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51st New Zealand Parliament

2014-10-20 – 2017-08-18

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Party Groupings

  • National Party

    58 seats

  • Labour Party

    30 seats

  • Green Party

    14 seats

  • NZ First

    12 seats

  • Māori Party

    2 seats

  • ACT Party

    1 seat

  • Labour

    1 seat

  • United Future New Zealand

    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 96%
Contact details 69%
Identifiers 100%

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Amy Adams

National Party — Selwyn

Gender female
Born 1971-05-19
wikidata Q4451142

Jacinda Ardern

Labour Party — List (until 2017-02-25)

Labour Party — Mt Albert (from 2017-02-25)

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

Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi

National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1964-02-20
wikidata Q6415023

Darroch Ball

NZ First — List

Gender male
Born 1982
wikidata Q18097454

Todd Barclay

National Party — Clutha-Southland

Gender male
Born 1990-06-08
wikidata Q18097486

Maggie Barry

National Party — North Shore

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

Andrew Bayly

National Party — Hunua

Gender male
wikidata Q18097523

David Bennett

National Party — Hamilton East

Gender male
Born 1970-10-28
wikidata Q5231315

Paula Bennett

National Party — Upper Harbour

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

Mahesh Bindra

NZ First — List

Gender male
wikidata Q18330896

Chris Bishop

National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1983-09-04
wikidata Q18097593

Ria Bond

NZ First — List (from 2015-04-24)

Gender female
Born 1976
wikidata Q19875535

Chester Borrows

National Party — Whanganui

Gender male
Born 1957-06-20
wikidata Q5093475

Simon Bridges

National Party — Tauranga

Gender male
Born 1976-10
wikidata Q6336063

Steffan Browning

Green Party — List

Gender male
Born 1954-07-03
wikidata Q7606591

Gerry Brownlee

National Party — Ilam

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

David Carter

National Party — List

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

David Clark

Labour Party — Dunedin North

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

David Clendon

Green Party — List

Gender male
Born 1955-09-11
wikidata Q13548108

Barry Coates

Green Party — List (from 2016-10-07)

Gender male
Born 1956-10-18
wikidata Q26845632

Jonathan Coleman

National Party — Northcote

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

Judith Collins

National Party — Papakura

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

Clayton Cosgrove

Labour Party — List

Gender male
Born 1969-10-31
wikidata Q5130200

David Cunliffe

Labour Party — New Lynn (until 2017-04-23)

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

Clare Curran

Labour Party — Dunedin South

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

Marama Davidson

Green Party — List (from 2015-11-02)

Gender female
Born 1974
wikidata Q20983272

Kelvin Davis

Labour Party — Te Tai Tokerau

Gender male
Born 1967-03-02
wikidata Q6386648
freebase /m/05q596b

Jacqui Dean

National Party — Waitaki

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

Catherine Delahunty

Green Party — List

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

Matt Doocey

National Party — Waimakariri

Gender male
Born 1972
wikidata Q18098080

Sarah Dowie

National Party — Invercargill

Gender female
Born 1975-09-04
wikidata Q18098087

Peter Dunne

United Future New Zealand — Ōhāriu

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

Ruth Dyson

Labour Party — Port Hills

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

Bill English

National Party — List

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

Kris Faafoi

Labour Party — Mana

Gender male
Born 1976
wikidata Q6437165

Christopher Finlayson

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

National Party — Tukituki

Gender male
Born 1963-07-04
wikidata Q5180973

Paul Foster-Bell

National Party — List

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

Marama Fox

Māori Party — List

Gender female
wikidata Q18098181

Julie Anne Genter

Green Party — List

Gender female
Born 1979-12-17
wikidata Q6308013

Paul Goldsmith

National Party — List

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

Jo Goodhew

National Party — Rangitata

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

Kennedy Graham

Green Party — List

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

Nathan Guy

National Party — Ōtaki

Gender male
Born 1970
wikidata Q6969095

Joanne Hayes

National Party — List

Gender female
wikidata Q16729720

Peeni Henare

Labour Party — Tāmaki Makaurau

Gender male
wikidata Q18098260

Chris Hipkins

Labour Party — Rimutaka

Gender male
Born 1978-09-05
wikidata Q5106890

Brett Hudson

National Party — List

Gender male
wikidata Q18098285

Gareth Hughes

Green Party — List

Gender male
Born 1981-10-31
wikidata Q5522873

Raymond Huo

Labour Party — List (from 2017-03-15)

Gender male
wikidata Q7298875

Steven Joyce

National Party — List

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

Nikki Kaye

National Party — Auckland Central

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

John Key

National Party — Helensville (until 2016-12-12)

