List of appointments to the New Zealand House of Representatives explained

This is a list of appointments to the New Zealand House of Representatives, which is the sole house of the New Zealand Parliament, filling vacancies of List MPs, from the first election to be held under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system in 1996 until the present day.

Vacancies can be caused in several ways:

• The resignation of a List MP
• The death of a List MP
• The expulsion of a List MP
• The election of a sitting List MP to an electorate seat

List of appointments

45th Parliament (1996–1999)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
23 April 1997	Jim Gerard		National	Resignation	Annabel Young		National	^[1]
24 November 1998	Jill White		Labour	Resignation	Helen Duncan		Labour	^[2]
16 February 1999	Deborah Morris		Independent	Resignation	Gilbert Myles		NZ First	^[3]
16 February 1999	Paul East		National	Resignation	Alec Neill		National
46th Parliament (1999–2002)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
15 March 2000	Don McKinnon		National	Resignation	Arthur Anae		National	^[4]
13 February 2001	Simon Upton		National	Resignation	Alec Neill		National	^[5]
47th Parliament (2002–2005)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
29 July 2003	Graham Kelly		Labour	Resignation	Moana Mackey		Labour	^[6]
30 November 2004	Donna Awatere Huata		Independent	Expulsion	Kenneth Wang		ACT	^[7]
5 April 2005	Jonathan Hunt		Labour	Resignation	Lesley Soper		Labour	^[8]
48th Parliament (2005–2008)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
15 November 2005	Rod Donald		Green	Death	Nándor Tánczos		Green	^[9]
1 August 2006	Jim Sutton		Labour	Resignation	Charles Chauvel		Labour	^[10]
13 February 2007	Don Brash		National	Resignation	Katrina Shanks		National	^[11]
20 February 2007	Georgina Beyer		Labour	Resignation	Lesley Soper		Labour	^[12]
19 February 2008	Brian Donnelly		NZ First	Resignation	Dail Jones		NZ First	^[13]
4 March 2008	Ann Hartley		Labour	Resignation	Louisa Wall		Labour	^[14]
1 April 2008	Dianne Yates		Labour	Resignation	William Sio		Labour	^[15]
1 July 2008	Nándor Tánczos		Green	Resignation	Russel Norman		Green	^[16]
49th Parliament (2008–2011)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
5 May 2009	Michael Cullen		Labour	Resignation	Damien O'Connor		Labour	^[17]
17 June 2009	Richard Worth		National	Resignation	Cam Calder		National	^[18]
17 November 2009	Sue Bradford		Green	Resignation	David Clendon		Green	^[19]
16 February 2010	Jeanette Fitzsimons		Green	Resignation	Gareth Hughes		Green	^[20]
12 October 2010	David Garrett		ACT	Resignation	Hilary Calvert		ACT	^[21]
12 April 2011	Darren Hughes		Labour	Resignation	Louisa Wall		Labour	^[22]
50th Parliament (2011–2014)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
19 February 2013	Lockwood Smith		National	Resignation	Aaron Gilmore		National	^[23]
13 March 2013	Charles Chauvel		Labour	Resignation	Carol Beaumont		Labour	^[24]
28 May 2013	Jackie Blue		National	Resignation	Paul Foster-Bell		National	^[25]
29 May 2013	Aaron Gilmore		National	Resignation	Claudette Hauiti		National	^[26]
28 January 2014	Katrina Shanks		National	Resignation	Jo Hayes		National	^[27]
27 May 2014	Shane Jones		Labour	Resignation	Kelvin Davis		Labour	^[28]
51st Parliament (2014–2017)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
28 April 2015	Winston Peters		NZ First	Elected to electorate seat	Ria Bond		NZ First	^[29]
3 November 2015	Russel Norman		Green	Resignation	Marama Davidson		Green	^[30]
9 February 2016	Tim Groser		National	Resignation	Maureen Pugh		National	^[31]
7 October 2016	Kevin Hague		Green	Resignation	Barry Coates		Green	^[32]
16 March 2017	Jacinda Ardern		Labour	Elected to electorate seat	Raymond Huo		Labour	^[33]
52nd Parliament (2017–2020)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
20 March 2018	Bill English		National	Resignation	Maureen Pugh		National	^[34]
3 April 2018	Steven Joyce		National	Resignation	Nicola Willis		National	^[35]
12 February 2019	Chris Finlayson		National	Resignation	Agnes Loheni		National	^[36]
16 May 2019	Nuk Korako		National	Resignation	Paulo Garcia		National	^[37]
53rd Parliament (2020–2023)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
11 June 2021	Nick Smith		National	Resignation	Harete Hipango		National	^[38]
1 May 2022	Louisa Wall		Labour	Resignation	Lemauga Lydia Sosene		Labour	^[39]
25 July 2022	Kris Faafoi		Labour	Resignation	Dan Rosewarne		Labour	^[40]
25 October 2022	Trevor Mallard		Labour	Resignation	Soraya Peke-Mason		Labour	^[41]
54th Parliament (2023–present)
Date	Incumbent	Party		Cause	Appointee	Party		Source
6 December 2023	Andrew Little		Labour	Resignation	Camilla Belich		Labour	^[42]
14 December 2023	Andrew Bayly		National	Elected to electorate seat	Nancy Lu		National	^[43]
19 January 2024	Golriz Ghahraman		Green	Resignation	Celia Wade-Brown		Green	^[44]
29 January 2024	Rino Tirikatene		Labour	Resignation	Tracey McLellan		Labour	^[45]
7 February 2024	Kelvin Davis		Labour	Resignation	Shanan Halbert		Labour	^[46]
6 March 2024	Efeso Collins		Green	Death	Lawrence Xu-Nan		Green	^[47]
25 March 2024	Grant Robertson		Labour	Resignation	Glen Bennett		Labour	^[48]
6 May 2024	James Shaw		Green	Resignation	Francisco Hernandez		Green	^[49]

