List of New Zealand politicians
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The following is a list of New Zealand politicians , both past and present. The scope is quite broad, including prominent candidates for local and central government office as well as those who achieved such office.
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Adams, Amy – Cabinet ministerAhipene-Mercer, Ray – local politicianAlgie, Sir Ronald – Speaker of the House (1961–1966)Allen, Alfred – Speaker of the House (1972)Allen, Lettie – local politicianAllen, Sir James – Cabinet minister (1911–1920)Ambler, Fred – local politicianAmos, Phil – Cabinet ministerAndersen, Ginny – Member of ParliamentAnderton, Bill – Cabinet ministerAnderton, Jim – deputy prime minister (1999–2002)Appleton, Sir William – Mayor of WellingtonArcher, John – Mayor of ChristchurchArdern, Jacinda – prime minister (2017–present)Arthur, Sir Basil – Speaker of the House (1984–1985)Armishaw, Eric – local politicianAtkinson, Arthur (Jr.) Atkinson, Harry – premier of New Zealand (1876–1877)Atmore, Harry – Cabinet minister (1928–1931)Auchinvole, Chris – Member of Parliament (2008–2014)Awatere Huata, Donna – Member of Parliament (1996–2004)Ayrton, Moses – local politician
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Bacot, John Baldock, Larry Ballance, John – prime ministerBanks, John – Mayor of AucklandBarber, William Henry Peter – Member of ParliamentBarker, Rick – Cabinet ministerBarnard, Bill – Speaker (1936–1943)Bartram, Fred – Member of ParliamentBassett, Michael – Cabinet ministerBasten, Alice – local politicianBateman, Jim – local politicianBatten, Ann – Member of ParliamentBaume, Frederick – Member of ParliamentBedford, Harry – Member of ParliamentBeetham, Bruce – Member of ParliamentBelich, Sir James – Mayor of WellingtonBenson-Pope, David – Cabinet ministerBell, Dillon – Member of ParliamentBell, Francis – prime ministerBeyer, Georgina – Member of ParliamentBirch, Bill – Cabinet ministerBlack, George – Member of ParliamentBlincoe, John – Member of ParliamentBloodworth, Thomas – local politicianBolger, Jim – prime minister (1990–1997)Bond, Ria – Member of ParliamentBlumsky, Mark – Mayor of WellingtonBracken, Thomas Bradford, Sue – Member of ParliamentBrash, Don – Leader of the OppositionBrash, Jenny – Mayor of PoriruaBrindle, Tom – local politicianBrown, Peter – Member of ParliamentBrown, Vigor – Mayor of NapierBrownlee, Gerry – Cabinet ministerBrunt, Tony – local politicianBuck, Vicki – Mayor of ChristchurchBuckley, Patrick Burke, John – Mayor of PoriruaBurke, Kerry – Speaker of the HouseBurton, Mark – Cabinet ministerButler, Peter – local politicianButtle, Keith – Mayor of Auckland
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Carleton, Hugh – MP (1853–1870)Robert Holt Carpenter (1820–1891), local politicianCarr, Clyde – Member of ParliamentCarr, Peter – Member of ParliamentCarroll, Sir James – Member of Parliament (1887–1919)Carter, Chris – Cabinet minister (2002–2007)Casey, Cathy Caygill, David – Cabinet minister (1984–1990)Chapman, Charles Henry – Member of ParliamentChapman, Val – local politicianChoudhary, Dr. Ashraf – Member of Parliament (2002–2011)Churchill, John – local politicianClark, David – Cabinet ministerClark, Helen – prime minister (1999–2008)Clifford, Sir Charles – Speaker of the House (1853–1860)Coates, Gordon – prime minister (1925–1928)Coffey, Tāmati – Member of ParliamentCollins, Efeso – local politicianColeman, David – Member of ParliamentCooke, Frederick – local politicianCooper, Warren – Cabinet minister (1978–1984, 1990–1996)Copeland, Gordon – Member of Parliament (2002–2008)Croskery, Alexander – local politicianCourtney, Mel – Member of Parliament (1976–1981)Cox, Edwin Thoms – Mayor of DunedinCracknell, Vernon – Member of ParliamentCraig, Liz – Member of ParliamentCreech, Wyatt – deputy prime minister (1998–1999), Cabinet minister (1990–1999)Cullen, Sir Michael – Cabinet minister (1999–2008)Cumberland, Ken – local politicianCunliffe, David – Cabinet minister (2002–2008)Curran, Clare – Cabinet ministerCurran, Pat – local politician
