List of longest-serving members of the New Zealand Parliament

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This is a list of members of the New Zealand Parliament who have served for at least 30 years. The time of service is not always continuous and separate terms are aggregated. A total of 35 individuals have served in excess of 30 years in Parliament.[1]

Members of Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

Key

  Liberal   Reform   Labour
  National   NZ First   United Future

†: Died in office

Name Portrait First elected Left Parliament Highest office held Period of service References
Rex Mason File:Rex Mason.jpg 15 April 1926 25 October 1966[nb 1] Cabinet Minister 40 years, 193 days [2]
Sir Keith Holyoake File:Keith Holyoake (crop).jpg 1 December 1932 10 March 1977 Prime Minister 39 years, 94 days [3]
Sir Maurice O'Rorke File:George Maurice O’Rorke.jpg 18 January 1861 5 November 1902[nb 2] Speaker of the House 38 years, 235 days
Sir Walter Nash File:Walter Nash (ca 1940s).jpg 18 December 1929 4 June 1968† Prime Minister 38 years, 169 days [4]
Jonathan Hunt File:Jonathan Hunt.jpg 26 November 1966 30 March 2005 Speaker of the House 38 years, 124 days [5]
Sir Āpirana Ngata File:Apirana Ngata.jpg 20 December 1905 30 August 1943[nb 3] Cabinet Minister 37 years, 253 days [6]
Sir Joseph Ward File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg 26 September 1887 8 July 1930† Prime Minister 36 years, 306 days
Winston Peters File:Winston Peters, 2019.jpg 24 May 1979 present Deputy Prime Minister 36 years, 313 days
Trevor Mallard File:Rt Hon Trevor Mallard.jpg 14 July 1984 20 October 2022 Speaker of the House 35 years, 87 days [7]
Sir William Steward File:William Jukes Steward.jpg 3 February 1871 20 November 1911[nb 4] Speaker of the House 34 years, 287 days [8][9]
George Forbes File:George William Forbes.jpg 17 November 1908 30 August 1943[nb 5] Prime Minister 34 years, 286 days
Sir Eruera Tirikatene File:Eruera Tirikatene, 1950s.jpg 3 August 1932 11 January 1967† Cabinet Minister 34 years, 161 days
Warren Freer File:Warren Freer, 1972 (crop).jpg 24 September 1947 29 October 1981[nb 6] Cabinet Minister 34 years, 35 days [10]
Clyde Carr File:Clyde Carr.jpg 14 November 1928 31 May 1962 Chairman of Committees 33 years, 198 days [11]
Peter Dunne File:Peter Dunne CNZM (cropped).jpg 14 July 1984 23 September 2017 Cabinet Minister 33 years, 71 days [12]
William Hughes Field File:William Hughes Field.jpg 6 January 1900 1 November 1935 MP 32 years, 278 days [13]
Sir Arnold Nordmeyer File:Arnold Nordmeyer (1954).jpg 27 November 1935 28 October 1969 Leader of the Opposition 32 years, 230 days [14]
Sir James Carroll File:JamesCarroll1914.jpg 7 September 1887 27 November 1919[nb 7] Cabinet Minister 32 years, 81 days [15]
Peter Fraser File:Peter Fraser.jpg 3 October 1918 12 December 1950† Prime Minister 32 years, 70 days [16]
Phil Goff File:Phil Goff.jpg 28 November 1981 12 October 2016 Leader of the Opposition 31 years, 309 days
Robert McKeen File:Robert McKeen, 1930s.jpg 7 December 1922 5 October 1954[nb 8] Speaker of the House 31 years, 302 days [17]
Bill Parry File:Bill Parry.jpg 17 December 1919 27 July 1951[nb 9] Cabinet Minister 31 years, 222 days [18]
Gordon Coates File:Joseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg 19 December 1911 27 May 1943† Prime Minister 31 years, 159 days
Sir Robert Muldoon File:Muldoon 1978.jpg 26 November 1960 17 December 1991 Prime Minister 31 years, 35 days [19]
William Massey File:William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg 9 April 1894 10 May 1925† Prime Minister 31 years, 31 days [20]
Sir James Allen File:James Allen portrait.jpg 26 September 1887 22 March 1920 Cabinet Minister 30 years, 330 days [21]
Nick Smith File:Nick Smith at Lincoln University, 2016.jpg 27 October 1990 10 June 2021 Cabinet Minister 30 years, 226 days
Damien O'Connor File:Profile--damienoconnor-5-390x2-UNC.jpg 6 November 1993 present Cabinet Minister 30 years, 254 days
Bob Tizard File:Bob Tizard, 1968.jpg 30 November 1957 27 October 1990 Deputy Prime Minister 30 years, 196 days
Sir Robert Macfarlane File:Robert Macfarlane (crop).jpg 3 June 1939 28 October 1969[nb 10] Speaker of the House 30 years, 147 days
Sir Thomas Wilford File:Thomas Wilford, 1928.jpg 4 December 1896 18 November 1929 Leader of the Opposition 30 years, 109 days [22][23]
Annette King File:Dame Annette King.jpg 14 July 1984 23 September 2017 Cabinet Minister 30 years, 63 days
Murray McCully File:Murray McCully November 2016.jpg 15 August 1987 23 September 2017 Cabinet Minister 30 years, 39 days
Maurice Williamson File:Maurice Williamson at the NZ Open Source Awards, 2007.jpg 15 August 1987 23 September 2017 Cabinet Minister 30 years, 39 days
Thomas Young Duncan File:Thomas Young Duncan.jpg 9 December 1881 19 December 1911 Cabinet Minister 30 years, 10 days

Table footnotes:[24]

  1. ↑ date of dissolution of the 34th Parliament
  2. ↑ date of dissolution of the 14th Parliament
  3. ↑ date of dissolution of the 26th Parliament
  4. ↑ date of dissolution of the 17th Parliament
  5. ↑ date of dissolution of the 26th Parliament
  6. ↑ date of dissolution of the 39th Parliament
  7. ↑ date of dissolution of the 19th Parliament
  8. ↑ date of dissolution of the 30th Parliament
  9. ↑ date of dissolution of the 29th Parliament
  10. ↑ date of dissolution of the 35th Parliament

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Longest serving members of Parliament". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 215, 218.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 47, 58, 206, 223.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 218, 223.
  5. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 206.
  6. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 223, 245.
  7. ↑ Neilson, Michael (20 October 2022). "Former Speaker and Labour MP Trevor Mallard delivers final speech in the House". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Father of the House". The Marlborough Express. Vol. XXXIX, no. 155. 5 July 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  9. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 233, 236.
  10. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 198, 206.
  11. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 188.
  12. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 194.
  13. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 195.
  14. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 223.
  15. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 188, 201.
  16. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 198, 223.
  17. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 215, 225.
  18. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 198, 225.
  19. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 198, 222.
  20. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 179, 219.
  21. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 179, 188.
  22. ↑ "Maori MPs – Parliament's people". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  23. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 219, 245.
  24. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 137–139.

References

  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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