47th New Zealand Parliament

The 47th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 2002 elections, and it sat until 11 August 2005.

The Labour Party and the Progressive Party, backed by United Future, commanded a majority throughout the 47th Parliament. The Labour-led administration was in its second term. The National Party, although dealt a significant blow in the last election, remained the largest opposition party. Other non-government parties were New Zealand First, ACT, the Greens, and (from mid-2004) the Māori Party.

The 47th Parliament consisted of 120 representatives. Sixty-nine of these were chosen by geographical electorates, including seven Māori electorates. The remainder were elected by means of party-list proportional representation under the MMP electoral system.

Initial composition of the 47th Parliament

Name	Party	Electorate	Term
Adams, Paul	United Future	-	First
Alexander, Marc	United Future	-	First
Anderton, Jim	Progressive	Wigram	Seventh
Ardern, Shane	National	Taranaki-King Country	Third
Awatere Huata, Donna	ACT	-	Third
Baldock, Larry	United Future	-	First
Barker, Rick	Labour	Tukituki	Fourth
Barnett, Tim	Labour	Christchurch Central	Third
Benson-Pope, David	Labour	Dunedin South	Second
Beyer, Georgina	Labour	Wairarapa	Second
Bradford, Sue	Greens	-	Second
Brash, Don	National	-	First
Brown, Peter	New Zealand First	-	Third
Brownlee, Gerry	National	Ilam	Third
Burton, Mark	Labour	Taupo	Fourth
Carter, Chris	Labour	Te Atatu	Fourth
Carter, David	National	-	Fourth
Carter, John	National	Northland	Sixth
Catchpole, Brent	New Zealand First	-	First
Chadwick, Stephanie	Labour	Rotorua	Second
Choudhary, Ashraf	Labour	-	First
Clark, Helen	Labour	Mt Albert	Eighth
Coddington, Deborah	ACT	-	First
Collins, Judith	National	Clevedon	First
Connell, Brian	National	Rakaia	First
Copeland, Gordon	United Future	-	First
Cosgrove, Clayton	Labour	Waimakariri	Second
Cullen, Michael	Labour	-	Eighth
Cunliffe, David	Labour	New Lynn	Second
Dalziel, Lianne	Labour	Christchurch East	Fifth
Donald, Rod	Greens	-	Third
Donnelly, Brian	New Zealand First	-	Third
Duncan, Helen	Labour	-	Third
Dunne, Peter	United Future	Ohariu-Belmont	Seventh
Duynhoven, Harry	Labour	New Plymouth	Fifth
Dyson, Ruth	Labour	Banks Peninsula	Fourth
Eckhoff, Gerry	ACT	-	Second
English, Bill	National	Clutha-Southland	Fifth
Ewen-Street, Ian	Greens	-	Second
Fairbrother, Russell	Labour	Napier	First
Franks, Stephen	ACT	-	Second
Field, Taito Phillip	Labour	Mangere	Fourth
Fitzsimons, Jeanette	Greens	-	Third
Gallagher, Martin	Labour	Hamilton West	Third
Goff, Phil	Labour	Mt Roskill	Eighth
Gosche, Mark	Labour	Maungakiekie	Third
Goudie, Sandra	National	Coromandel	First
Gudgeon, Bill	New Zealand First	-	First
Hartley, Ann	Labour	Northcote	Second
Hawkins, George	Labour	Manurewa	Fifth
Heatley, Philip	National	Whangarei	Second
Hereora, Dave	Labour	-	First
Hide, Rodney	ACT	-	Third
Hobbs, Marian	Labour	Wellington Central	Third
Hodgson, Pete	Labour	Dunedin North	Fifth
Horomia, Parekura	Labour	Ikaroa-Rawhiti	Second
Hughes, Darren	Labour	Otaki	First
Hunt, Jonathan	Labour	-	Thirteenth
Hutchison, Paul	National	Port Waikato	Second
Jones, Dail	New Zealand First	-	Fourth
Kedgley, Sue	Greens	-	Second
Kelly, Graham	Labour	-	Sixth
Key, John	National	Helensville	First
King, Annette	Labour	Rongotai	Seventh
Laban, Winnie	Labour	Mana	Second
Locke, Keith	Greens	-	Second
