# 46th New Zealand Parliament

The 46th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. Its composition was determined by the 1999 election, and it sat until the 2002 election.
The 46th Parliament marked a change of government, with a coalition of the Labour Party and the Alliance taking office. Helen Clark replaced Jenny Shipley as Prime Minister. The National Party, which had formed a minority government for the last part of the 45th Parliament, became the largest opposition party, eventually emerging under a new leader, Bill English. Other parties in Parliament were ACT, the Greens, New Zealand First, and United. Several parties represented at the end of the previous Parliament, such as Mauri Pacific, were wiped out, failing to retain any of their seats.
The 46th Parliament consisted of one hundred and twenty representatives. Sixty-seven of these representatives were chosen by geographical electorates, including six Māori electorates. The remainder were elected by means of party-list proportional representation under the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system.

## Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1999 election and at dissolution:
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | At 1999 election | At dissolution |
| | Labour | 49 | 49 |
| | Alliance | 10 | 10 |
| | Green | 7 | 7 |
| Government total | Government total | 66 | 66 |
| | National | 39 | 39 |
| | ACT | 9 | 9 |
| | NZ First | 5 | 5 |
| | United NZ | 1 | 1 |
| Opposition total | Opposition total | 54 | 54 |
| Total | Total | 120 | 120 |
| Working Government majority | Working Government majority | 12 | 12 |
Notes
* The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
* ^CS The Green Party entered a confidence and supply agreement with the Labour-Alliance coalition

## Initial composition of the 46th Parliament

46th New Zealand Parliament - MPs elected to Parliament
List MPs are ordered by allocation as determined by the Chief Electoral Office and the party lists.
| Party | Name | Electorate | Term |
| National | Murray McCully | Albany | Fifth |
| Labour | Jim Sutton | Aoraki | Fifth |
| Labour | Judith Tizard | Auckland Central | Fourth |
| Labour | Ruth Dyson | Banks Peninsula | Third |
| National | Tony Ryall | Bay of Plenty | Fourth |
| Labour | Tim Barnett | Christchurch Central | Second |
| Labour | Lianne Dalziel | Christchurch East | Fourth |
| National | Bill English | Clutha-Southland | Fourth |
| Green | Jeanette Fitzsimons | Coromandel | Second |
| Labour | Pete Hodgson | Dunedin North | Fourth |
| Labour | David Benson-Pope | Dunedin South | First |
| Labour | Janet Mackey | East Coast | Third |
| National | Richard Worth | Epsom | First |
| National | Tony Steel | Hamilton East | Third |
| Labour | Martin Gallagher | Hamilton West | Second |
| National | Warren Kyd | Hunua | Fifth |
| Labour | Trevor Mallard | Hutt South | Fifth |
| National | Gerry Brownlee | Ilam | Second |
| Labour | Mark Peck | Invercargill | Third |
| National | Lynda Scott | Kaikōura | First |
| National | Lindsay Tisch | Karapiro | First |
| Labour | Graham Kelly | Mana | Fifth |
| Labour | Taito Phillip Field | Mangere | Third |
| Labour | Ross Robertson | Manukau East | Fifth |
| Labour | George Hawkins | Manurewa | Fourth |
| Labour | Mark Gosche | Maungakiekie | Second |
| Labour | Helen Clark | Mount Albert | Seventh |
| Labour | Phil Goff | Mount Roskill | Sixth |
| Labour | Geoff Braybrooke | Napier | Seventh |
| National | Nick Smith | Nelson | Fourth |
| Labour | Harry Duynhoven | New Plymouth | Fourth |
| National | Wayne Mapp | North Shore | Second |
| Labour | Ann Hartley | Northcote | First |
| National | John Carter | Northland | Fifth |
| United NZ | Peter Dunne | Ohariu-Belmont | Sixth |
| National | Gavan Herlihy | Otago | Second |
| Labour | Judy Keall | Otaki | Fifth |
| National | Maurice Williamson | Pakuranga | Fifth |
| Labour | Steve Maharey | Palmerston North | Fourth |
| National | Paul Hutchison | Port Waikato | First |
| National | Jenny Shipley | Rakaia | Fifth |
| National | Simon Power | Rangitikei | First |
| Labour | Paul Swain | Rimutaka | Fourth |
| National | Lockwood Smith | Rodney | Sixth |
| Labour | Annette King | Rongotai | Fifth |
| Labour | Steve Chadwick | Rotorua | First |
| National | Clem Simich | Tamaki | Fourth |
| National | Shane Ardern | Taranaki-King Country | Second |
| Labour | Mark Burton | Taupo | Third |
| NZ First | Winston Peters | Tauranga | Seventh |
| Labour | Chris Carter | Te Atatu | Second |
| Labour | David Cunliffe | Titirangi | First |
| Labour | Rick Barker | Tukituki | Third |
| Labour | Clayton Cosgrove | Waimakariri | First |
| Labour | Georgina Beyer | Wairarapa | First |
| National | Brian Neeson | Waitakere | Fourth |
| Labour | Marian Hobbs | Wellington Central | Second |
| Labour | Damien O'Connor | West Coast-Tasman | Third |
| Labour | Jill Pettis | Whanganui | Third |
| National | Phil Heatley | Whangarei | First |
| Alliance | Jim Anderton | Wigram | Sixth |
| Labour | John Tamihere | Hauraki Maori | First |
| Labour | Parekura Horomia | Ikaroa-Rāwhiti | First |
| Labour | Nanaia Mahuta | Te Tai Hauāuru | Second |
| Labour | Dover Samuels | Te Tai Tokerau | Second |
| Labour | Mahara Okeroa | Te Tai Tonga | First |
| Labour | Mita Ririnui | Waiariki | First |
| ACT | Richard Prebble | Party list, rank 01 | Eighth |
| Alliance | Sandra Lee | Party list, rank 02 | Third |
| ACT | Ken Shirley | Party list, rank 02 | Fourth |
| Green | Rod Donald | Party list, rank 02 | Second |
| Alliance | Matt Robson | Party list, rank 03 | Second |
| NZ First | Peter Brown | Party list, rank 02 | Second |
| ACT | Stephen Franks | Party list, rank 03 | First |
| Alliance | John Wright | Party list, rank 04 | Second |
| Green | Ian Ewen-Street | Party list, rank 03 | First |
| ACT | Donna Awatere Huata | Party list, rank 04 | Second |
| Alliance | Phillida Bunkle | Party list, rank 05 | Second |
| NZ First | Brian Donnelly | Party list, rank 03 | Second |
| ACT | Rodney Hide | Party list, rank 05 | Second |
| Green | Sue Bradford | Party list, rank 04 | First |
| Alliance | Laila Harré | Party list, rank 06 | Second |
| National | Wyatt Creech | Party list, rank 02 | Fifth |
| National | Don McKinnon | Party list, rank 03 | Eighth |
| ACT | Owen Jennings | Party list, rank 06 | Second |
| National | Georgina te Heuheu | Party list, rank 06 | Second |
| NZ First | Ron Mark | Party list, rank 04 | Second |
| National | Roger Sowry | Party list, rank 07 | Fourth |
| Alliance | Grant Gillon | Party list, rank 07 | Second |
| National | Belinda Vernon | Party list, rank 10 | Second |
| Green | Nándor Tánczos | Party list, rank 05 | First |
| National | Pansy Wong | Party list, rank 11 | Second |
| ACT | Muriel Newman | Party list, rank 07 | Second |
| National | Simon Upton | Party list, rank 12 | Seventh |
| National | John Luxton | Party list, rank 14 | Fifth |
| Alliance | Liz Gordon | Party list, rank 08 | Second |
| National | Max Bradford | Party list, rank 15 | Fourth |
| National | Doug Kidd | Party list, rank 17 | Eighth |
| NZ First | Doug Woolerton | Party list, rank 05 | Second |
| ACT | Penny Webster | Party list, rank 08 | First |
| National | Annabel Young | Party list, rank 18 | Second |
| Green | Sue Kedgley | Party list, rank 06 | First |
| Labour | Michael Cullen | Party list, rank 02 | Seventh |
| Labour | Jonathan Hunt | Party list, rank 06 | Twelfth |
| Alliance | Willie Jackson | Party list, rank 09 | First |
| National | Eric Roy | Party list, rank 19 | Third |
| Labour | Margaret Wilson | Party list, rank 09 | First |
| National | Anne Tolley | Party list, rank 20 | First |
| Labour | Tariana Turia | Party list, rank 16 | Second |
| National | David Carter | Party list, rank 21 | Third |
| Labour | Dianne Yates | Party list, rank 22 | Third |
| National | Bob Simcock | Party list, rank 22 | Second |
| Labour | Helen Duncan | Party list, rank 30 | Second |
| ACT | Gerry Eckhoff | Party list, rank 09 | First |
| Labour | Joe Hawke | Party list, rank 32 | Second |
| Alliance | Kevin Campbell | Party list, rank 10 | First |
| National | Katherine Rich | Party list, rank 23 | First |
| Labour | Winnie Laban | Party list, rank 33 | First |
| Green | Keith Locke | Party list, rank 07 | First |
| National | Marie Hasler | Party list, rank 24 | Third |

