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50th New Zealand Parliament

2011-12-20 – 2014-09-19

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Party Groupings

  • New Zealand National Party

    63 seats

  • New Zealand Labour Party

    36 seats

  • Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

    14 seats

  • New Zealand First

    8 seats

  • Māori Party

    3 seats

  • ACT New Zealand

    1 seat

  • Mana Party

    1 seat

  • NZ Independent Coalition

    1 seat

  • United Future

    1 seat

What’s in this dataset?

As much as we know. Here’s a taste of the information we have so far.

Biographical 100%
Social links 71%
Contact details 44%
Identifiers 100%

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Aaron Gilmore

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1973-08-26
wikidata Q4662039

Amy Adams

New Zealand National Party — Selwyn

Gender female
Born 1971-05-19
wikidata Q4451142

Andrew Williams

New Zealand First — List

Gender male
Born 1959
wikidata Q4758928
lcauth no2017097428

Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender female
Born 1980-07-26
wikidata Q3606816
freebase /m/04z_j09
lcauth no2017153822
viaf 1748151247981444270003
britannica biography/Jacinda-Ardern

Shane Ardern

New Zealand National Party — Taranaki-King Country

Gender male
Born 1960-01-26
wikidata Q4451596

Asenati Taylor

New Zealand First — List

Gender female
Born 1976-02-25
wikidata Q4804168

Chris Auchinvole

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1945-03-07
wikidata Q3729808

Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1964-02-20
wikidata Q6415023

Maggie Barry

New Zealand National Party — North Shore

Gender female
Born 1959-10-05
wikidata Q6395132
lcauth no2007068964
viaf 58860076

David Bennett

New Zealand National Party — Hamilton East

Gender male
Born 1970-10-28
wikidata Q5231315

Paula Bennett

New Zealand National Party — Waitakere

Gender female
Born 1969-04-09
wikidata Q6416051
lcauth no2017128540

Jackie Blue

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender female
Born 1956
wikidata Q6116240

Chester Borrows

New Zealand National Party — Whanganui

Gender male
Born 1957-06-20
wikidata Q5093475

Brendan Horan

NZ Independent Coalition — List

New Zealand First — List

Gender male
Born 1961-07-09
wikidata Q3561080

Simon Bridges

New Zealand National Party — Tauranga

Gender male
Born 1976-10
wikidata Q6336063

Steffan Browning

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender male
Born 1954-07-03
wikidata Q7606591

Gerry Brownlee

New Zealand National Party — Ilam

Gender male
Born 1956-02-04
wikidata Q4352603
freebase /m/02v4qs

Cam Calder

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1952
wikidata Q5024812

Carol Beaumont

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender female
Born 1960-10-06
wikidata Q5044250

David Carter

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1952-04-03
wikidata Q6128819
freebase /m/0425_1
viaf 221027908
isni 0000 0004 4931 9629

Charles Chauvel

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender male
Born 1969-04-16
wikidata Q4507790
freebase /m/07lrp0
lcauth no2005110880
viaf 56355287
isni 0000 0000 4430 1631

David Clark

New Zealand Labour Party — Dunedin North

Gender male
Born 1973-01-05
Prefix Dr
wikidata Q3561074

Claudette Hauiti

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender female
Born 1961-05-08
wikidata Q15147913

David Clendon

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender male
Born 1955-09-11
wikidata Q13548108

Jonathan Coleman

New Zealand National Party — Northcote

Gender male
Born 1966-09-23
Prefix Dr
wikidata Q6272804
freebase /m/07zw39
lcauth no2008168594
viaf 56439128

Judith Collins

New Zealand National Party — Papakura

Gender female
Born 1959-02-24
wikidata Q6303349
lcauth no2011034488
viaf 169589371

Clayton Cosgrove

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender male
Born 1969-10-31
wikidata Q5130200

David Cunliffe

New Zealand Labour Party — New Lynn

Gender male
Born 1963-04-30
wikidata Q5232720
lcauth no2006063396
viaf 7145741
isni 0000 0000 5415 3636

Clare Curran

New Zealand Labour Party — Dunedin South

Gender female
Born 1960
wikidata Q5126149
freebase /m/056bmfj

Lianne Dalziel

New Zealand Labour Party — Christchurch East

Gender female
Born 1960-06-07
wikidata Q6540092

David Shearer

New Zealand Labour Party — Mt Albert

Gender male
Born 1957-07-28
wikidata Q3456546
freebase /m/0640d1d
lcauth nb98051707
viaf 61037575
isni 0000 0001 1445 7253

