List of members of the New Zealand Parliament who died in office

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The following is a list of New Zealand MPs who died while serving their terms.

Background[edit]

When a member dies during their term of office this generally causes a by-election, if the deceased member held an electorate seat. Under the Electoral Act 1993, a by-election is not needed when the death occurs within six months of a general election and if 75% of MPs support the postponement of the by-election.[1] General elections may be brought forward to stay within the six-months period. Twice, in 1943 and 1969, by-elections were avoided after the deaths in election years of Paraire Karaka Paikea and Ralph Hanan by passing special acts, the By-election Postponement Act 1943 and the By-election Postponement Act 1969. When a death occurs close enough to a general election, the seat is left vacant, to be filled again at the general election.

If the deceased member held a list seat, the vacancy is filled by the next available person on their party's list.[2]

Members who died after Parliament was dissolved after its final session are not listed here. The first time this happened was in 1855 when the 1st New Zealand Parliament was dissolved after its third session on 15 September 1855, with Alfred Christopher Picard dying two days later.[3] Job Vile, who had represented the Manawatu electorate during the 15th New Zealand Parliament, died on 6 December 1905. This was the day of the 1905 general election, when he was defeated by John Stevens.[4] Most recently, Allan Peachey died six days before the 2011 general election, from which he had withdrawn due to ill health.[5]

List of members[edit]

Key

  Independent   Conservative   Liberal   Liberal–Labour   Reform   Labour   Independent Labour   United   Independent Liberal   National   Green

