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First Shadow Cabinet Of Bill English
The Shadow Cabinet of Bill English formed the official Opposition in the 46th and 47th New Zealand Parliaments while Bill English led the New Zealand National Party, which was the largest party not a member of the Government. English was elected National Party leader unopposed in October 2001. He led the Party to its worst-ever result at the 2002 general election and was replaced as leader by first-term MP Don Brash in October 2003. Frontbench team August 2002 English reshuffled his party's portfolio allocations after the 2002 general election. With the party comprising only 27 MPs, every person in the National caucus was assigned a portfolio. Notably, first-term MP and former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash was appointed to the Finance portfolio and ranked third. October 2001 English was elected to the National Party leadership in October 2001, succeeding Jenny Shipley Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley (née Robson; born 4 February 1952) is a New Zealand former politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Smith (New Zealand Politician)
Nicolas Rex Smith (born 24 December 1964) is a New Zealand politician who served as a Member of parliament, Member of Parliament (MP) for the New Zealand National Party, National Party from 1990 to 2021. He served as a Cabinet of New Zealand, Cabinet minister, holding various posts including Minister for Building and Housing, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Climate Change Issues, and Minister of Local Government (New Zealand), Minister of Local Government. For a brief time between October and November 2003 he was the deputy leader of the National Party, then in opposition under Don Brash. Smith represented the Nelson (New Zealand electorate), Nelson electorate from 1996 to 2020 and, before that, was the member for Tasman (New Zealand electorate), Tasman from 1990 to 1996. Following his defeat in the Nelson electorate in the 2020 New Zealand general election, 2020 election, he served as a list MP for less than a year before retiring from parliament on 10 June 2021 after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Worth
Richard Westwood Worth (3 July 1948 – 10 May 2022) was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand National Party. He was the Member of Parliament for Epsom from 1999 to 2005 and a list MP from 2005 to 2009. Prior to entering Parliament, Worth studied law and business administration, and had a career in law and management. such as being the executive chair of the law firm Simpson Grierson. Worth joined the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserves, rising to captain, and had the role of Chief of Naval Reserves for four years. He worked as consul to Columbia and honorary consul to Monaco. Worth entered Parliament in 2005, after winning the Epsom electorate. He was in opposition from 2005 to 2008 and in government from 2008 until 2009. His roles in government included Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister for Land Information, and Associate Minister of Justice. He opposed the Civil Union Act 2004, which granted recognition of same-sex couples, proposed the creation of a Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hutchison (politician)
Charles Paul Telford Hutchison, known as Paul Hutchison (born 1947) is a New Zealand politician, health professional, and current Honorary Consul in New Zealand for Papua New Guinea. He is a member of the National Party, which he represented in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2014. Early years Hutchison was born in Wellington, and attended Khandallah School and Onslow College. He is a graduate of the University of Otago with an MB ChB in 1970, and was a consulting specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology with his pre parliament medical career spanning almost 30 years. Member of Parliament Hutchison was first elected to Parliament as the MP for Port Waikato in the 1999 election, and was re-elected in the 2002 election and 2005 election, and for in the 2008 and 2011 elections, with increasing majorities each time. As an MP he has held a number of health-related roles, including opposition Spokesperson for Health, and Chairperson of the Health Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Heatley
Philip Reeve Heatley (born 5 April 1967) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party. From 2008 until January 2013, he was a member of cabinet, holding the portfolios of Fisheries, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Energy and Resources, and Housing, before being replaced in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister John Key. Heatley retired from Parliament in 2014. Early years Heatley was born in Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former Whangarei City, Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town councils to admi .... Before entering politics, Heatley completed a master's degree with Honours in Horticultural Engineering at Massey University. He has undertaken short-term study and work as a volunteer with an international relief agency on a hospital ship. He was an agricultural engineer in the dairy industry, surveying and desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Ardern