## Changes during term

There were no by-elections held during the term of the 46th Parliament.
* Don McKinnon, a National Party list MP, left Parliament in March 2000 to become Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. He was replaced by Arthur Anae, the next candidate on the National Party list.
* Simon Upton, a National Party list MP, left Parliament in January 2001. He was replaced by Alec Neill, the next candidate on the National Party list.

## Seating plan
### Start of term

The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wong | Anae | Ardern | Rich | Scott |
| Roy | Kidd | Mapp | Herlihy | Young | Neeson | Simich | Hasler | Kyd | Steel | Newman | Franks | Webster | Eckhoff | Woolerton | | Heatley | Tisch |
| te Heuheu | Vernon | Brownlee | J. Carter | Upton | McCully | Williamson | Simcock | D. Carter | Awatere Huata | Hide | Jennings | Brown | Mark | | Donnelly | Hutchison | Tolley |
| M. Bradford | Luxton | Creech | Shipley | English | Sowry | N. Smith | L. Smith | Ryall | Prebble | Shirley | Peters | Donald | | S. Bradford | Kedgley | Power | Worth |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fitzsimons | Ewen-Street | Tánczos | | |
| Hunt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Locke | | |
| Hunt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jackson | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dunne | Peck | Campbell | |
| Sutton | Lee | Anderton | CLARK | Cullen | Maharey | Goff | King | Mallard | Bunkle | Wright | Kelly | Keall | | O'Connor | Gordon | Cunliffe | Tamihere |
| Harré | Robson | Gillon | Barker | Hodgson | Wilson | Samuels | Dalziel | Hawkins | Horomia | Robertson | Duynhoven | Field | Mackey | | Beyer | Cosgrove | Ririnui |
| Braybrooke | Hobbs | Swain | C. Carter | Burton | Gosche | Tizard | Dyson | Turia | Pettis | Yates | Mahuta | Hawke | Barnett | Duncan | | Chadwick | Okeroa |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gallagher | Benson-Pope | Hartley | Laban | |