| Brigadier-General The Right Honourable Duncan MacIntyre CMG DSO OBE ED |
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| Duncan MacIntyre (left) with Greg Tate | |
| 8th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
| In office 4 March 1981 – 15 March 1984 |
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| Prime Minister | Robert Muldoon |
| Preceded by | Brian Talboys |
| Succeeded by | Jim McLay |
| Constituency | East Cape |
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| Born | 10 November 1915 New Zealand |
| Died | 8 June 2001 |
| Political party | National |
Brigadier-General Duncan MacIntyre, CMG, DSO, OBE, ED, PC (10 November 1915 – 8 June 2001) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984 under Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.
MacIntyre served in World War II, and was awarded the D.S.O.
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| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1960–1963 | 33rd | Hastings | National | |
| 1963–1966 | 34th | Hastings | National | |
| 1966–1969 | 35th | Hastings | National | |
| 1969–1972 | 36th | Hastings | National | |
| 1975–1978 | 38th | Bay of Plenty | National | |
| 1978–1981 | 39th | East Cape | National | |
| 1981–1984 | 40th | East Cape | National | |
MacIntyre represented the Hastings electorate in Parliament from 1960 to 1972, when he was defeated. With Rob Muldoon and Peter Gordon he was one of the three Young Turks of the National Party who entered Parliament in 1960.
In 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced. In 1971 and 1972 MacIntyre was Administrator of Tokelau.
He then represented the Bay of Plenty electorate in Parliament from 1975 to 1978, and the East Cape electorate from 1978 to 1984, when he retired. His son, Hamish MacIntyre, was elected to Parliament in 1990.
He was a Cabinet Minister, and was Minister of Māori Affairs 1969-72 and 1975-78.
He was made a Privy Councillor in 1980.