Notes and References

1. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 514 . 23 April 1997 . 29 March 2018 .
2. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 540 . 24 November 1998 . 29 March 2018 .
3. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 5 . 16 February 1999 . 29 March 2018 .
4. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 315 . 15 March 2000 . 29 March 2018 .
5. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 5 . 13 February 2001 . 29 March 2018 .
6. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 29 July 2003 . 29 March 2018 .
7. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 30 November 2004 . 29 March 2018 .
8. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 5 April 2005 . 29 March 2018 .
9. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 15 November 2005 . 29 March 2018 .
10. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 1 August 2006 . 29 March 2018 .
11. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 13 February 2007 . 29 March 2018 .
12. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 20 February 2007 . 29 March 2018 .
13. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 19 February 2008 . 29 March 2018 .
14. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 4 March 2008 . 29 March 2018 .
15. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 1 April 2008 . 29 March 2018 .
16. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 1 July 2008 . 29 March 2018 .
17. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 5 May 2009 . 29 March 2018 .
18. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 17 June 2009 . 29 March 2018 .
19. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 17 November 2009 . 29 March 2018 .
20. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 16 February 2010 . 29 March 2018 .
21. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 12 October 2010 . 29 March 2018 .
22. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 12 April 2011 . 29 March 2018 .
23. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 19 February 2013 . 29 March 2018 .
24. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 13 March 2013 . 29 March 2018 .
25. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 28 May 2013 . 29 March 2018 .
26. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 29 May 2013 . 29 March 2018 .
27. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 28 January 2014 . 29 March 2018 .
28. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 27 May 2014 . 29 March 2018 .
29. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 28 April 2015 . 29 March 2018 .
30. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 3 November 2015 . 29 March 2018 .
31. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 9 February 2016 . 29 March 2018 .
32. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 7 October 2016 . 29 March 2018 .
33. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 16 March 2017 . 29 March 2018 .
34. Web site: List Member Vacancy . parliament.nz . . 20 March 2018 . 29 March 2018 .
35. Web site: Declaration by Electoral Commission That Nicola Valentine Willis is Elected a Member of Parliament . 3 April 2018.
36. Web site: Declaration by Electoral Commission That Agnes Loreta Loheni is Elected a Member of Parliament . 31 January 2019.
37. Web site: New list MP for The New Zealand National Party . . 20 May 2019 . 16 May 2019.
38. Web site: Declaration by Electoral Commission That Harete Hipango is Elected a Member of Parliament – 2021-au2280 – New Zealand Gazette. 2021-06-11. gazette.govt.nz.
39. Web site: Declaration by Electoral Commission That Lemauga Lydia Sosene is Elected a Member of Parliament – 2022-au1650 – New Zealand Gazette. 3 May 2022. gazette.govt.nz.
40. Web site: New list MP for Labour Party . 25 July 2022 . Electoral Commission.
41. Web site: Labour's Peke-Mason sworn in, creating history for women MPs . 25 October 2022 . 1News.
42. News: Declaration by Electoral Commission that Camilla Vera Feslier Belich is elected a Member of Parliament . 6 December 2023 . . 8 December 2023.
43. News: New list MP for the National Party . 14 December 2023 . Electoral Commission . 23 February 2023.
44. Web site: Declaration by Electoral Commission That Celia Wade-Brown is Elected a Member of Parliament . 19 January 2024 . 29 January 2024 . .
45. News: Declaration by Electoral Commission That Tracey Lee McLellan is Elected a Member of Parliament . 29 January 2024 . . 29 January 2024 .
46. News: Declaration by Electoral Commission That Shanan Halbert is Elected a Member of Parliament . 7 February 2024 . . 9 February 2024 .
47. News: Declaration by Electoral Commission that Lawrence Xi Xu-Nan is elected a Member of Parliament . 6 March 2024 . . 6 March 2024.
48. News: Declaration by Electoral Commission That Glen Thomas Bennett is Elected a Member of Parliament . 25 March 2024 . . 30 April 2024 .
49. Web site: Declaration by Electoral Commission That Francisco Bagkus Hernandez is Elected a Member of Parliament . 6 May 2024 . New Zealand Gazette.