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The 48th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined at a general election held on 17 September 2005. The new parliament met for the first time on 7 November 2005. It was dissolved on 3 October 2008.^[1]

The Labour Party and the Progressive Party, backed by New Zealand First and United Future, established a majority at the beginning the 48th Parliament. The Labour-led administration is in its third term. The National Party and ACT form the formal opposition to the government. Other non-government parties are the Greens (who promised to abstain on confidence and supply votes) and the Māori Party.

The 48th Parliament consists of 121 representatives. This represents an overhang of one seat, with the Māori Party having won one more electorates than its share of the vote would otherwise have given it. In total, sixty-nine of the MPs 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.

1 Oath of office 2 Members of the 48th Parliament of New Zealand 2.1 New Zealand Labour Party (49) 2.2 New Zealand National Party (47) 2.3 New Zealand First (7) 2.4 Green Party (6) 2.5 Māori Party (4) 2.6 United Future (2) 2.7 ACT New Zealand (2) 2.8 Progressive Party (1) 2.9 Changes of party affiliation during the term of the 48th Parliament (2) 3 Changes during term 4 See also 5 References

All the Māori Party MPs tried to alter their Oath of office by adding references to the Treaty of Waitangi. They all had to retake their oaths.

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Summary of the 17 September 2005 New Zealand House of Representatives election results

party		votes	% of votes		seats
			%	change	electorate	list	total	change
	Labour	935,319	41.10	-0.16	31	19	50	-2
	National	889,813	39.10	+18.17	31	17	48	+21
	NZ First	130,115	5.72	-4.66	0	7	7	-6
	Green	120,521	5.30	-1.70	0	6	6	-3
	Māori	48,263	2.12	+2.12	4	0	4	+4
	United Future	60,860	2.67	-4.02	1	2	3	-5
	ACT	34,469	1.51	-5.63	1	1	2	-7
	Progressive	26,441	1.16	-0.54	1	0	1	-1
	other parties	29,828	1.31	-3.58	0	0	0	0
	total	2,275,629	100.00		69	52	121	+1
	informal votes	10,561
	disallowed special votes	17,815
	total votes cast	2,304,005
	turnout	80.92%

Government: Labour in office, since 1999; minority coalition with Progressive Party since 2002
Prime Minister: Helen Clark (Labour) (1999-)
Governor General: Dame Silvia Cartwright (to August 2006), Anand Satyanand (August 2006-)
Deputy Prime Minister: Michael Cullen (Labour)(2002-)
Leader of the Opposition: Don Brash (National Party), (to November 2006), John Key (National) (November 2006) -
Speaker : Margaret Wilson (Labour}
Deputy Speaker: Clem Simich (National)
Assistant Speaker: Ross Robertson (Labour) and Ann Hartley (Labour)
Leader of the House: Michael Cullen (Labour)

