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The 43rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand . Its composition was determined by the 1990 Elections , and it sat until the 1993 Elections .

The 43rd Parliament saw the beginning of the fourth National Party government, with the Labour Party failing to win a third term in office. The 43rd Parliament was heavily dominated by National, which controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats. Only one minor party, Jim Anderton 's NewLabour , was present at the beginning of the 43rd Parliament. Later, NewLabour would join with several unrepresented parties to form the Alliance , which would gain two additional seats when two National MPs defected. Another National MP, Winston Peters , would also break away from his party, becoming an independent.

The 43rd Parliament consisted of ninety-seven representatives, the same as the previous Parliament. All of these representatives were chosen by single-member geographical electorates, including four special Maori Electorates .


ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES FOR THE 43RD PARLIAMENT



INITIAL COMPOSITION OF THE 43RD PARLIAMENT



CHANGES DURING TERM

  • Jim Anderton , the sole MP for the NewLabour Party, merged his party with several others to form the Alliance in 1991. Anderton was thereafter recorded as an Alliance MP rather than a NewLabour MP.

  • Robert Muldoon , the National Party MP for Tamaki and a former Prime Minister of New Zealand, quit Parliament on 17 December 1991. His departure prompted a By-election In Tamaki early the following year — it was won by Clem Simich , also of the National Party.

  • Gilbert Myles and Hamish MacIntyre , the National Party MPs for Roskill and Manawatu, respectively, quit their party in 1992. They established a small group Liberal Party , which they eventually merged into the Alliance .

  • Fran Wilde , the Labour Party MP for Wellington Central, quit Parliament in 1992 to become Mayor Of Wellington . Her departure prompted a By-election In Wellington Central in December — it was won by Chris Laidlaw , also of the Labour Party.

  • Cam Campion , the National Party MP for Wanganui, announced his resignation from the party on 3 March 1993. He accused the party of attempting to rig the reselection process against him. Campion remained an independent for the remainder of the term.

  • Winston Peters , the National Party MP for Tauranga, resigned from both his party and his seat on 18 March 1993. His departure prompted a By-election In Tauranga in April — Peters contested and won it as an independent candidate. Later, he would found the New Zealand First party.