46th New Zealand Parliament

46th Parliament of New Zealand
46th Parliament of New Zealand
	Parliament House, Wellington
Overview
Legislative body	New Zealand Parliament
Term	20 December 1999 – 11 June 2002
Election	1999 New Zealand general election
Government	Fifth Labour Government
House of Representatives
Members	120
Speaker of the House	Jonathan Hunt
Leader of the House	Michael Cullen
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Leader of the Opposition	Bill English; — Jenny Shipley until 8 October 2001
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Silvia Cartwright from 4 April 2001; — Michael Hardie Boys until 21 March 2001

The 46th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. Its composition was determined by the 1999 election, and it sat until the 2002 election.

The 46th Parliament marked a change of government, with a coalition of the Labour Party and the Alliance taking office. Helen Clark replaced Jenny Shipley as Prime Minister. The National Party, which had formed a minority government for the last part of the 45th Parliament, became the largest opposition party, eventually emerging under a new leader, Bill English. Other parties in Parliament were ACT, the Greens, New Zealand First, and United. Several parties represented at the end of the previous Parliament, such as Mauri Pacific, were wiped out, failing to retain any of their seats.

The 46th Parliament consisted of one hundred and twenty representatives. Sixty-seven of these representatives were chosen by geographical electorates, including six Māori electorates. The remainder were elected by means of party-list proportional representation under the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system.

Affiliation		Members
Affiliation		At 1999 election	At dissolution
	Labour	49	49
	Alliance	10	10
	Green ^CS	7	7
Government total		66	66
	National	39	39
	ACT	9	9
	NZ First	5	5
	United NZ	1	1
Opposition total		54	54
Total		120	120
Working Government majority		12	12

Party	Name	Electorate	Term
National	Murray McCully	Albany	Fifth
Labour	Jim Sutton	Aoraki	Fifth
Labour	Judith Tizard	Auckland Central	Fourth
Labour	Ruth Dyson	Banks Peninsula	Third
National	Tony Ryall	Bay of Plenty	Fourth
Labour	Tim Barnett	Christchurch Central	Second
Labour	Lianne Dalziel	Christchurch East	Fourth
National	Bill English	Clutha-Southland	Fourth
Green	Jeanette Fitzsimons	Coromandel	Second
Labour	Pete Hodgson	Dunedin North	Fourth
Labour	David Benson-Pope	Dunedin South	First
Labour	Janet Mackey	East Coast	Third
National	Richard Worth	Epsom	First
National	Tony Steel	Hamilton East	Third
Labour	Martin Gallagher	Hamilton West	Second
National	Warren Kyd	Hunua	Fifth
Labour	Trevor Mallard	Hutt South	Fifth
National	Gerry Brownlee	Ilam	Second
Labour	Mark Peck	Invercargill	Third
National	Lynda Scott	Kaikōura	First
National	Lindsay Tisch	Karapiro	First
Labour	Graham Kelly	Mana	Fifth
Labour	Taito Phillip Field	Mangere	Third
Labour	Ross Robertson	Manukau East	Fifth
Labour	George Hawkins	Manurewa	Fourth
Labour	Mark Gosche	Maungakiekie	Second
Labour	Helen Clark	Mount Albert	Seventh
Labour	Phil Goff	Mount Roskill	Sixth
Labour	Geoff Braybrooke	Napier	Seventh
National	Nick Smith	Nelson	Fourth
Labour	Harry Duynhoven	New Plymouth	Fourth
National	Wayne Mapp	North Shore	Second
Labour	Ann Hartley	Northcote	First
National	John Carter	Northland	Fifth
United NZ	Peter Dunne	Ohariu-Belmont	Sixth
National	Gavan Herlihy	Otago	Second
Labour	Judy Keall	Otaki	Fifth
National	Maurice Williamson	Pakuranga	Fifth
Labour	Steve Maharey	Palmerston North	Fourth
National	Paul Hutchison	Port Waikato	First

Electoral boundaries for the 46th Parliament