ross Robertson	Manukau East	Seventh
	Labour	George Hawkins	Manurewa	Sixth
	Labour	Mark Gosche	Maungakiekie	Fourth
	Labour	Helen Clark	Mount Albert	Ninth
	Labour	Phil Goff	Mount Roskill	Eighth
	National	Chris Tremain	Napier	First
	National	Nick Smith	Nelson	Sixth
	Labour	David Cunliffe	New Lynn	Third
	Labour	Harry Duynhoven	New Plymouth	Sixth
	National	Wayne Mapp	North Shore	Fourth
	National	Jonathan Coleman	Northcote	First
	National	John Carter	Northland	Seventh
	United Future	Peter Dunne	Ohariu-Belmont	Eighth
	National	Jacqui Dean	Otago	First
	Labour	Darren Hughes	Otaki	Second
	National	Maurice Williamson	Pakuranga	Seventh
	Labour	Steve Maharey	Palmerston North	Sixth
	National	Lindsay Tisch	Piako	Third
	National	Paul Hutchison	Port Waikato	Third
	National	Brian Connell	Rakaia	Second
	National	Simon Power	Rangitikei	Third
	Labour	Paul Swain	Rimutaka	Sixth
	National	Lockwood Smith	Rodney	Eighth
	Labour	Annette King	Rongotai	Seventh
	Labour	Steve Chadwick	Rotorua	Third
	National	Allan Peachey	Tamaki	First
	National	Shane Ardern	Taranaki-King Country	Fourth
	Labour	Mark Burton	Taupo	Fifth
	National	Bob Clarkson	Tauranga	First
	Labour	Chris Carter	Te Atatu	Fourth
	National	Craig Foss	Tukituki	First
	Labour	Clayton Cosgrove	Waimakariri	Third
	National	John Hayes	Wairarapa	First
	Labour	Lynne Pillay	Waitakere	Second
	Labour	Marian Hobbs	Wellington Central	Fourth
	Labour	Damien O'Connor	West Coast-Tasman	Fifth
	National	Chester Borrows	Whanganui	First
	National	Phil Heatley	Whangarei	Third
	Progressive	Jim Anderton	Wigram	Eighth
	Labour	Parekura Horomia	Ikaroa-Rāwhiti	Third
	Labour	Nanaia Mahuta	Tainui	Fourth
	Māori Party	Pita Sharples	Tāmaki Makaurau	First
	Māori Party	Tariana Turia	Te Tai Hauāuru	Fourth
	Māori Party	Hone Harawira	Te Tai Tokerau	First
	Labour	Mahara Okeroa	Te Tai Tonga	Third
	Māori Party	Te Ururoa Flavell	Waiariki	First
	NZ First	Winston Peters	Party list, rank 01	Ninth
	Green	Jeanette Fitzsimons	Party list, rank 01	Fourth
	NZ First	Peter Brown	Party list, rank 02	Fourth
	Green	Rod Donald	Party list, rank 02	Fourth
	NZ First	Brian Donnelly	Party list, rank 03	Fourth
	Green	Sue Bradford	Party list, rank 03	Third
	United Future	Judy Turner	Party list, rank 02	Second
	NZ First	Ron Mark	Party list, rank 04	Fourth
	Green	Sue Kedgley	Party list, rank 04	Third
	Labour	Michael Cullen	Party list, rank 02	Ninth
	NZ First	Doug Woolerton	Party list, rank 05	Fourth
	Labour	Margaret Wilson	Party list, rank 03	Third
	National	Don Brash	Party list, rank 01	Second
	Labour	Dover Samuels	Party list, rank 10	Fourth
	National	David Carter	Party list, rank 08	Fifth
	Labour	Jim Sutton	Party list, rank 11	Seventh
	Green	Keith Locke	Party list, rank 05	Third
	National	Katherine Rich	Party list, rank 10	Third
	Labour	Mita Ririnui	Party list, rank 15	Third
	National	Tim Groser	Party list, rank 13	First
	Labour	Rick Barker	Party list, rank 21	Fifth
	National	Richard Worth	Party list, rank 16	Third
	Labour	Jill Pettis	Party list, rank 24	Fifth
	National	Clem Simich	Party list, rank 18	Sixth
	United Future	Gordon Copeland	Party list, rank 03	Second
	Labour	Ashraf Choudhary	Party list, rank 25	Second
	National	Georgina te Heuheu	Party list, rank 19	Fourth
	Labour	Shane Jones	Party list, rank 27	First
	NZ First	Barbara Stewart	Party list, rank 06	Second
	National	Pansy Wong	Party list, rank 20	Fourth
	Labour	Dianne Yates	Party list, rank 28	Fifth
	ACT	Heather Roy	Party list, rank 02	Second
	Labour	Ann Hartley	Party list, rank 30	Third
	National	Chris Finlayson	Party list, rank 27	First
	Labour	Georgina Beyer	Party list, rank 35	Third
	National	Nicky Wagner	Party list, rank 28	First
	Green	Metiria Turei	Party list, rank 06	Second
	Labour	Maryan Street	Party list, rank 36	First
	National	Tau Henare	Party list, rank 29	Third
	Labour	David Parker	Party list, rank 37	Second
	National	Chris Auchinvole	Party list, rank 34	First
	Labour	Russell Fairbrother	Party list, rank 38	Second
	National	Mark Blumsky	Party list, rank 36	First
	Labour	Dave Hereora	Party list, rank 39	Second
	NZ First	Pita Paraone	Party list, rank 07	Second
	National	Kate Wilkinson	Party list, rank 38	First
	Labour	Moana Mackey	Party list, rank 41	Second
	National	Nathan Guy	Party list, rank 39	First
	Labour	Sue Moroney	Party list, rank 42	First
	National	Jackie Blue	Party list, rank 41	First
	Labour	Darien Fenton	Party list, rank 43	First
	National	Paula Bennett	Party list, rank 45	First

