List of longest-serving members of the New Zealand Parliament explained

This is a list of members of the New Zealand Parliament who have served for at least 30 years. The time of service is not always continuous and separate terms are aggregated.

A total of 35 individuals have served in excess of 30 years in Parliament.^[1]

Members of Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

Key

†: Died in office

class=unsortable		Name	class=unsortable	Portrait	First elected	Left Parliament	Highest office held	Period of service	class=unsortable	References
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Rex Mason			15 April 1926	25 October 1966	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“National”	Sir Keith Holyoake			1 December 1932	10 March 1977	Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“Liberal”	Sir Maurice O'Rorke			18 January 1861	5 November 1902	Speaker of the House
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Sir Walter Nash			18 December 1929	4 June 1968†	Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Jonathan Hunt			26 November 1966	30 March 2005	Speaker of the House
data-sort-value=“Liberal”	Sir Āpirana Ngata			20 December 1905	30 August 1943	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“Liberal”	Sir Joseph Ward			26 September 1887	8 July 1930†	Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“NZFirst”	Winston Peters		24 May 1979	present	Deputy Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Trevor Mallard			14 July 1984	20 October 2022	Speaker of the House		^[2]
data-sort-value=“Liberal”	Sir William Steward			3 February 1871	20 November 1911	Speaker of the House		^[3]
data-sort-value=“Liberal”	George Forbes			17 November 1908	30 August 1943	Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Sir Eruera Tirikatene			3 August 1932	11 January 1967†	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Warren Freer			24 September 1947	29 October 1981	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Clyde Carr			14 November 1928	31 May 1962	Chairman of Committees
data-sort-value=“United”			14 July 1984	23 September 2017	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“Reform”	William Hughes Field			6 January 1900	1 November 1935	MP
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Sir Arnold Nordmeyer			27 November 1935	28 October 1969	Leader of the Opposition
data-sort-value=“Liberal”	Sir James Carroll			7 September 1887	27 November 1919	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Peter Fraser			3 October 1918	12 December 1950†	Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Phil Goff			28 November 1981	12 October 2016	Leader of the Opposition
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Robert McKeen			7 December 1922	5 October 1954	Speaker of the House
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Bill Parry			17 December 1919	27 July 1951	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“Reform”	Gordon Coates			19 December 1911	27 May 1943†	Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“National”				26 November 1960	17 December 1991	Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“Reform”	William Massey			9 April 1894	10 May 1925†	Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“Reform”	Sir James Allen			26 September 1887	22 March 1920	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“National”	Nick Smith			27 October 1990	10 June 2021	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Bob Tizard			30 November 1957	27 October 1990	Deputy Prime Minister
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Sir Robert Macfarlane			3 June 1939	28 October 1969	Speaker of the House
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Damien O'Connor		6 November 1993	present	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“Liberal”	Sir Thomas Wilford			4 December 1896	18 November 1929	Leader of the Opposition		^[4]
data-sort-value=“Labour”	Annette King		14 July 1984	23 September 2017	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“National”	Murray McCully			15 August 1987	23 September 2017	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“National”	Maurice Williamson		15 August 1987	23 September 2017	Cabinet Minister
data-sort-value=“Liberal”	Thomas Young Duncan			9 December 1881	19 December 1911	Cabinet Minister

Table footnotes:

See also

• Father of the House (New Zealand)
• List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia

References

• Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First ed. published 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Longest serving members of Parliament . . 5 November 2019 .
2. News: Former Speaker and Labour MP Trevor Mallard delivers final speech in the House . Michael . Neilson . 20 October 2022 . . 21 October 2022.
3. News: The Father of the House . 27 September 2013 . . 5 July 1906 . XXXIX . 155 . 1.
4. News: Maori MPs – Parliament's people . . 27 September 2013 . 20 December 2012.