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 32 individuals have served in excess of 30 years in Parliament.[1]

Members of Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

Key

  Independent   Liberal   Reform   Labour
  National   NZ First   United Future

†: Died in office

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Name First elected Left Parliament Highest office held Period of service References
Rex Mason 15 April 1926 25 October 1966[nb 1] Cabinet Minister 40 years, 193 days [2]
Sir Keith Holyoake 1 December 1932 10 March 1977 Prime Minister 39 years, 119 days [3]
Sir Maurice O'Rorke 18 January 1861 3 October 1902[nb 2] Speaker of the House 38 years, 189 days
Sir Walter Nash 18 December 1929 4 June 1968† Prime Minister 38 years, 169 days [4]
Jonathan Hunt 26 November 1966 30 March 2005 Speaker of the House 38 years, 124 days [5]
Sir Āpirana Ngata 20 December 1905 30 August 1943[nb 3] Cabinet Minister 37 years, 253 days [6]
Sir Joseph Ward 26 September 1887 8 July 1930† Prime Minister 36 years, 306 days
Winston Peters 24 May 1979 present Deputy Prime Minister 39 years, 72 days
Sir William Steward 3 February 1871 20 November 1911[nb 4] Speaker of the House 34 years, 341 days [7][8]
George Forbes 17 November 1908 25 September 1943 Prime Minister 34 years, 312 days
Sir Eruera Tirikatene 3 August 1932 11 January 1967† Cabinet Minister 34 years, 161 days
Warren Freer 24 September 1947 29 October 1981[nb 5] Cabinet Minister 34 years, 35 days [9]
Clyde Carr 14 November 1928 31 May 1962 Chairman of Committees 33 years, 198 days [10]
Peter Dunne 14 July 1984 22 August 2017 Cabinet Minister 33 years, 39 days [11]
William Hughes Field 6 January 1900 1 November 1935 MP 32 years, 308 days [12]
Sir Arnold Nordmeyer 27 November 1935 29 November 1969 Leader of the Opposition 32 years, 288 days [13]
Sir James Carroll 7 September 1887 27 November 1919[nb 6] Cabinet Minister 32 years, 81 days [14]
Peter Fraser 3 October 1918 12 December 1950† Prime Minister 32 years, 70 days [15]
Phil Goff 28 November 1981 12 October 2016 Leader of the Opposition 36 years, 235 days
Robert McKeen 7 December 1922 5 October 1954[nb 7] Speaker of the House 31 years, 302 days [16]
Trevor Mallard 14 July 1984 present Speaker of the House 35 years, 297 days
Bill Parry 17 December 1919 27 July 1951[nb 8] Cabinet Minister 31 years, 222 days [17]
Gordon Coates 19 December 1911 27 May 1943† Prime Minister 31 years, 159 days
William Massey 9 April 1894 10 May 1925† Prime Minister 31 years, 31 days [18]
Sir James Allen 26 September 1887 22 March 1920 Cabinet Minister 31 years, 28 days [19]
Sir Robert Muldoon 26 November 1960 17 December 1991 Prime Minister 31 years, 21 days [20]
Bob Tizard 30 November 1957 27 October 1990 Deputy Prime Minister 30 years, 222 days
Sir Robert Macfarlane 3 June 1939 29 November 1969 Speaker of the House 30 years, 179 days
Sir Thomas Wilford 4 December 1896 18 November 1929 Leader of the Opposition 30 years, 109 days [21][22]
Annette King 14 July 1984 23 September 2017 Cabinet Minister 34 years, 257 days
Thomas Young Duncan 9 December 1881 19 December 1911 Cabinet Minister 30 years, 10 days
Murray McCully 15 August 1987 22 August 2017 Cabinet Minister 30 years, 7 days
Maurice Williamson 15 August 1987 22 August 2017 Cabinet Minister 30 years, 7 days

Table footnotes:[23]

  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 39th Parliament
  6. ^ date of dissolution of the 19th Parliament
  7. ^ date of dissolution of the 30th Parliament
  8. ^ date of dissolution of the 29th 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. ^ "The Father of the House". The Marlborough Express. Vol. XXXIX, no. 155. 5 July 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  8. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 233, 236.
  9. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 198, 206.
  10. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 188.
  11. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 194.
  12. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 195.
  13. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 223.
  14. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 188, 201.
  15. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 198, 223.
  16. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 215, 225.
  17. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 198, 225.
  18. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 179, 219.
  19. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 179, 188.
  20. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 58, 198, 222.
  21. ^ "Maori MPs - Parliament's people". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  22. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 219, 245.
  23. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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