	Name	Electorate	term in office	responsibilities
	Helen Clark	Mount Albert	1981 -	Prime Minister Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister in charge of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Minister in charge of Ministerial Services Minister in charge of the Government Security Communications Bureau Leader of the Labour Party
	Michael Cullen		1981 -	Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi negotiations Attorney-General Leader of the House Deputy Chair of the Privileges Committee Deputy Chair of the Standing Orders select committee Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
	Phil Goff	Mount Roskill	1981-1990; 1993 -	Minister of Defence Minister of Corrections Minister for Overseas Trade Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control Associate Minister of Finance
	Pete Hodgson	Dunedin North	1990 -	Minister of Economic Development Minister for Research, Science and Technology Minister for Tertiary Education
	Annette King	Rongotai	1984-1990; 1993 -	Minister of Transport Minister of Police Minister of Justice Minister in charge of the Law Commission
	Parekura Horomia	Ikaroa-Rāwhiti	1999 -	Minister of Māori Affairs Associate Minister of State Services Associate Minister of Fisheries Associate Minister of Education Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment
	Chris Carter	Te Atatū	1993-1996; 1999 -	Minister of Education Minister in charge of the Education Review Office Minister of Ethnic Affairs
	David Cunliffe	New Lynn	1999 -	Minister of Health Minister of Communications and Information Technology
	Trevor Mallard	Hutt South	1984-1990; 1993 -	Minister of Labour Minister of State Owned Enterprises Minister of Broadcasting Minister for the Environment Associate Minister of Finance
	Ruth Dyson	Banks Peninsula	1993 -	Minister for Senior Citizens Minister for Disability Issues Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector Minister of Social Development and Employment
	Lianne Dalziel	Christchurch East	1990 -	Minister of Commerce Minister for Food Safety Associate Minister of Justice
	David Parker		2002 -	Minister of State Services Minister of Energy Minister of Land Information Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues
	Nanaia Mahuta	Tainui	1996 -	Minister for Local Government Minister of Youth Affairs Minister of Customs Associate Minister of Tourism Associate Minister for the Environment
	Clayton Cosgrove	Waimakariri	1999 -	Minister for Sport and Recreation Minister of Immigration Minister for Small Business Minister in charge of the Rugby World Cup Associate Minister of Finance Associate Minister of Justice
	Rick Barker		1993 -	Minister for Courts Minister of Internal Affairs Minister of Civil Defence Minister for Veterans' Affairs Associate Minister of Justice
	Damien O'Connor	West Coast-Tasman	1993 -	Minister of Tourism Minister for Rural Affairs Associate Minister of Health
	Paul Swain	Rimutaka	1990-2008
	Steve Chadwick	Rotorua	1999 -	Minister of Conservation Minister for Women's Affairs Associate Minister of Health
	Maryan Street		2005 -	Mnister of Housing Minister in charge of the Accident Compensation Corporation Associate Minister of Economic Development Associate Minister of Tertiary Education
	Shane Jones		2005 -	Minister for Building and Construction Associate Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Associate Minister of Immigration Associate Minister for Trade
	Judith Tizard	Auckland Central	1990 -	Minister of Consumer Affairs Minister responsible for the National Library Minister responsible for Archives New Zealand Associate Minister of Transport Associate Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage Associate Minister of Commerce
	Harry Duynhoven	New Plymouth	1984-1990; 1993 -	Minister for Transport Safety Associate Minister of Energy
	Mita Ririnui		1984-1999 -	Minister of State Associate Minister of Health Associate Minister of Forestry Associate Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Associate Minister of Corrections
	Winnie Laban	Mana	1999-	Minister of Pacific Island Affairs Associate Minister of Economic Development Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment Associate Minister of Trade
	Jill Pettis		1993-2008
	Mahara Okeroa	Te Tai Tonga	1999-	Minister of State Associate Minister of Conservation Associate Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment
	Darren Hughes	Ōtaki	2002-	Minister of Statistics - Minister Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment Deputy Leader of the House
	Margaret Wilson		1999-2008	Speaker of the House Chair of the Business select committee Chair of the Officers of Parliament select committee Chair of the Standing Orders select committee
	Ross Robertson	Manukau East	1987-	Associate Speaker
	Tim Barnett	Christchurch Central	1996-2008	Senior Government Whip
	Sue Moroney		2005 -	Junior Government Whip
	Charles Chauvel		1 August 2006 -	Chair of the Finance and Expenditure select committee
	Ashraf Choudhary		2002 -	Chair of the Education and Science select committee
	Russell Fairbrother		2002 -	Chair of the Social Services select committee
	Martin Gallagher	Hamilton West	1993-1996; 1999 -	Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee
	Mark Gosche	Maungakiekie	1996-2008	Chair of the Transport and Industrial Relations select committee
	Dave Hereora		2002 -	Chair of the Māori Affairs select committee
	Moana Mackey		29 July 2003 -	Chair of the Local Government and Environment Select Committee
	Lynne Pillay	Waitakere	1999 -	Chair of the Justice and Electoral select committee
	David Benson-Pope	Dunedin South	1999 -	Deputy Chair of the Law and Order select committee
	Mark Burton	Taupō	1993 -	Deputy Chair of the Regulations Review select committee
	Darien Fenton		2005 -	Deputy Chair of the Government Administration select committee
	Lesley Soper		2005; March 2007 -	Deputy Chair of the Health select committee
	George Hawkins	Manurewa	1990 -
	Steve Maharey[2]	Palmerston North	1990-2008
	Marian Hobbs	Wellington Central	1996-2008
	Dover Samuels		1996-2008
	Louisa Wall		4 March 2008 -
	Su'a William Sio		1 April 2008 -
members of the Labour caucus who retired during the term of the 48th Parliament
	Jim Sutton		1984-1990; 1993 - 1 August 2006	Replaced by Charles Chauvel
	Georgina Beyer		1999- 15 February 2007	Replaced by Lesley Soper
	Ann Hartley		1999- February 2008	Replaced by Louisa Wall
	Dianne Yates		1993- 29 March 2008	Replaced by Su'a William Sio

