Michael Hirschfeld

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Michael Avigdor Hirschfeld (27 October 1944 – 5 January 1999) was a Wellington, New Zealand multi-millionaire businessman, and was President of the New Zealand Labour Party from 1995 to 1999.

He was born in Wellington; his parents had arrived from Palestine in 1940, and his father Sigi Hirschfeld started the firm of Mico Wakefield, which was sold to an Australian company in 1994. His grandparents were Austrian, and he was a ‘secular Jew’ and agnostic.

Hirschfeld went to Wellington College and Victoria University of Wellington, where he was active in the anti-Vietnam War movement. He was elected to the Labour executive in 1971 aged 27y, but was not re-elected.

He then joined the family firm. He had been on the boards of several companies, the New Zealand Shipping Corporation and the Pacific Forum Line, as well as boards of organizations like Circa Theatre, the Victoria University Council and Amnesty International. The Michael Hirschfeld Gallery on Wellington's Waterfront is named after him.

References

Obituary in Evening Post (Wellington) of 7 January 1999 p5.

Party political offices
Preceded by Maryan Street	Labour Party President 1995–1999	Succeeded by Bob Harvey

v t e New Zealand Labour Party

Party leaders Names in bold served as prime minister of New Zealand	Harry Holland (1919–33) Michael Joseph Savage (1933–40) Peter Fraser (1940–50) Walter Nash (1950–63) Arnold Nordmeyer (1963–65) Norman Kirk (1965–74) Bill Rowling (1974–83) David Lange (1983–89) Geoffrey Palmer (1989–90) Mike Moore (1990–93) Helen Clark (1993–2008) Phil Goff (2008–2011) David Shearer (2011–2013) David Cunliffe (2013–present)

Party presidents	James McCombs (1916–17) Andrew Walker (1917–18) Tom Paul (1918–20) Frederick Cooke John Archer Jim Thorn Rex Mason Frank Langstone Walter Nash James Roberts Arnold Nordmeyer Michael Moohan Martyn Finlay Norman Kirk Bill Rowling Arthur Faulkner Jim Anderton Margaret Wilson Ruth Dyson Maryan Street Michael Hirschfeld Bob Harvey Mike Williams Andrew Little Moira Coatsworth

Current Members of Parliament Names without electorates are list MPs (List of former MPs)	Leader: David Cunliffe (New Lynn) Deputy Leader: David Parker Jacinda Ardern Carol Beaumont David Clark (Dunedin North) Clayton Cosgrove Clare Curran (Dunedin South) Ruth Dyson (Port Hills) Kris Faafoi (Mana) Darien Fenton Phil Goff (Mount Roskill) Chris Hipkins (Rimutaka) Raymond Huo Shane Jones Annette King (Rongotai) Iain Lees-Galloway (Palmerston North) Andrew Little Moana Mackey Nanaia Mahuta (Hauraki-Waikato) Trevor Mallard (Hutt South) Sue Moroney Damien O'Connor (West Coast-Tasman) Rajen Prasad Grant Robertson (Wellington Central) Ross Robertson (Manukau East) David Shearer (Mount Albert) Su'a William Sio (Māngere) Maryan Street Rino Tirikatene (Te Tai Tonga) Phil Twyford (Te Atatū) Louisa Wall (Manurewa) Meka Whaitiri (Ikaroa-Rāwhiti) Poto Williams (Christchurch East) Megan Woods (Wigram)

Labour governments	First (1935–49) Second (1957–60) Third (1972–75) Fourth (1984–90) Fifth (1999–2008)

Labour opposition	Harry Holland Arnold Nordmeyer Goff Shearer Cunliffe

Leadership elections	2011 2013

Persondata
Name	Hirschfeld, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	27 October 1944
Place of birth	Wellington
Date of death	5 January 1999
Place of death	Raumati

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