48th New Zealand Parliament

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The 48th New Zealand Parliament is the current term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 2005 elections.

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 is 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 electorates 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.

Contents 1 Oath of office 2 Initial composition of the 48th Parliament 3 Changes during term 4 See also

[edit] Oath of office

All the Māori Party MPs tried to alter their Oath of office by adding references to the Treaty. They all had to retake their oaths.

[edit] Initial composition of the 48th Parliament

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

[edit] Changes during term

• Rod Donald, co-leader of the Green Party, died on 6 November 2005. He was replaced by the next person on the Green Party's list, former MP Nandor Tanczos, on 16 November.
• Jim Sutton, a Labour list MP, retired from politics on 31 July. 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 the 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.
• Phillip Field, Labour MP for Mangere, quits the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007.

[edit] See also

• New Zealand Parliamentary Caucuses and MPs' responsibilities