death_place death_date successor birth_place predecessor party primeminister birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
ruatoria , new zealand 5 april 2012 doug kidd warren cooper rotorua , new zealand robin gray bob tizard labour jim bolger geoffrey palmer 21 january 1930 24th of defence speaker of the house of representatives 30th minister 1993 yes 1990 2 9 peter tapsell -lrb- new zealand politician -rrb-
 1996 yes 1990 11 2 sir peter tapsell
peter tapsell -lrb- new zealand politician -rrb-

sir peter wilfred tapsell -lrb- 21 january 1930 -- 5 april 2012 -rrb- was speaker of the new zealand house of representatives from 1993 to 1996 .
he was notable for being the first māori speaker , and for being the first speaker since 1943 to hold office while not a member of the governing party .
he was an orthopaedic surgeon before entering politics .