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

Annette King

Labour Party — Rongotai

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

Tutehounuku (Nuk) Korako

National Party — List

Gender male
wikidata Q18098413

Barbara Kuriger

National Party — Taranaki-King Country

Gender female
wikidata Q18098422

Melissa Lee

National Party — List

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

Iain Lees-Galloway

Labour Party — Palmerston North

Gender male
Born 1978-09-18
wikidata Q4451124

Andrew Little

Labour Party — List

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

Jan Logie

Green Party — List

Gender female
Born 1969-10-26
wikidata Q6149394

Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga

National Party — Maungakiekie

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

Tim Macindoe

National Party — Hamilton West

Gender male
wikidata Q7803867

Nanaia Mahuta

Labour Party — Hauraki-Waikato

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

Trevor Mallard

Labour Party — Hutt South

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

Ron Mark

NZ First — List

Gender male
Born 1954-01-29
wikidata Q7364115

Tracey Martin

NZ First — List

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

Mojo Mathers

Green Party — List

Gender female
Born 1966-11-23
wikidata Q6895114

Todd McClay

National Party — Rotorua

Gender male
Born 1968-11-22
wikidata Q16200287

Murray McCully

National Party — East Coast Bays

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

Ian McKelvie

National Party — Rangitīkei

Gender male
Born 1955-09-11
wikidata Q16732336

Clayton Mitchell

NZ First — List

Gender male
wikidata Q18098652

Mark Mitchell

National Party — Rodney

Gender male
Born 1968-05-22
wikidata Q6768911

Sue Moroney

Labour Party — List

Gender female
Born 1964-05-08
wikidata Q7634206

Todd Muller

National Party — Bay of Plenty

Gender male
Born 1968-12-23
wikidata Q18098673

Stuart Nash

Labour Party — Napier

Gender male
Born 1967-08
wikidata Q7626890
freebase /m/051wd80

Jono Naylor

National Party — List

Gender male
wikidata Q6275863

Alfred Ngaro

National Party — List

Gender male
wikidata Q4723211

Damien O'Connor

Labour Party — West Coast-Tasman

Gender male
Born 1958-01-16
wikidata Q5212493

Simon O'Connor

National Party — Tāmaki

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

Denis O'Rourke

NZ First — List

Gender male
Born 1946-07-26
wikidata Q5257444

Pita Paraone

NZ First — List

Gender male
Born 1945-11-30
wikidata Q7198588

Hekia Parata

National Party — List

Gender female
Born 1958-11-01
wikidata Q16192869

David Parker

Labour Party — List

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

Parmjeet Parmar

National Party — List

Gender female
Prefix Dr
wikidata Q18098730

Winston Peters

NZ First — List (until 2015-04-23)

NZ First — Northland (from 2015-03-28)

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

Richard Prosser

NZ First — List

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

Maureen Pugh

National Party — List (from 2015-12-21)

Gender female
Born 1958
wikidata Q17466674

Shane Reti

National Party — Whangarei

Gender male
Born 1963-06-05
Prefix Dr
wikidata Q18167135

Grant Robertson

Labour Party — Wellington Central

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

Denise Roche

Green Party — List

Gender female
Born 1963-07-09
wikidata Q5257753

Jami-Lee Ross

National Party — Botany

Gender male
Born 1985-12-10
wikidata Q6146339

Adrian Rurawhe

Labour Party — Te Tai Hauāuru

Gender male
Born 1960
wikidata Q18167636

Eugenie Sage

Green Party — List

Gender female
Born 1969-10-26
wikidata Q5408237

Jenny Salesa

Labour Party — Manukau East

Gender female
wikidata Q18167638

Alastair Scott

National Party — Wairarapa

Gender male
Born 1965-09-18
wikidata Q18167642

Carmel Sepuloni

Labour Party — Kelston

Gender female
Born 1977
wikidata Q5043325

David Seymour

ACT Party — Epsom

Gender male
Born 1983-06-24
wikidata Q17055796
freebase /m/0_x5x0v

James Shaw

Green Party — List

Gender male
Born 1973-05-06
wikidata Q18167139

Scott Simpson

National Party — Coromandel

Gender male
Born 1955-09-11
wikidata Q7437262

Aupito Su’a William Sio

Labour Party — Māngere

Gender male
wikidata Q16208070

Nick Smith

National Party — Nelson

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

Stuart Smith

National Party — Kaikōura

Gender male
wikidata Q18167648

Barbara Stewart

NZ First — List

Gender female
Born 1952-02-23
wikidata Q10987432

Fletcher Tabuteau

NZ First — List

Gender male
Born 1974
wikidata Q18167393

Rino Tirikatene

Labour Party — Te Tai Tonga

Gender male
Born 1972
wikidata Q3527980

Lindsay Tisch

National Party — Waikato

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

Anne Tolley

National Party — East Coast

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

Metiria Turei

Green Party — List

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

Phil Twyford

Labour Party — Te Atatū

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

Louise Upston

National Party — Taupō

Gender female
Born 1971-03-14
wikidata Q6688985

Nicky Wagner

National Party — Christchurch Central

Gender female
Born 1953-07-23
wikidata Q7028713

Louisa Wall

Labour Party — Manurewa

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

Meka Whaitiri

Labour Party — Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

Gender female
Born 1965-01-11
wikidata Q13566358

Poto Williams

Labour Party — Christchurch East

Gender female
Born 1962-01-07
wikidata Q17016818

Maurice Williamson

National Party — Pakuranga

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

Michael Wood

Labour — Mt Roskill (from 2016-12-03)

Gender male
Born 1980-05-10
wikidata Q27950864
lcauth no2012054921
viaf 248330277
isni 0000 0003 6967 4743

Michael Woodhouse

National Party — List

Gender male
Born 1965
wikidata Q6835440

Megan Woods

Labour Party — Wigram

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

Jian Yang

National Party — List

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

Jonathan Young

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/51').memberships.each do |membership|
  puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
end

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