constituency relations predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp religion party profession primeminister birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
selwyn george pearce -lrb- great-grandfather -rrb- david caygill colin mclachlan bill birch david carter new zealand taranaki , new zealand selwyn roman catholic national civil servant jim bolger 13 december 1950 37th minister of finance 2 november 1990 1981 ruth richardson
 1993 1994 ruth richardson
ruth richardson

ruth richardson -lrb- born 13 december 1950 -rrb- served as new zealand 's minister of finance from 1990 to 1993 , and is known for her strong pursuit of free-market policies -lrb- her opponents sometimes called it `` ruthanasia '' -rrb- .