Member Electorate Date of birth First elected Date of death Age Cause Successor
Samuel Stephens[6]   Town of Nelson 1803 1854 26 June 1855 51/52 Alfred Domett
Edward Stafford
(1855 general election)
William Cutfield King[7]   Grey and Bell 1829 1860 8 February 1861 32 Gunshot Harry Atkinson
(1861 Grey and Bell by-election)
Charles Kettle[8]   Bruce 6 April 1821 1861 5 June 1862 41 Typhoid fever Edward Cargill
(1862 Bruce by-election)
Marmaduke Nixon   Franklin 1813 1861 27 May 1864 51 Gangrene from gunshot wound Theodore Haultain
(1864 Franklin by-election)
George Macfarlan[9]   Lyttelton 1837 1867 9 October 1868 30 Fever John Thomas Peacock
(1868 Lyttelton by-election)
Francis Jollie[10]   Gladstone 1815 1861 30 November 1870 55 George Parker
(1871 general election)
John Williamson   City of Auckland West 25 August 1815 1855 16 February 1875 59 Patrick Dignan
(1875 City of Auckland West by-election)
George Webster   Wallace 1869 15 July 1875 Inflammation of the brain Christopher Basstian
(1875 Wallace by-election)
William Tolmie   Caversham 1833 1872 8 August 1875 41/42 Robert Stout
(1875 Caversham by-election)
Donald McLean[11]   Napier 27 October 1820 1866 5 January 1877 56 Fred Sutton
(1877 Napier by-election)
George Henry Tribe   Totara 1828 1871 19 March 1877 48/49 William Gisborne
(1877 Totara by-election)
Frederick Teschemaker   Gladstone 1834 1876 21 November 1878 43/44 John Studholme
(1879 Gladstone by-election)
Karaitiana Takamoana[a][12]   Eastern Maori 1871 24 February 1879 Henare Tomoana
(1879 Eastern Maori by-election)
George Ireland[13]   Waikaia 1829 1879 15 August 1880 50/51 Horace Bastings
(1880 Waikaia by-election)
Andrew Richmond   Suburbs of Nelson 1832 1861 15 November 1880 48 Heart disease[14] Arthur Collins
(1881 Suburbs of Nelson by-election)
William Sefton Moorhouse   Ashley c.1825 1853 15 September 1881 55/56 Complications from diabetes William Fisher Pearson
(1881 general election)
James Seaton   Peninsula May 1822 1875 18 November 1882 60 Horse and buggy accident William Larnach
(1883 Peninsula by-election)
James Rutherford   Bruce 1825 1881 16 May 1883 58 James McDonald
(1883 Bruce by-election)
Edward Lee[15]   Selwyn 1822 1883 18 December 1883 60/61 Edward Wakefield
(1884 Selwyn by-election)
John Sheehan[16]   Tauranga 5 July 1844 1872 12 June 1885 40 Pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver Lawrence Grace
(May 1885 Tauranga by-election)
James Benn Bradshaw[17]   Dunedin Central 22 September 1832 1866 1 September 1886 54 Stroke Thomas Bracken
(1886 Dunedin Central by-election)
William John Hurst[13]   Waitemata 1829 1879 29 September 1886 57 Richard Monk
(1886 Waitemata by-election)
Te Puke Te Ao[18]   Western Maori 1834 1884 28 October 1886 51/52 Hoani Taipua
(1886 Western Maori by-election)
John Coster[19]   Heathcote 1838 1884 17 December 1886 48 Frederic Jones
(1887 Heathcote by-election)
James Macandrew[20]   Port Chalmers 1819 1853 25 February 1887 67/68 Died from injuries sustained when he was accidentally thrown from a carriage outside his house James Mills
(1887 Port Chalmers by-election)
Ihaka Hakuene[21]   Northern Maori 1836 1884 6 April 1887 50/51 Food poisoning Wi Katene
(1887 Northern Maori by-election)
William Fisher Pearson   Ashley 1854 1881 3 July 1888 33 John Verrall
(1888 Ashley by-election)
Henry Levestam[15]   Nelson 1833 1881 11 February 1889 55/56 Heart attack Joseph Harkness
(1889 Nelson by-election)
William Jackson[10]   Waipa 11 October 1832 1872 29 September 1889 56 Presumed drowning John Bryce
(1889 Waipa by-election)
Richard Turnbull   Timaru 1826 1878 17 July 1890 63/64 William Hall-Jones
(1890 Timaru by-election)
Frederic Jones[22]   Heathcote 1832 1887 8 September 1890 58 William Tanner
(1890 general election)
Sydney Taiwhanga   Northern Maori c. 1832 1887 27 November 1890 Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa
(1891 Northern Maori by-election)
Douglas Hastings Macarthur[23]   Rangitikei 1839 1884 24 May 1892 52/53 Robert Bruce
(1892 Rangitikei by-election)
John Ballance[b][12]   Wanganui 27 March 1839 1875 27 April 1893 54 Intestinal disease Archibald Willis
(1893 Wanganui by-election)
Vincent Pyke   Tuapeka 4 February 1827 1873 5 June 1894 67 William Larnach
(1894 Tuapeka by-election)
Henry Fish[24]   City of Dunedin 15 July 1838 1881 23 September 1897 59 Throat cancer Alexander Sligo
(1897 City of Dunedin by-election)
William Larnach[15]   Tuapeka 27 January 1833 1875 12 October 1898 65 Suicide by firearm Charles Rawlins
(1898 Tuapeka by-election)
Henry Augustus Field[a][25]   Otaki 1852 1896 8 December 1899 48 William Hughes Field
(1900 Otaki by-election)
William Crowther[26]   City of Auckland 1834 1893 15 March 1900 66 Stomach cancer Joseph Witheford
(1900 City of Auckland by-election)
Arthur Morrison   Caversham 22 November 1846 1893 21 November 1901 54 Throat cancer Thomas Sidey
(1901 Caversham by-election)
John O'Meara   Pahiatua 1856 1896 3 July 1904 47/48 Stroke Bill Hawkins
(1904 Pahiatua by-election)
George Fisher[a][24]   City of Wellington 1843 1884 14 March 1905 61/62 Francis Fisher
(1905 City of Wellington by-election)
Richard Seddon[a][b]   Westland 22 June 1845 1879 10 June 1906 60 Heart attack Tom Seddon