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Dalziel, Lianne – Mayor of ChristchurchDavidson, Marama – Member of ParliamentDavies, Sonja – Member of ParliamentDavis, George – local politicianDavis, Kelvin – Cabinet ministerde Ruyter, Stephnie – local politicianDelamere, Tuariki – Member of ParliamentDockrill, Edward – Mayor of New PlymouthDoidge, Frederick – Cabinet ministerDomett, Alfred – prime ministerDonald, Rod – Member of ParliamentDouglas, Norman – Member of ParliamentDouglas, Sir Roger Douglas – minister of financeDowse, Percy – Mayor of Lower HuttDreaver, Mary – Member of ParliamentDunne, Peter – Cabinet ministerDwyer, Jeremy – Mayor of HastingsDyson, Ruth – Cabinet minister
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Faafoi, Kris – Cabinet ministerFagan, Mark – Speaker of the Legislative CouncilFeatherston, Isaac Fisher, Francis Fitzherbert, William Fitzsimons, Jeanette – Member of ParliamentFletcher, Robert – Member of ParliamentForsaith, Thomas Forsyth, Thomas – Member of ParliamentFortuin, Gregory Fortune, Wilfred – Member of ParliamentFoster, Andy – local politicianFowlds, George – Cabinet ministerFowler, Sir Michael – Mayor of WellingtonFletcher, Christine – Mayor of AucklandForbes, George – prime ministerFox, William – prime ministerFox, Marama – Member of ParliamentFlavell, Te Ururoa – Cabinet ministerFranks, Stephen – Member of ParliamentFraser, Francis Humphris Fraser, Peter – prime ministerFraser, Bill – Cabinet ministerFraser, Dame Dorothy – local politicianFreer, Warren – Cabinet ministerFurkert, Frederick – local politician
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Gair, George – Cabinet ministerGaskin, Ida Genter, Julie Anne – Cabinet ministerGilmer, Dame Elizabeth – local politicianGlasse, Fred – local politicianGledhill, Francis Glover, Albert – Member of ParliamentGlover, John – local politicianGoff, Phil – Mayor of AucklandGoodman, Dame Barbara – local politicianGordon, Liz – Member of ParliamentGosche, Mark – Cabinet ministerGotlieb, Ruth – local politicianGraham, Doug – Cabinet ministerGray, John Gray, Robin – Speaker of the HouseGreenwood, Joseph Grey, Sir George – prime minister and twice governorGuinness, Arthur – Speaker of the House
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Haerehuka – Tribal leader, warrior and oratorHall, Sir John – prime ministerHall-Jones, Sir William – prime ministerHamilton, Adam – Leader of the OppositionHancock, Hamish – Member of ParliamentHarawira, Hone – Leader of Mana PartyHarré, Laila – Cabinet ministerHarrison, Sir Richard Hart, Robert Harvey, Bob – Mayor of WaitakereHawkins, George – Cabinet ministerHenare, Peeni – Cabinet ministerHenare, Tau – Cabinet ministerHickey, Pat Hide, Rodney – Cabinet ministerHighet, Allan – Cabinet ministerHill, Edward – Mayor of New PlymouthHill, Henry – Mayor of NapierHipkins, Chris – Cabinet ministerHindmarsh, Alfred – Member of ParliamentHobbs, Marian – Cabinet ministerHodgson, Pete – Cabinet ministerHolland, Harry – Leader of the OppositionHolland, Sir Sidney – prime ministerHolyoake, Sir Keith – prime minister and Governor-GeneralHoromia, Parekura – Cabinet ministerHoward, Mabel – New Zealand's first female Cabinet ministerHudson, Wally – Member of ParliamentHunt, Jonathan – Speaker of the HouseHunter, Edward Hunter, Hiram – local politician
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Kanongata'a-Suisuiki, Anahila – Member of ParliamentKealy, John W. – local politicianKedgley, Sue – Member of ParliamentKelham, James Key, John – prime minister (2008–2016)Kidd, Doug – Cabinet ministerKing, Annette – Cabinet ministerKing, Thomas Kinsella, Arthur – QSO – Cabinet minister (1960–1969)Kirk, Norman – prime ministerKirton, Neil – Cabinet ministerKitts, Sir Frank – Mayor of WellingtonKnapp, Gary – Member of ParliamentKopu, Alamein – Member of Parliament