Jacqui Dean

New Zealand National Party — Waitaki

Gender female
Born 1957-05-13
wikidata Q6121023
lcauth no2017068528

Catherine Delahunty

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender female
Born 1953
wikidata Q5052634
freebase /m/05w180

Peter Dunne

United Future — Ōhāriu

Gender male
Born 1954-03-17
wikidata Q1266756
freebase /m/0237q8
lcauth no2005035442
viaf 26794239
isni 0000 0000 6398 5506

Ruth Dyson

New Zealand Labour Party — Port Hills

Gender female
Born 1957-08-11
wikidata Q7382960
lcauth n2002152061
viaf 28900871
snac w6z42hzd

Bill English

New Zealand National Party — Clutha-Southland

Gender male
Born 1961-12-30
wikidata Q4384608
lcauth n00002939
isni 0000 0001 0916 195X
britannica biography/Bill-English
wikitree English-2528

Kris Faafoi

New Zealand Labour Party — Mana

Gender male
Born 1976
wikidata Q6437165

Darien Fenton

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender female
Born 1954-02-25
wikidata Q5222732
freebase /m/05w0w_

Christopher Finlayson

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1956
wikidata Q5106549

Te Ururoa Flavell

Māori Party — Member for Waiariki

Gender male
Born 1955-12-07
wikidata Q4451134

Craig Foss

New Zealand National Party — Tukituki

Gender male
Born 1963-07-04
wikidata Q5180973

Paul Foster-Bell

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1977-03
wikidata Q13503380
freebase /m/0tkdd63

Julie Anne Genter

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender female
Born 1979-12-17
wikidata Q6308013

Phil Goff

New Zealand Labour Party — Mt Roskill

Gender male
Born 1953-06-22
wikidata Q597909
freebase /m/02djhv
lcauth no2006100550
viaf 46523950

Paul Goldsmith

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1971
wikidata Q7150935
lcauth nb98023997
viaf 51180976
isni 0000 0000 3867 2639
fast 1541720

Jo Goodhew

New Zealand National Party — Rangitata

Gender female
Born 1961
wikidata Q6204252
freebase /m/0b6gh6

Kennedy Graham

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender male
Born 1946
Prefix Dr
wikidata Q6389622
freebase /m/04zxl4p

Tim Groser

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1950-03-06
wikidata Q5978594

Nathan Guy

New Zealand National Party — Ōtaki

Gender male
Born 1970
wikidata Q6969095

Hone Harawira

Mana Party — Te Tai Tokerau

Gender male
Born 1955-01-06
wikidata Q1626808
freebase /m/05mvz1
lcauth no2014000517
viaf 306129863

Joanne Hayes

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender female
wikidata Q16729720

John Hayes

New Zealand National Party — Wairarapa

Gender male
Born 1948-03-15
wikidata Q11021828
lcauth no2011042765
viaf 94850461
isni 0000 0001 1776 3803

Phil Heatley

New Zealand National Party — Whangarei

Gender male
Born 1967-04-05
wikidata Q7181989

Tau Henare

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1960-09-29
wikidata Q7688619
lcauth no2014127108
viaf 311116460

Chris Hipkins

New Zealand Labour Party — Rimutaka

Gender male
Born 1978-09-05
wikidata Q5106890

Holly Walker

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender female
Born 1982-11-15
wikidata Q5882303
freebase /m/0hncd7f

Parekura Horomia

New Zealand Labour Party — Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

Gender male
Born 1950-11-09
Died 2013-04-29
wikidata Q3562630
freebase /m/043s8r

Gareth Hughes

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender male
Born 1981-10-31
wikidata Q5522873

Raymond Huo

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender male
wikidata Q7298875

Paul Hutchison

New Zealand National Party — Hunua

Gender male
Born 1947
wikidata Q7151444
lcauth no2011196962
viaf 315534006

John Banks

ACT New Zealand — Epsom

Gender male
Born 1946-12-02
wikidata Q6220548
freebase /m/02ty53
lcauth nb98023998
viaf 68422109
fast 414341

Steven Joyce

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1963-04-07
wikidata Q7614885
lcauth no2017082606
viaf 4318149919438006650000

Katrina Shanks

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender female
Born 1969-05-12
wikidata Q6377977

