List of New Zealand electorates represented by sitting prime ministers

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This is a chronological list of parliamentary electorates in the New Zealand which were represented by sitting prime ministers.

Four prime ministers were members of the now abolished New Zealand Legislative Council and one has been a List MP. No prime minister has represented a Māori electorate.

List[]

The following is a list of all electorates represented by sitting prime ministers:[1]

Electorate Prime Minister Start End Notes
Christchurch Henry Sewell 7 May 1856 20 May 1856
Wanganui William Fox 20 May 1856 2 June 1856
Nelson Edward Stafford 2 June 1856 12 July 1861
Rangitikei William Fox 12 July 1861 6 August 1862
Nelson Alfred Domett 6 August 1862 30 October 1863
none Frederick Whitaker 30 October 1863 24 November 1864 Member of the Legislative Council
Cheviot Frederick Weld 24 November 1864 16 October 1865
Nelson Edward Stafford 16 October 1865 20 November 1868
Timaru Edward Stafford 20 November 1868 28 June 1869
Rangitikei William Fox 28 June 1869 10 September 1872
Timaru Edward Stafford 10 September 1872 11 October 1872
none George Waterhouse 11 October 1872 3 March 1873 Member of the Legislative Council
Rangitikei William Fox 3 March 1873 8 April 1873
Auckland East Julius Vogel 8 April 1873 6 July 1875
none Daniel Pollen 6 July 1875 15 February 1876 Member of the Legislative Council
Wanganui Julius Vogel 15 February 1876 1 September 1876
Egmont Harry Atkinson 1 September 1876 13 October 1877
Thames George Grey 13 October 1877 8 October 1879
Selwyn John Hall 8 October 1879 21 April 1882
none Frederick Whitaker 21 April 1882 25 September 1883 Member of the Legislative Council
Egmont Harry Atkinson 25 September 1883 16 August 1884
Dunedin East Robert Stout 16 August 1884 28 August 1884
Egmont Harry Atkinson 28 August 1884 3 September 1884
Dunedin East Robert Stout 3 September 1884 8 October 1887
Egmont Harry Atkinson 8 October 1887 24 January 1891
Wanganui John Ballance 24 January 1891 27 April 1893
Westland Richard Seddon 27 April 1893 10 June 1906
Timaru William Hall-Jones 10 June 1906 6 August 1906
Awarua Joseph Ward 6 August 1906 12 March 1912
Egmont Thomas Mackenzie 12 March 1912 10 July 1912
Franklin William Massey 10 July 1912 10 May 1925
none Francis Bell 10 May 1925 30 May 1925 Member of the Legislative Council
Kaipara Gordon Coates 30 May 1925 10 December 1928
Invercargill Joseph Ward 10 December 1928 28 May 1930
Hurunui George Forbes 28 May 1930 6 December 1935
Auckland West Michael Joseph Savage 6 December 1935 27 March 1940
Wellington Central Peter Fraser 27 March 1940 27 November 1946
Brooklyn Peter Fraser 27 November 1946 13 December 1949
Fendalton Sidney Holland 13 December 1949 20 September 1957
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 20 September 1957 12 December 1957
Hutt Walter Nash 12 December 1957 12 December 1960
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 12 December 1960 7 February 1972
Karori Jack Marshall 7 February 1972 8 December 1972
Sydenham Norman Kirk 8 December 1972 31 August 1974
Onehunga Hugh Watt 31 August 1974 6 September 1974 Acting Prime Minister
Tasman Bill Rowling 6 September 1974 12 December 1975
Tamaki Robert Muldoon 12 December 1975 26 July 1984
Mangere David Lange 26 July 1984 8 August 1989
Christchurch Central Geoffrey Palmer 8 August 1989 4 September 1990
Christchurch North Mike Moore 4 September 1990 2 November 1990
King Country Jim Bolger 2 November 1990 12 October 1996
Taranaki-King Country Jim Bolger 12 October 1996 8 December 1997
Rakaia Jenny Shipley 8 December 1997 5 December 1999
Mount Albert Helen Clark 5 December 1999 19 November 2008
Helensville John Key 19 November 2008 12 December 2016
none Bill English 12 December 2016 26 October 2017 List MP
Mount Albert Jacinda Ardern 26 October 2017 Incumbent

Notes[]

  1. ^ Wilson 1985.

References[]

  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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