(1906 Westland by-election)
Matthew Kirkbride[7]   Manukau 13 August 1848 1902 4 November 1906 58 Frederic Lang
(1906 Manukau by-election)
Edward Smith   Taranaki 10 January 1839 1890 19 April 1907 68 Henry Okey
(1907 Taranaki by-election)
James Bennet[27]   Tuapeka 1830 1899 3 May 1908 77/78 William Chapple
(1908 Tuapeka by-election)
Hone Heke Ngapua[28]   Northern Maori 6 June 1869 1893 9 February 1909 39 Pita Rangihiroa (Peter Buck)
(1909 Northern Maori by-election)
Arthur Remington   Rangitikei 28 July 1856 1902 17 August 1909 53 Robert William Smith
(1909 Rangitikei by-election)
Frederick Baume[27]   Auckland East 13 June 1862 1902 14 May 1910 47 Heart failure Arthur Myers
(1910 Auckland East by-election)
Tommy Taylor   Christchurch North 16 June 1862 1896 27 July 1911 49 Perforated gastric ulcer Leonard Isitt
(1911 Christchurch North by-election)
Arthur Guinness[29]   Grey 11 January 1846 1884 10 June 1913 67 Paddy Webb
(1913 Grey by-election)
George Laurenson[15]   Lyttelton 1857 1899 19 November 1913 James McCombs
(1913 Lyttelton by-election)
James Escott[25]   Pahiatua 17 April 1872 1911 28 July 1916 44 Harold Smith
(1916 Pahiatua by-election)
Robert McNab[30]   Hawke's Bay 1 October 1864 1893 3 February 1917 52 Heart failure John Findlay
(1917 Hawkes Bay by-election)
Taare Parata   Southern Maori 1865 1911 8 January 1918 52/53 Hopere Uru
(1918 Southern Maori by-election)
Robert Fletcher[31]   Wellington Central 3 July 1863 1914 4 September 1918 55 Peter Fraser
(1918 Wellington Central by-election)
Henry Okey   Taranaki 28 May 1857 1907 13 September 1918 61 Sydney George Smith
(1918 Taranaki by-election)
Alfred Hindmarsh[32]   Wellington South 18 April 1860 1911 13 November 1918 58 Spanish flu Bob Semple
(1918 Wellington South by-election)
David Buick[33]   Palmerston 29 April 1848 1908 18 November 1918 70 Spanish flu Jimmy Nash
(1918 Palmerston by-election)
James Colvin[19]   Buller 1844 1899 29 October 1919 74/75 Tram crash Harry Holland
(1919 general election)
William MacDonald[23]   Bay of Plenty 1862 1908 31 August 1920 57/58 Heart attack Kenneth Williams
(1920 Bay of Plenty by-election)
Walter Powdrell[34]   Patea 1872 1919 9 March 1921 48/49 Fall from a building Edwin Dixon
(1921 Patea by-election)
Hopere Uru[a]   Southern Maori 26 March 1868 1918 29 November 1921 53 Bright's disease Henare Uru
(1922 Southern Maori by-election)
Edward Kellett[8]   Dunedin North 7 November 1864 1919 15 May 1922 57 Jim Munro
(1922 Dunedin North by-election)
William Herries[32]   Tauranga 19 April 1859 1896 22 February 1923 63 Charles Macmillan
(1923 Tauranga by-election)
William Massey[b][35]   Franklin 26 March 1856 1894 10 May 1925 69 Cancer Ewen McLennan
(1925 Franklin by-election)
Richard Bollard[36]   Raglan 23 May 1863 1911 25 August 1927 64 Pneumonia Lee Martin
(1927 Raglan by-election)
Māui Pōmare   Western Maori 1875 1911 27 June 1930 54 Tuberculosis Taite Te Tomo
(1930 Western Maori by-election)
Joseph Ward[a]   Invercargill 26 April 1856 1887 8 July 1930 74 Heart failure Vincent Ward
(1930 Invercargill by-election)
George Hunter[13]   Waipawa 1859 1896 20 August 1930 70/71 Albert Jull
(1930 Waipawa by-election)
Arthur Hall[21][37]   Hauraki 3 August 1880 1928 18 April 1931 50 intracerebral hemorrhage Walter William Massey
(1931 Hauraki by-election)
Tuiti Makitanara[38]   Southern Maori 8 August 1874 1928 24 June 1932 57 Eruera Tirikatene
(1932 Southern Maori by-election)
George Black[36]   Motueka 21 November 1903 1928 17 October 1932 28 Suicide by cyanide Keith Holyoake
(1932 Motueka by-election)
James McCombs[a][23]   Lyttelton 9 December 1873 1913 2 August 1933 59 Heart failure Elizabeth McCombs
(1933 Lyttelton by-election)
Harry Holland[32]   Buller 10 June 1868 1918 8 October 1933 65 Heart attack Paddy Webb
(1933 Buller by-election)
Elizabeth McCombs[a][23]   Lyttelton 19 November 1873 1933 7 June 1935 61 Terry McCombs
(1935 Lyttelton by-election)
Jeremiah Connolly[19]   Mid-Canterbury 1875 1931 2 October 1935 59/60 Horace Herring
(1935 general election)
Ted Howard[39]   Christchurch South 18 June 1868 1919 26 April 1939 70 Robert Macfarlane
(1939 Christchurch South by-election)
Michael Joseph Savage[b]   Auckland West 23 March 1872 1919 27 March 1940 68 Colon cancer Peter Carr
(1940 Auckland West by-election)
Albert Jull[22]   Waipawa 6 December 1864 1930 24 September 1940 75 Cyril Harker
(1940 Waipawa by-election)
Jack Lyon[20]   Waitemata 15 February 1898 1935 26 May 1941 43 Killed in action Mary Dreaver
(1941 Waitemata by-election)
Gordon Hultquist[39]   Bay of Plenty 1904 1935 1 November 1941 36/37 Influenza Bill Sullivan
(1941 Bay of Plenty by-election)
John Manchester Allen[40]   Hauraki 3 August 1901 1938 28 November 1941 40 Killed in action Andy Sutherland
(1942 Hauraki by-election)
Arthur Grigg[a][29]   Mid-Canterbury 1896 1938 29 November 1941 44/45 Killed in action Mary Grigg
(1942 Mid-Canterbury by-election)
Thomas Burnett[41]   Temuka 25 November 1877 1919 30 November 1941 64 Jack Acland
(1942 Temuka by-election)
Tim Armstrong[18]   Christchurch East 28 September 1875 1922 8 November 1942 67 Heart disease Mabel Howard