Nikki Kaye

New Zealand National Party — Auckland Central

Gender female
Born 1980-02-11
wikidata Q7035240
lcauth no2017128916

Kevin Hague

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender male
Born 1960-03-18
wikidata Q1279801
freebase /m/04yh88x
lcauth no90022803
viaf 36477905

John Key

New Zealand National Party — Helensville

Gender male
Born 1961-08-09
wikidata Q57783
freebase /m/043tfg
lcauth no2007123911
viaf 24390403
isni 0000 0000 4853 5443

Annette King

New Zealand Labour Party — Rongotai

Gender female
Born 1947-09-13
wikidata Q4769089
lcauth n2003129030
viaf 75699685

Colin King

New Zealand National Party — Kaikōura

Gender male
Born 1949-12-19
wikidata Q5145261

Melissa Lee

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender female
Born 1966
wikidata Q6812766
freebase /m/04y8g8g
quora Melissa-Lee-49

Iain Lees-Galloway

New Zealand Labour Party — Palmerston North

Gender male
Born 1978-09-18
wikidata Q4451124

Andrew Little

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender male
Born 1965-05-07
wikidata Q3561087
freebase /m/02662ln

Jan Logie

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender female
Born 1969-10-26
wikidata Q6149394

Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga

New Zealand National Party — Maungakiekie

Gender male
Born 1970-11-02
wikidata Q7407811
freebase /m/04y7s8p

Tim Macindoe

New Zealand National Party — Hamilton West

Gender male
wikidata Q7803867

Moana Mackey

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender female
Born 1974-02-28
wikidata Q6886402
freebase /m/043sgn

Nanaia Mahuta

New Zealand Labour Party — Hauraki-Waikato

Gender female
Born 1970-08-21
wikidata Q3798833
freebase /m/043sl4

Trevor Mallard

New Zealand Labour Party — Hutt South

Gender male
Born 1954-06-17
wikidata Q7839303
lcauth no2005057873
viaf 7124163
isni 0000 0000 5413 606X

Tracey Martin

New Zealand First — List

Gender female
Born 1976-02-25
wikidata Q7831246
freebase /m/0hnf6gt

Mojo Mathers

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender female
Born 1966-11-23
wikidata Q6895114

Todd McClay

New Zealand National Party — Rotorua

Gender male
Born 1968-11-22
wikidata Q16200287

Murray McCully

New Zealand National Party — East Coast Bays

Gender male
Born 1953-02-19
wikidata Q58291
freebase /m/043tgw
lcauth no2011124277
viaf 185404638

Ian McKelvie

New Zealand National Party — Rangitīkei

Gender male
Born 1955-09-11
wikidata Q16732336

Mike Sabin

New Zealand National Party — Northland

Gender male
Born 1955-09-11
wikidata Q6848669

Mark Mitchell

New Zealand National Party — Rodney

Gender male
Born 1968-05-22
wikidata Q6768911

Sue Moroney

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender female
Born 1964-05-08
wikidata Q7634206

Alfred Ngaro

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
wikidata Q4723211

Damien O'Connor

New Zealand Labour Party — West Coast-Tasman

Gender male
Born 1958-01-16
wikidata Q5212493

Simon O'Connor

New Zealand National Party — Tāmaki

Gender male
Born 1976-02-25
wikidata Q7519453
freebase /m/0hn97j9

Denis O'Rourke

New Zealand First — List

Gender male
Born 1946-07-26
wikidata Q5257444

Hekia Parata

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender female
Born 1958-11-01
wikidata Q16192869

David Parker

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender male
Born 1960
wikidata Q15196319
freebase /m/043st2
lcauth no2008100185
viaf 66284750
isni 0000 0000 4727 8027

Winston Peters

New Zealand First — List

Gender male
Born 1945-04-11
wikidata Q1396178
freebase /m/01xd2v
lcauth n96025474
viaf 54959202
isni 0000 0000 7862 9846

Richard Prosser

New Zealand First — List

Gender male
Born 1967-01-15
wikidata Q13563342
lcauth no2012067131
viaf 250073239

Rajen Prasad

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender male
wikidata Q7285965

Grant Robertson

New Zealand Labour Party — Wellington Central

Gender male
Born 1971-10-30
wikidata Q1543207
freebase /m/04yg7vl
lcauth no2014156437
viaf 312881969

Ross Robertson

New Zealand Labour Party — Manukau East

Gender male
Born 1949-05-22
wikidata Q7369613

Denise Roche

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender female
Born 1963-07-09
wikidata Q5257753