Mackey, Janet	Labour	East Coast	Fourth
Maharey, Steve	Labour	Palmerston North	Fifth
Mahuta, Nanaia	Labour	Tainui	Third
Mallard, Trevor	Labour	Hutt South	Sixth
Mapp, Wayne	National	North Shore	Third
Mark, Ron	New Zealand First	-	Third
McCully, Murray	National	East Coast Bays	Sixth
McNair, Craig	New Zealand First	-	First
Newman, Muriel	ACT	-	Third
O'Connor, Damien	Labour	West Coast-Tasman	Fourth
Ogilvy, Bernie	United Future	-	First
Okeroa, Mahara	Labour	Te Tai Tonga	Second
Paraone, Pita	New Zealand First	-	First
Parker, David	Labour	Otago	First
Peck, Mark	Labour	Invercargill	Fourth
Perry, Edwin	New Zealand First	-	First
Peters, Jim	New Zealand First	-	First
Peters, Winston	New Zealand First	Tauranga	Eighth
Pettis, Jill	Labour	Whanganui	Fourth
Pillay, Lynne	Labour	Waitakere	First
Power, Simon	National	Rangitikei	Third
Prebble, Richard	ACT	-	Ninth
Rich, Katherine	National	-	Second
Ririnui, Mita	Labour	Waiariki	Second
Robertson, Ross	Labour	Manukau East	Sixth
Robson, Matt	Progressive	-	Third
Roy, Heather	ACT	-	First
Ryall, Tony	National	Bay of Plenty	Fifth
Samuels, Dover	Labour	Te Tai Tokerau	Third
Scott, Lynda	National	Kaikoura	Second
Shirley, Ken	ACT	-	Fifth
Simich, Clem	National	Tamaki	Fifth
Smith, Lockwood	National	Rodney	Seventh
Smith, Murray	United Future	-	First
Smith, Nick	National	Nelson	Fifth
Sowry, Roger	National	-	Fifth
Stewart, Barbara	New Zealand First	-	First
Sutton, Jim	Labour	Aoraki	Sixth
Swain, Paul	Labour	Rimutaka	Fifth
Tamihere, John	Labour	Tamaki Makaurau	Second
Tanczos, Nandor	Greens	-	Second
Te Heuheu, Georgina	National	-	Third
Tisch, Lindsay	National	Piako	Second
Tizard, Judith	Labour	Auckland Central	Fifth
Turei, Metiria	Greens	-	First
Turia, Tariana	Labour	Te Tai Hauauru	Third
Turner, Judy	United Future	-	First
Ward, Mike	Greens	-	First
Williamson, Maurice	National	Pakuranga	Sixth
Wilson, Margaret	Labour	-	Second
Wong, Pansy	National	-	Third
Woolerton, Doug	New Zealand First	-	Third
Worth, Richard	National	Epsom	Second
Yates, Dianne	Labour	Hamilton East	Fourth

By-elections during 47th Parliament

There was one by-election held during the term of the 47th Parliament.

Electorate and by-election		Date	Incumbent		Cause	Winner
Te Tai Hauauru	2004	10 July		Tariana Turia	Resignation		Tariana Turia

Summary of changes during term

• Graham Kelly, a Labour list MP, left Parliament on 29 July 2003 to take up a position as High Commissioner to Canada. Moana Mackey, the next candidate on Labour's party list, entered Parliament in his place.
• Donna Awatere Huata, an ACT list MP, was officially declared an independent on 11 November 2003. This followed her suspension from the ACT caucus on 11 February 2003 after allegations of fraud were made against her. After a lengthy legal fight which went all the way to the Supreme Court, she was expelled from Parliament on 19 November 2004. She was replaced by Kenneth Wang on 30 November.
• Tariana Turia, the Labour MP for Te Tai Hauauru, resigned from Parliament over the foreshore and seabed issue on 17 May 2004. On 10 July, Turia won the resulting by-election under the banner of the new Māori Party, and took her seat again on 27 July.
• Jonathan Hunt, a Labour list MP, left Parliament on 30 March 2005 to take up a position as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Lesley Soper, the next candidate on Labour's party list, was sworn in to replace him on 5 April.