(1943 Christchurch East by-election)
Paraire Karaka Paikea[a]   Northern Maori 1 June 1894 1938 6 April 1943 48 Tapihana Paraire Paikea
(1943 general election)
Alfred Ransom   Pahiatua 19 March 1868 1922 22 May 1943 75 Keith Holyoake
(1943 general election)
Gordon Coates   Kaipara 3 February 1878 1911 27 May 1943 65 Heart failure Clifton Webb
(1943 general election)
James Hargest[42]   Awarua 4 September 1891 1931 12 August 1944 52 Killed in action George Richard Herron
(1944 Awarua by-election)
Toko Ratana[a]   Western Maori 21 July 1894 1935 30 October 1944 50 Matiu Ratana
(1945 Western Maori by-election)
Frank Findlay[24]   Hamilton 1884 1943 31 March 1945 60/61 Heart attack Hilda Ross
(1945 Hamilton by-election)
Jim Munro   Dunedin North 22 February 1870 1922 27 May 1945 75 Robert Walls
(1945 Dunedin North by-election)
Robert Coulter[26]   Raglan 1891 1935 31 December 1945 54 Hallyburton Johnstone
(1946 Raglan by-election)
Harry Atmore[12]   Nelson 14 December 1870 1911 20 August 1946 75 Edgar Neale
(1946 general election)
Peter Carr[43]   Auckland West 1884 1940 18 October 1946 61/62 Seat abolished
Dan Sullivan   Avon 18 July 1882 1919 8 April 1947 64 Coronary artery disease Jock Mathison
(1947 Avon by-election)
Arthur Shapton Richards   Mount Albert 1877 1931 5 August 1947 69/70 Warren Freer
(1947 Mount Albert by-election)
James O'Brien   Westland 8 June 1874 1922 28 September 1947 73 Jim Kent
(1947 Westland by-election)
Matiu Ratana[a]   Western Maori 16 December 1912 1945 7 October 1949 36 Car accident Iriaka Rātana
(1949 general election)
Peter Fraser[44]   Brooklyn 28 August 1884 1918 12 December 1950 66 Heart attack Arnold Nordmeyer
(1951 Brooklyn by-election)
Robert Walls   North Dunedin 18 September 1884 1945 6 November 1953 69 Ethel McMillan
(1953 North Dunedin by-election)
Arthur Osborne   Onehunga 14 March 1891 1936 15 November 1953 62 Hugh Watt
(1953 Onehunga by-election)
Harry Combs[19]   Onslow 14 January 1881 1938 12 June 1954 73 Henry May
(1954 Onslow by-election)
David Campbell Kidd[8]   Waimate 29 September 1889 1938 23 September 1954 64 Alfred Davey
(1954 general election)
Angus McLagan[11]   Riccarton 1891 1946 4 September 1956 64/65 Mick Connelly
(1956 Riccarton by-election)
Hilda Ross   Hamilton 6 July 1883 1945 6 March 1959 75 Lance Adams-Schneider
(1959 Hamilton by-election)
William Gillespie[45]   Hurunui 14 August 1893 1943 23 April 1961 67 Heart attack Lorrie Pickering
(1961 Hurunui by-election)
Thomas Hayman[28]   Waitaki 24 May 1904 1949 2 January 1962 57 Heart attack Allan Dick
(1962 Waitaki by-election)
Jerry Skinner   Buller 19 January 1900 1938 26 April 1962 62 Bill Rowling
(1962 Buller by-election)
Tapihana Paraire Paikea   Northern Maori 26 January 1920 1943 7 January 1963 42 Matiu Rata
(1963 Northern Maori by-election)
James Deas[46]   Otahuhu 1890 1954 27 January 1963 72/73 Bronchitis Bob Tizard
(1963 Otahuhu by-election)
Fred Hackett[21]   Grey Lynn 11 November 1901 1943 19 March 1963 61 Brain disease Reginald Keeling
(1963 Grey Lynn by-election)
Eruera Tirikatene[a]   Southern Maori 5 January 1895 1932 11 January 1967 72 Whetu Tirikatene
(1967 Southern Maori by-election)
Mick Moohan[47]   Petone 27 April 1899 1946 7 February 1967 67 Cancer Fraser Colman
(1967 Petone by-election)
Harry Lake[7]   Fendalton 29 September 1911 1951 21 February 1967 55 Heart attack Eric Holland
(1967 Fendalton by-election)
Puti Tipene Watene   Eastern Maori 18 August 1910 1963 14 June 1967 56 Heart attack Paraone Reweti
(1967 Eastern Maori by-election)
Bill Brown[33]   Palmerston North 18 June 1899 1960 16 October 1967 68 Joe Walding
(1967 Palmerston North by-election)
Walter Nash   Hutt 12 February 1882 1929 4 June 1968 86 Heart attack Trevor Young
(1968 Hutt by-election)
Ralph Hanan[21]   Invercargill 13 June 1909 1946 24 July 1969 60 Injuries received in World War Two John Chewings
(1969 general election)
Tom Shand   Marlborough 16 April 1911 1946 11 December 1969 58 Lung cancer Ian Brooks
(1970 Marlborough by-election)
Norman Kirk[a][b][7]   Sydenham 6 January 1923 1957 31 August 1974 51 Pulmonary embolism John Kirk
(1974 Sydenham by-election)
Stan Whitehead   Nelson 8 October 1907 1957 9 January 1976 68 Heart attack Mel Courtney
(1976 Nelson by-election)
Roy Jack[13]   Rangitikei 12 January 1914 1954 24 December 1977 63 Bruce Beetham
(1978 Rangitikei by-election)
Bruce Barclay[48]   Christchurch Central 21 October 1922 1969 28 June 1979 56 Cancer Geoffrey Palmer
(1979 Christchurch Central by-election)
Frank Rogers   Onehunga 27 December 1933 1975 25 April 1980 46 Stroke Fred Gerbic
(1980 Onehunga by-election)
Basil Arthur   Timaru 18 September 1928 1962 1 May 1985 56 Legionnaires' disease Maurice McTigue
(1985 Timaru by-election)
Bruce Townshend   Kaimai 21 November 1931 1978 25 April 1987 55 Robert Anderson
(1987 general election)
Rod Donald   List 10 October 1957 1996 6 November 2005 48 Myocarditis Nándor Tánczos
(Appointment)
Parekura Horomia   Ikaroa-Rāwhiti 9 November 1950 1999 29 April 2013 62 Meka Whaitiri
(2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election)
Efeso Collins   List 27 May 1974 2023 21 February 2024 49[49] Lawrence Xu-Nan
(Appointment)

