43RD NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT

The '43rd New Zealand Parliament' was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1990 elections, and it sat until the 1993 elections.
The 43rd Parliament saw the beginning of the fourth National Party government, with the Labour Party failing to win a third term in office. The 43rd Parliament was heavily dominated by National, which controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats. Only one minor party, Jim Anderton's NewLabour, was present at the beginning of the 43rd Parliament. Later, NewLabour would join with several unrepresented parties to form the Alliance, which would gain two additional seats when two National MPs defected. Another National MP, Winston Peters, would also break away from his party, becoming an independent.
The 43rd Parliament consisted of ninety-seven representatives, the same as the previous Parliament. All of these representatives were chosen by single-member geographical electorates, including four special Māori electorates.

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Electoral boundaries for the 43rd Parliament

Initial composition of the 43rd Parliament

Changes during term

Electoral boundaries for the 43rd Parliament

Initial composition of the 43rd Parliament

'MP'	'Party'	'Electorate'	'MP's term'
Anderson, Robert	National	Kaimai	Second
Anderton, Jim	NewLabour	Sydenham	Third
Armstrong, John	National	New Plymouth	First
Austin, Margaret	Labour	Yaldhurst	Third
Banks, John	National	Whangarei	Fourth
Birch, Bill	National	Maramarua	Seventh
Blincoe, John	Labour	Nelson	First
Bolger, Jim	National	King Country	Seventh
Bradford, Max	National	Tarawera	First
Braybrooke, Geoff	Labour	Napier	Fourth
Burdon, Philip	National	Fendalton	Fourth
Campion, Cam	National	Wanganui	First
Carter, John	National	Bay of Islands	Second
Caygill, David	Labour	St Albans	Fifth
Clark, Helen	Labour	Mt Albert	Fourth
Cliffe, Bruce	National	North Shore	First
Cooper, Warren	National	Otago	Sixth
Creech, Wyatt	National	Wairarapa	Second
Cullen, Michael	Labour	St Kilda	Fourth
Dalziel, Lianne	Labour	Christchurch Central	First
Davies, Sonja	Labour	Pencarrow	Second
Dunne, Peter	Labour	Ohariu	Third
East, Paul	National	Rotorua	Fifth
Elder, Jack	Labour	West Auckland	Third
English, Bill	National	Wallace	First
Falloon, John	National	Pahiatua	Sixth
Fletcher, Christine	National	Eden	First
Gerard, Jim	National	Rangiora	Third
Graham, Doug	National	Remuera	Third
Grant, Jeff	National	Awarua	Second
Gray, Robin	National	Clutha	Fifth
Gregory, Bruce	Labour	Northern Maori	Fourth
Gresham, Peter	National	Waitotara	First
Hancock, Hamish	National	Horowhenua	First
Hasler, Marie	National	Titirangi	First
Hawkins, George	Labour	Manurewa	First
Hilt, Peter	National	Glenfield	First
Hodgson, Pete	Labour	Dunedin North	First
Hunt, Jonathan	Labour	New Lynn	Ninth
Kelly, Graham	Labour	Porirua	Second
Kidd, Doug	National	Marlborough	Fifth
Kimber, Wayne	National	Gisborne	First
Kyd, Warren	National	Clevedon	Second
Lange, David	Labour	Mangere	Sixth
Laws, Michael	National	Hawkes Bay	First
Lee, Graeme	National	Coromandel	Fourth
Luxton, John	National	Matamata	Second
Maharey, Steve	Labour	Palmerston North	First
Marshall, Denis	National	Rangitikei	Third
Matthewson, Clive	Labour	Dunedin West	Third
Maxwell, Roger	National	Taranaki	Third
Meurant, Ross	National	Hobson	Second
McCardle, Peter	National	Heretaunga	First
McClay, Roger	National	Waikaremoana	Fourth
McCully, Murray	National	East Coast Bays	Second
McIntosh, Gail	National	Lyttelton	First
McIntyre, Hamish	National	Manawatu	First
McKinnon, Don	National	Albany	Fifth
McLauchlan, Joy	National	Western Hutt	First
McTigue, Maurice	National	Timaru	Third
Moir, Margaret	National	West Coast	First
Moore, Mike	Labour	Christchurch North	Sixth
Muldoon, Robert	National	Tamaki	Eleventh
Munro, Rob	National	Invercargill	Second
Myles, Gilbert	National	Roskill	First
Neeson, Brian	National	Te Atatu	First
Neill, Alec	National	Waitaki	First
O'Regan, Katherine	National	Waipa	Third
Peters, Ian	National	Tongariro	First
Peters, Winston	National	Tauranga	Fourth
Prebble, Richard	Labour	Auckland Central	Sixth
Reeves, Graeme	National	Miramar	First
Revell, Ian	National	Birkenhead	First
Richardson, Ruth	National	Selwyn	Fourth
Robertson, John	National	Papakura	First
Robertson, Ross	Labour	Papatoetoe	Second
Rogers, Trevor	National	Otara	First
Ryall, Tony	National	East Cape	First
Shipley, Jenny	National	Ashburton	Second
Smith, Lockwood	National	Kaipara	Third
Smith, Nick	National	Tasman	First
Sowry, Roger	National	Kapiti	First
Steel, Tony	National	Hamilton East	First
Storey, Rob	National	Waikato	Third
Sutherland, Larry	Labour	Avon	Second
Swain, Paul	Labour	Eastern Hutt	First
Tapsell, Peter	Labour	Eastern Maori	Fourth
Tennet, Elizabeth	Labour	Island Bay	Second
Thomas, Grant	National	Hamilton West	First
Thorne, Graham	National	Onehunga	First
Tirikatene-Sullivan, Whetu	Labour	Southern Maori	Ninth
Tizard, Judith	Labour	Panmure	First
Upton, Simon	National	Raglan	Fourth
Wetere, Koro	Labour	Western Maori	Eighth
Whitaker, Jeff	National	Hastings	First
Wilde, Fran	Labour	Wellington Central	Fourth
Williamson, Maurice	National	Pakuranga	Second

Changes during term

★ Jim Anderton, the sole MP for the NewLabour Party, merged his party with several others to form the Alliance in 1991. Anderton was thereafter recorded as an Alliance MP rather than a NewLabour MP.

★ Robert Muldoon, the National Party MP for Tamaki and a former Prime Minister of New Zealand, quit Parliament on 17 December 1991. His departure prompted a by-election in Tamaki early the following year — it was won by Clem Simich, also of the National Party.

★ Gilbert Myles and Hamish MacIntyre, the National Party MPs for Roskill and Manawatu, respectively, quit their party in 1992. They established a small group Liberal Party, which they eventually merged into the Alliance.

★ Fran Wilde, the Labour Party MP for Wellington Central, quit Parliament in 1992 to become Mayor of Wellington. Her departure prompted a by-election in Wellington Central in December — it was won by Chris Laidlaw, also of the Labour Party.

★ Cam Campion, the National Party MP for Wanganui, announced his resignation from the party on 3 March 1993. He accused the party of attempting to rig the reselection process against him. Campion remained an independent for the remainder of the term.

★ Winston Peters, the National Party MP for Tauranga, resigned from both his party and his seat on 18 March 1993. His departure prompted a by-election in Tauranga in April — Peters contested and won it as an independent candidate. Later, he would found the New Zealand First party.