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Laidlaw, Chris – Member of ParliamentLake, Harry – Cabinet ministerLang, Frederic – Speaker of the HouseLange, David – prime ministerLangstone, Frank – Cabinet ministerLarnach, William – Member of ParliamentLaurenson, George – Cabinet ministerLaws, Michael – Member of ParliamentLeadbeater, Maire – local politicianLee, Graeme – Cabinet ministerLee, John A. – Member of ParliamentLee-Vercoe, Sandra – Cabinet ministerLee, Walter – Cabinet ministerLees-Galloway, Iain – Cabinet ministerLeggett, Nick – Mayor of PoriruaLester, Justin – Mayor of WellingtonLewis, Richard Little, Andrew – Cabinet ministerLocke, Keith – Member of ParliamentLogie, Jan – Member of ParliamentLove, Ralph – Mayor of PetoneLubeck, Marja – Member of ParliamentLuxton, Jo – Member of ParliamentLuxton, John – Cabinet minister
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Macandrew, James – Cabinet ministerMacdonald, Kennedy – Member of ParliamentMacdonald, Tom – Cabinet ministerMacfarlane, Sir Robert – Speaker of the HouseMacIntyre, Duncan – deputy prime ministerMackay, James Mackenzie, Thomas – prime ministerMackey, Janet – Member of ParliamentMackley, Garnet – Member of ParliamentMcAnulty, Kieran – Member of ParliamentMcCarten, Matt McCombs, Elizabeth – New Zealand's first female Member of ParliamentMcCombs, James – Member of ParliamentMcCombs, Sir Terry – Cabinet ministerMcCulloch, Alan McDavitt, Terry – local politicianMcDouall, Hamish – Mayor of WanganuiMcGrath, Denis – local politicianMcKeen, Robert – Speaker of the HouseMcKinnon, Don – deputy prime minister, Secretary General of the CommonwealthMcKinnon, Ian – local politicianMcLay, Sir Jim – deputy prime ministerMcLaren, David – Mayor of WellingtonMcManus, John – local politicianMcMillan, Ethel – Member of ParliamentMcMillan, Gervan – Cabinet ministerMcQueen, Ewen McVicar, Annie – local politicianMaguire, Emily – local politicianMaharey, Steve – Cabinet ministerMallard, Trevor – Speaker of the HouseMahuta, Nanaia – Cabinet ministerManning, George – Mayor of ChristchurchMark, Ron – Cabinet ministerMarks, Roly – local politicianMarshall, Jack – prime ministerMarshall, Russell – Cabinet ministerMartin, Bernard Martin, Tracey – Cabinet ministerMassey, William – prime ministerMatthews, Pressley Hemingway Matthewson, Clive – Cabinet ministerMason, Rex – longest-serving Member of ParliamentMelville, Ellen – local politicianMerriman, Frederick Meurant, Ross – Member of ParliamentMihaka, Dun Minogue, Mike – Member of ParliamentMonro, David Monteith, Alex – Member of ParliamentMoore, Frank Garry Moore – Mayor of ChristchirchMoore, Mike – prime minister and Director-General of the World Trade OrganizationMoorhouse, William Sefton – Member of ParliamentMorgan, Tuku – Member of ParliamentMorris, Deborah – Member of ParliamentMorrison, Gordon – local politicianMorrison, John – local politicianMorrison, Neil – Member of ParliamentMoyle, Colin – Cabinet ministerMuldoon, Sir Robert – prime minister (1975–1984)Munro, Jim – Member of Parliament
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Nash, Stuart – Cabinet ministerNash, Sir Walter – prime minister (1957–1960)Neale, Edgar Rollo (Gar) – Member of Parliament (1946–1957)Neilson, Peter – Member of ParliamentNeilson, Peter – Cabinet ministerNewman, Alfred – Mayor of WellingtonNewman, Muriel – Member of ParliamentNgata, Āpirana – Cabinet ministerNoonan, Rosslyn – local politicianNordmeyer, Sir Arnold – minister of financeNorthey, Richard – Member of ParliamentNosworthy, William – Cabinet minister
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Oram, Matthew – Speaker of the HouseO'Brien, Gerald – Member of ParliamentO'Brien, Loughlin O'Connor, Damien – Cabinet ministerO'Connor, Greg – Member of ParliamentO'Flynn, Frank – Cabinet ministerO'Neill, James O'Rorke, Maurice – was O'Rorke, George – Speaker of the HouseO'Rourke, Denis – Member of ParliamentOkeroa, Mahara – Member of Parliament
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Palmer, Geoffrey – prime ministerParata, Hekia – Cabinet ministerParker, David – Cabinet ministerParry, Bill – Cabinet ministerPaul, Tom Payne, John – Member of ParliamentPeck, Mark – Member of ParliamentPeters, Winston – deputy prime ministerPhelan, Ted – local politicianPollen, Daniel – prime ministerPomare, Sir Maui – Member of ParliamentPower, Simon – Cabinet ministerPrebble, Richard – Cabinet ministerPrime, Willow-Jean – Member of Parliament