Party		New MP	Term started	Seat	Previous MP
	Green	Nándor Tánczos	6 November 2005	List	Rod Donald1
	Labour	Charles Chauvel	1 August 2006	List	Jim Sutton
	National	Katrina Shanks	7 February 2007	List	Don Brash
	Labour	Lesley Soper	15 February 2007	List	Georgina Beyer
	NZ First	Dail Jones	15 February 2008	List	Brian Donnelly2
	Labour	Louisa Wall	4 March 2008	List	Ann Hartley
	Labour	William Sio	29 March 2008	List	Dianne Yates
	Green	Russel Norman	26 June 2008	List	Nándor Tánczos
	National	(vacant)	31 August 2008	Rakaia	Brian Connell3
1 Rod Donald died before being sworn in as MP. 2 Brian Donnelly was appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. 3 Brian Connell retired from Parliament effective 31 August 2008, leaving his seat of Rakaia vacant.
Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Māngere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008. Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party.

• Rod Donald, co-leader of the Green Party, died on 6 November 2005 before he was sworn in as a member of the 48th Parliament. He was replaced by the next person on the Green Party's list, former MP Nándor Tánczos, on 16 November.
• Jim Sutton, a Labour list MP, retired from politics on 31 July 2006. He was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, Charles Chauvel.
• Don Brash, a National list MP and former leader of the National Party, retired from Parliament on 7 February 2007. He was replaced by the next person on the National Party's list, Katrina Shanks.
• Georgina Beyer, a Labour list MP, announced her retirement on 15 December 2006, and officially resigned from Parliament when it resumed on 13 February 2007. On 20 February she was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, former MP Lesley Soper.
• Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Mangere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008.
• Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party.
• Ann Hartley, a Labour list MP, was elected to the North Shore City Council in the 2007 local body elections. She left Parliament when it resumed in 2008, and was replaced by the next person on the Labour list, Louisa Wall, a former Silver Ferns netballer, on 4 February 2008.
• Brian Donnelly, a New Zealand First MP, resigned from Parliament from 12 February 2008, and was replaced by Dail Jones on 15 February 2008. Donnelly was appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.^[4]
• Dianne Yates, a Labour list MP, stood unsuccessfully for the Hamilton City Council in the 2007 local body elections. She resigned as an MP on 29 March 2008^[5] and was replaced by William Sio on 1 April 2008 as the next person on Labour's list.^[6]
• Nándor Tánczos resigned from Parliament and was replaced by Green Party co-leader Russel Norman on 27 June 2008.^[7]

The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.^[8]

The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.^[9]

• Caucuses and MPs' responsibilities in the 48th New Zealand Parliament