Parliament of New Zealand topic

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New Zealand Parliament

The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. However most people incorrectly refer to the House of Representatives as 'Parliament'. The House of Representatives usually consists of 120 Members of Parliament (MPs), sometimes more due to overhang seats. MPs are directly elected by universal suffrage. New Zealand essentially follows the Westminster system of government, and is... full article at wikipedia

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officeholder	office, position, or title	district represented (if position is district-related)	from	to
Phil Goff	Member of Parliament	Mount Roskill	1999
Phil Goff	Member of Parliament	New Lynn	1996	1999
Rodney Hide	Member of Parliament		1996	2005
Rodney Hide	Member of Parliament	Epsom	2005
Peter Dunne	Member of Parliament	Ohariu-Belmont	1984	1993
Peter Dunne	Member of Parliament	Onslow	1993	1996
Peter Dunne	Member of Parliament	Ohariu-Belmont	1996
Jim Anderton	Member of Parliament	Sydenham	1984	1996
Jim Anderton	Member of Parliament	Wigram	1996
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Last edited by lukeschubert Nov 19, 2008

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