	Name	Electorate	term in office	responsibilities
	John Key	Helensville	2002 -	Leader of the Opposition Leader of the National Party
	Bill English	Clutha-Southland	1990 -	Deputy Leader of the Opposition Deputy Leader of the National Party
	Clem Simich		1992 byelection-2008	Deputy Speaker Deputy chair of the Officers of Parliament select committee
	Nathan Guy		2005 -	Senior Whip
	Chris Tremain	Napier	2005 -	Junior Whip
	Shane Ardern	Taranaki-King Country	1998 byelection -	Chair of the Government Administration select committee
	Gerry Brownlee	Ilam	1996-	Deputy Chair of the Local Government and Environment select committee
	David Carter		1994 byelection-	Chair of the Primary Produce select committee
	John Carter	Northland	1987-	Chair of the Commerce select committee
	Simon Power	Rangitīkei	1999-	Chair of the Privileges committee
	Richard Worth		1999 -	Chair of the Regulations Review select committee
	Judith Collins	Clevedon	2002-	Deputy Chair of the Social Services select committee
	Chris Finlayson		2005 -	Deputy Chair of the Justice and Electoral Law select committee
	Wayne Mapp	North Shore	1996-	Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee
	Lockwood Smith	Rodney	1984-	Deputy Chair of the Finance and Expenditure select committee
	Maurice Williamson	Pakuranga	1987-	Deputy Chair of the Transport and Industrial Relations select committee
	Murray McCully	East Coast Bays	1987-
	Tony Ryall	Bay of Plenty	1990-
	Nick Smith	Nelson	1990-
	Eric Roy	Invercargill	1993-2002; 2005 -
	Georgina Te Heuheu		1996-
	Pansy Wong		1996-
	Phil Heatley	Whangarei	1999-
	Tau Henare		1996-1999; 2005 -
	Paul Hutchison	Port Waikato	1999-
	Katherine Rich		1999-2008
	Lindsay Tisch	Piako	1999-
	Sandra Goudie	Coromandel	2002-
	Anne Tolley	East Coast	1999-2002; 2005-
	Chris Auchinvole		2005 -
	David Bennett	Hamilton East	2005-
	Jackie Blue		2005 -
	Mark Blumsky		2005-2008
	Chester Borrows	Whanganui	2005-
	Bob Clarkson	Tauranga	2005-2008
	Jonathan Coleman	Northcote	2005-
	Jacqui Dean	Otago	2005-
	Craig Foss	Tukituki	2005-
	Jo Goodhew	Aoraki	2005-
	Tim Groser		2005-
	Nathan Guy		2005-
	John Hayes	Wairarapa	2005-
	Colin King	Kaikōura	2005-
	Allan Peachey	Tāmaki	2005-
	Nicky Wagner		2005-
	Paula Bennett		2005-
	Kate Wilkinson		2005-
	Katrina Shanks		February 2007 -
members of the National caucus who retired during the term of the 48th Parliament
	Don Brash		2002-February 2007	Replaced by Katrina Shanks
	Brian Connell1	Rakaia	2002-31 August 2008	Seat vacant

¹ Brian Connell retired from Parliament effective August 31, 2008, leaving his seat of Rakaia vacant. There is no requirement for a byelection to replace Connell, because a general election must occur less than six months after his retirement, thus reducing the size of the National Party caucus by one to 47.