Jami-Lee Ross

New Zealand National Party — Botany

Gender male
Born 1985-12-10
wikidata Q6146339

Eric Roy

New Zealand National Party — Invercargill

Gender male
Born 1948-06-27
wikidata Q5387408

Russel Norman

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender male
Born 1967-06-02
wikidata Q2176896
freebase /m/05xrtb
lcauth no2016033503
wikitree Norman-1821

Tony Ryall

New Zealand National Party — Bay of Plenty

Gender male
Born 1964-11-19
wikidata Q7823330

Eugenie Sage

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender female
Born 1969-10-26
wikidata Q5408237

Pita Sharples

Māori Party — Tāmaki Makaurau

Gender male
Born 1941-07-20
wikidata Q186074
freebase /m/041s6j
lcauth no2008172790
viaf 29363317
isni 0000 0000 5110 4740

Scott Simpson

New Zealand National Party — Coromandel

Gender male
Born 1955-09-11
wikidata Q7437262

Aupito Su’a William Sio

New Zealand Labour Party — Māngere

Gender male
wikidata Q16208070

Lockwood Smith

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1948-11-13
wikidata Q5978615

Nick Smith

New Zealand National Party — Nelson

Gender male
Born 1964-12-24
Prefix Dr
wikidata Q976339
freebase /m/02gv66
lcauth no2008108197
viaf 49044794

Barbara Stewart

New Zealand First — List

Gender female
Born 1952-02-23
wikidata Q10987432

Maryan Street

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender female
Born 1955-04-05
wikidata Q6781110

Rino Tirikatene

New Zealand Labour Party — Te Tai Tonga

Gender male
Born 1972
wikidata Q3527980

Lindsay Tisch

New Zealand National Party — Waikato

Gender male
Born 1947-10-09
wikidata Q6552827
lcauth n98020492
viaf 9157067
isni 0000 0000 3482 6063

Anne Tolley

New Zealand National Party — East Coast

Gender female
Born 1953-03-01
wikidata Q540420
freebase /m/045tjw

Chris Tremain

New Zealand National Party — Napier

Gender male
Born 1966
wikidata Q5108303
quora Chris-Tremain

Metiria Turei

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — List

Gender female
Born 1970-02-13
wikidata Q444437
freebase /m/030jbh

Tariana Turia

Māori Party — Te Tai Hauāuru

Gender female
Born 1944-04-08
wikidata Q466117
freebase /m/02y3jj
lcauth n2003128935
viaf 14153216
isni 0000 0000 4006 9900

Phil Twyford

New Zealand Labour Party — Te Atatū

Gender male
Born 1963-05-04
wikidata Q7182502
freebase /m/0523f6h

Louise Upston

New Zealand National Party — Taupō

Gender female
Born 1971-03-14
wikidata Q6688985

Nicky Wagner

New Zealand National Party — Christchurch Central

Gender female
Born 1953-07-23
wikidata Q7028713

Louisa Wall

New Zealand Labour Party — Manurewa

Gender female
Born 1972-02-17
wikidata Q6688567
freebase /m/03qp75b

Meka Whaitiri

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender female
Born 1965-01-11
wikidata Q13566358

Kate Wilkinson

New Zealand National Party — Waimakariri

Gender female
Born 1957-08-03
wikidata Q11160035
lcauth no2011196665
viaf 220831968
snac w6r80hk7

Poto Williams

New Zealand Labour Party — List

Gender female
Born 1962-01-07
wikidata Q17016818

Maurice Williamson

New Zealand National Party — Pakuranga

Gender male
Born 1951-03-06
wikidata Q16182
freebase /m/043tj9

Michael Woodhouse

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1965
wikidata Q6835440

Megan Woods

New Zealand Labour Party — Wigram

Gender female
Born 1973-11-04
Prefix Dr
wikidata Q6808764

Jian Yang

New Zealand National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1962
Prefix Dr
wikidata Q6191470
lcauth n00100854
viaf 47999361
quora Jian-Yang-28

Jonathan Young

New Zealand National Party — New Plymouth

Gender male
Born 1958
wikidata Q6274873

Ruby programmer? It’s easy to use this data in your own app! Use the gem like this:

require 'everypolitician'
country = Everypolitician::Index.new.country('New-Zealand')
house = country.legislature('House')
house.popolo.terms.find_by(id: 'term/50').memberships.each do |membership|
  puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
end

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Main Sources: http://www.parliament.nz, http://wikidata.org/, http://gender-balance.org/

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