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Radhakrishnan, Priyanca – Member of ParliamentRata, Matiu – Member of ParliamentRatana, Matiu – Member of ParliamentRainbow, Stephen – local politicianRead, John – local politicianReeves, William Pember – MPRevans, Samuel Rich, Katherine – Member of ParliamentRichardson, Ruth – Cabinet ministerRigg, John Ritchie, Helene – local politicianRoberts, James – local politicianRobertson, Grant – Cabinet ministerRobertson, John – Member of ParliamentRobinson, David – Member of ParliamentRobinson, Sir Dove-Meyer – Mayor of AucklandRobson, Matt – Member of ParliamentRoss, Hilda – Cabinet ministerRosser, Arthur – local politicianRowling, Sir Wallace (Bill) – prime ministerRussell, Deborah – Member of ParliamentRyall, Tony – Cabinet minister
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Sage, Eugenie – Cabinet ministerSalesa, Jenny – Cabinet ministerSalmond, John Savage, Michael Joseph – prime ministerSayegh, Joe – local politicianScott, William John (Jack) – former Cabinet minister (1963–1969)Seddon, Richard – prime ministerSemple, Bob – Cabinet ministerSemple, Margaret – local politicianSepuloni, Carmel – Cabinet ministerSeymour, David – Member of ParliamentSewell, Henry – prime ministerSchramm, Bill – Speaker of the HouseShadbolt, Tim – Mayor of InvercargillShand, David – local politicianShaw, James – prime ministerShearer, David – Leader of the OppositionSheat, William – Member of ParliamentShelton, Norman – former Cabinet minister (1960–1962)Shipley, Dame Jenny – New Zealand's first female prime minister (1997–1999)Shirley, Ken – Member of ParliamentSinclair, Suzanne – Member of ParliamentSkinner, Jerry – deputy prime ministerSmith, Lockwood – Speaker of the HouseSmith, Nick – prime ministerSmuts-Kennedy, Olive – local politicianSowry, Roger – prime ministerSpry, Keith – local politicianStafford, Edward – prime ministerStatham, Sir Charles – Speaker of the House (1923–1935)Stewart, John – Member of ParliamentSteward, William – Member of ParliamentStewart, William Downie Sr Stewart, William Downie Jr – Cabinet ministerStout, Sir Robert – premierStrange, Jamie – Member of ParliamentSullivan, Dan – Cabinet ministerSullivan, Whetu Tirikatene – Member of ParliamentSutton, Jim – Cabinet ministerSwain, Paul – Cabinet minister
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Tabuteau, Fletcher – Member of ParliamentTánczos, Nándor – Member of ParliamentTalboys, Brian – deputy prime ministerTamihere, John – Cabinet ministerTanner, William Tapsell, Peter – Speaker of the HouseTawhai, Hone Mohi Taylor, Tommy – Mayor of ChristchurchTennet, Elizabeth – Member of ParliamentTe Heuheu, Georgina – Cabinet ministerThorn, Jim – Member of ParliamentThorn, Margaret – local politicianTinetti, Jan – Member of ParliamentTizard, Bob – deputy prime ministerTizard, Catherine – Mayor of AucklandTizard, Judith – Cabinet ministerToop, Ernest – local politicianTregear, Edward – local politicianTrevethick, Jonathan – local politicianTurei, Metiria – Member of ParliamentTuria, Tariana – Cabinet ministerTurner, Sukhi – Mayor of DunedinTwyford, Phil – Cabinet minister
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Wade-Brown, Celia – Mayor of WellingtonWall, Gerard – Speaker of the HouseWakefield, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Jerningham Waring, Marilyn – Member of ParliamentWard, Sir Joseph – prime ministerWard, Mike – Member of ParliamentWarren-Clark, Angie – Member of ParliamentWaterhouse, George – prime ministerWatt, Hugh – deputy prime ministerWebb, Duncan – Member of ParliamentWebb, Paddy – Cabinet ministerWeld, Frederick – prime ministerWhaitiri, Meka – Cabinet ministerWhitaker, Frederick – prime ministerWhitehead, Stanley – Speaker of the HouseWilde, Dame Fran – Mayor of WellingtonWilliams, Morgan – Member of ParliamentWilliamson, Maurice – Cabinet ministerWilson, Margaret – Speaker of the HouseWong, Pansy – Cabinet ministerWood, Michael – Member of ParliamentWoods, Megan – Cabinet ministerWorth, Richard – Cabinet ministerWright, John – Member of ParliamentWright, Robert – Mayor of Wellington
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