	Name	Electorate	term in office	responsibilities
	Winston Peters		1978-1981; 1984 - 2008	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2 Minister of Racing 2 Associate Minister for Senior Citizens 2 Leader of New Zealand First
	Peter Brown		1996 - 2008	Deputy Leader of New Zealand First Party Whip
	Ron Mark		1996 - 2008	Chair of the Law and Order select committee
	Doug Woolerton		1996 - 2008	Deputy chair of the Primary Production select committee
	Dail Jones		1978-1984; 2002-2005; 15 February 2008 - 8 November 2008
	Pita Paraone		2002 - 2008
	Barbara Stewart		2002 - 2008
members of the New Zealand First caucus who retired during the term of the 48th Parliament
	Brian Donnelly		1996-February 2008	Replaced by Dail Jones

²Winston Peters stood down as minister on 29 August 2008

	Name	Electorate	term in office	responsibilities
	Jeanette Fitzsimons		1996-	Government spokesperson on Ennergy Efficiency and Climate Change Co-leader of the Green Party
	Russel Norman		27 June 2008 -	Co-leader of the Green Party
	Sue Bradford		1999 -	Government spokesperson on 'Buy Kiwi Made'
	Metiria Turei		2002 -	'Musterer' (whip)
	Sue Kedgley		1999-
	Keith Locke		1999 -
members of the Green Party caucus who died or retired during the term of the 48th Parliament
	Rod Donald		1996 - 6 November 2005 (died)	Replaced by Nándor Tánczos Green Party co-leader
	Nándor Tánczos		1999 - 26 June 2008	Replaced by Russel Norman

	Name	Electorate	term in office	responsibilities
	Tariana Turia	Te Tai Hauāuru	1996-	Māori Party co-leader
	Pita Sharples	Tāmaki Makaurau	2005-	Māori Party co-leader Deputy chair of the Māori Affairs select committee
	Te Ururoa Flavell	Waiāriki	2005 -	Deputy Chair of the Education and Science select committee
	Hone Harawira	Te Tai Tokerau	2005 -

	Name	Electorate	term in office	responsibilities
	Peter Dunne	Ohariu-Belmont	1984-	Minister of Revenue Leader of the United Future
	Judy Turner		2002-	Deputy Leader of the United Future

	Name	Electorate	term in office	responsibilities
	Rodney Hide	Epsom	1996-	Leader of the ACT Party
	Heather Roy		2002-	Deputy Leader of the ACT Party

	Name	Electorate	term in office	responsibilities
	Jim Anderton	Wigram	1984-	Minister of Agriculture Minister for Biosecurity Minister of Fisheries Minister of Forestry Minister Responsible for the Public Trust Associate Minister of Health Associate Minister for Tertiary Education Leader of the Progressive Party

			Name	Electorate	term in office	responsibilities	note
	>		Taito Phillip Field	Māngere	1993-	Leader of New Zealand Pacific Party	Elected as a Labour MP in 2005, expelled from caucus in February 2007
	>		Gordon Copeland		2002-	Co-leader of the Kiwi Party	Left the United Future caucus in 2007

• Rod Donald, co-leader of the Green Party, died on 6 November 2005 before he was officially sworn in as a member of the 48th Parliament. He was replaced by the next person on the Green Party's list, former MP Nandor Tanczos, on 16 November.
• Jim Sutton, a Labour list MP, retired from politics on 31 July 2006. He was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, Charles Chauvel.
• Don Brash, a National list MP and former leader of the National Party, retired from Parliament on 7 February 2007. He was replaced by the next person on the National Party's list, Katrina Shanks.
• Georgina Beyer, a Labour list MP, announced her retirement on 15 December 2006, and officially resigned from Parliament when it resumed on 13 February 2007. On 20 February she was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, former MP Lesley Soper.
• Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Mangere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008.
• Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party.
• Ann Hartley, a Labour list MP, was elected to the North Shore City Council in the 2007 local body elections. She left Parliament when it resumed in 2008, and was replaced by the next person on the Labour list, Louisa Wall, a former Silver Ferns netballer, on 4 February 2008.
• Brian Donnelly, a New Zealand First MP, resigned from Parliament from 12 February 2008, and was replaced by Dail Jones on 15 February 2008. Donnelly was appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.^[3]
• Dianne Yates, a Labour list MP, stood unsuccessfully for the Hamilton City Council in the 2007 local body elections. She resigned as an MP on 29 March 2008^[4] and was replaced by Su'a William Sio on 1 April 2008 as the next person on Labour's list.^[5]
• Nandor Tanczos resigned from Parliament and was replaced by Green Party co-leader Russel Norman on 27 June 2008.^[6]

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