Philip Shane Ardern (born 26 January 1960) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the New Zealand National Party, National Party and represented the electorate of Taranaki-King Country from 1998 to 2014. Early years Ardern is the son of Noel and Olive Ardern. He was born and raised in Ōpunake, and attended Opunake High School. Before entering politics, he was a dairy farmer, and many of his political activities have been on behalf of the farming community. He is a distant cousin of former New Zealand Prime Minister and Labour MP Jacinda Ardern. Member of Parliament Ardern first became a member of parliament due to the 1998 Taranaki-King Country by-election, Taranaki-King Country by-election of 1998, which resulted from the retirement from politics of former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Prime Minister Jim Bolger. He held that seat from 1998 to 2014. Ardern became one of the driving forces behind the legislation that enabled the setting up of the dairy compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pansy Wong
Pansy Yu Fong Wong (; born 1955) is a New Zealand former politician. Wong was a National Party Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1996 to 2011. She was New Zealand's first MP and first Cabinet minister of Asian ethnicity and served as Minister for Ethnic Affairs and Minister of Women's Affairs in the Fifth National Government. Wong resigned from Parliament in January 2011 after allegations of misusing parliamentary travel allowances. Early life and family Wong was born in Shanghai and raised in a one-room Hong Kong apartment by her mother, Pui Ching Chui, with her two brothers after her parents chose to leave Maoist China. Her father, Hung Shun Tsui, a seaman, was away most of the time for work. In Hong Kong, Wong took the English name Pansy and attended the Queen Elizabeth School. The family emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1974, when Wong was aged 19. While working in her parents' fish and chip shop, she studied commerce at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Hasler
Marie Bernadine Hasler (born 1948) is a former New Zealand politician. She was a member of Parliament for the National Party from 1990 to 1993, and then again from 1996 to 2002. Early life Hasler was born in Dublin, Ireland. She came to New Zealand while young, and was educated at Auckland University. Before entering politics, she was employed in public relations, and also worked in the civil service. Member of Parliament Hasler was first elected to Parliament in the 1990 election as MP for Titirangi, but was defeated in the 1993 election by Labour's Suzanne Sinclair. In 1993, Hasler was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. In the 1996 election, she returned to Parliament as MP for Waitakere when she in turn beat Sinclair. In the 1999 election, however, she was defeated by Labour's David Cunliffe in , although she remained in Parliament as a list MP. In the 2002 election, Hasler was only ranked thirty-second on National's party list, and as she did no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Tisch
William Lindsay Tisch (born 9 October 1947), known as Lindsay Tisch, is a former New Zealand National Party politician. Early life Tisch was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1947. When he was a child, his family moved to Matamata. He obtained a diploma in agriculture from Lincoln College. He has worked as a farmer and a rural valuer, and was a management consultant. He was a director of Landcorp (1991–1997) and is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and the New Zealand Institute of Property Management. Tisch is a Justice of the Peace, a trustee of the Pohlen Hospital Foundation based in Matamata, and a member of Matamata Lions Clubs. Member of Parliament He joined the National Party in 1966, and has held a number of senior roles in its organisational wing. In 1994 he served briefly as the party's president and was the party's campaign manager for the 1996 election. He was a member of Parliament from 1999 to 2017, when he retired. Tisch was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior Whip Of The National Party
The New Zealand National Party's Senior Whip administers the "Whip (politics), whipping in" system that tries to ensure that party MPs attend and vote according to the party leadership's wishes. The position is elected by the National caucus members. The Senior Whip also acts as an intermediary between the backbenchers and the party leadership. Whenever National is in government the senior whip serves as the Chief Government Whip and when out of government serves as Chief Opposition Whip. All National whips have been members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, House of Representatives, with none coming from the New Zealand Legislative Council, Legislative Council before its abolition in 1950. The current whips are Stuart Smith (politician), Stuart Smith (MP for Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate), Kaikōura—senior whip), appointed 4 March 2025, and Suze Redmayne (MP for Rangitīkei (New Zealand electorate), Rangitīkei—junior whip) and Dana Kirkpatrick (MP for East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