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Succeeded by family member.
  2. ^ a b c d e Prime Minister at time of death.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Power to resolve in certain cases that by-election not be held". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Method of supplying vacancy". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 137, 226.
  4. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 242.
  5. ^ McGillivray, Amy (7 November 2011). "Tamaki MP Allan Peachey dies". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 236.
  7. ^ a b c d Wilson 1985, p. 211.
  8. ^ a b c Wilson 1985, p. 210.
  9. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 215.
  10. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 208.
  11. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 216.
  12. ^ a b c Wilson 1985, p. 181.
  13. ^ a b c d Wilson 1985, p. 207.
  14. ^ "Nelson Evening Mail". Nelson Evening Mail. Vol. XV, no. 227. 16 November 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d Wilson 1985, p. 212.
  16. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 234.
  17. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 185.
  18. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 180.
  19. ^ a b c d Wilson 1985, p. 190.
  20. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 213.
  21. ^ a b c d Wilson 1985, p. 202.
  22. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 209.
  23. ^ a b c d Wilson 1985, p. 214.
  24. ^ a b c Wilson 1985, p. 196.
  25. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 195.
  26. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 191.
  27. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 183.
  28. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 204.
  29. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 201.
  30. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 217.
  31. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 197.
  32. ^ a b c Wilson 1985, p. 205.
  33. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 186.
  34. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 227.
  35. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 219.
  36. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 184.
  37. ^ "Death of an MP: Mr. A. W. Hall of Hauraki". The New Zealand Herald. 18 April 1931. Retrieved 15 February 2020 – via Papers Past.
  38. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 218.
  39. ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 206.
  40. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 179.
  41. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 187.
  42. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 203.
  43. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 188.
  44. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 198.
  45. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 199.
  46. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 192.
  47. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 221.
  48. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 182.
  49. ^ "Green MP Efeso Collins dies after collapsing at Auckland charity event". 1 News. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

References[edit]

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