Retiring MPs
August 29th, 2011 at 12:00 pm by David FarrarA large number of MPs elected in 2008 are retiring at the 2011 election, or have already retired. By party I make it:
ACT
- David Garrett (left 2010)
- Roger Douglas
- Rodney Hide
- Heather Roy
- Hilary Calvert
Greens
- Jeanette Fitzsimons (left 2010)
- Sue Bradford (left 2009)
- Sue Kedgley
- Keith Locke
Labour
- Helen Clark (left 2009)
- Michael Cullen (left 2009)
- Winnie Laban (left 2010
- Darren Hughes (left 2011)
- Ashraf Choudhary
- George Hawkins
- Pete Hodgson
- Lynne Pillay
- Mita Ririnui
National
- Richard Worth (left 2009)
- Pansy Wong (left 2011)
- John Carter (left 2011)
- Sandra Goudie
- Wayne Mapp
- Simon Power
- Georgina te Heuheu
Progressive
- Jim Anderton
So that is 25 MPs elected at 2008 and one MP who came in in 2010, who will not be standing in the 2011 election.
On top of that a number of incumbent MPs may fail to be re-elected, so the turnover may increase even more.
Tags: MPS, Parliament
August 29th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
I don’t think “retiring” or “retired” is the correct terminology for David Garrett, Rodney Hide, Hilary Calvert, Heather Roy, Darren Hughes, Richard Worth, or Pansy Wong. There isn’t anything voluntary about the departure of any of that group.
[DPF: Or Sue Bradford?]
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
» Jeanette Fitzsimons (left 2010)
» Sue Bradford (left 2009)
» Sue Kedgley
» Keith Locke
Thank God. Now if we can only get Locke and Bradford to move to North Korea….
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
A bit touchy today, toad? Has someone read out to you the results of recent polling surveys?
But now you’ve brought it up, I’d be surprised if the group you mention (David Garrett, Rodney Hide, Hilary Calvert, Heather Roy, Darren Hughes, Richard Worth, or Pansy Wong) had anything near the same number of convictions between them, as your comrades Bradford, Locke, Tanczos and even Wed Wussell.
I know which group I’d prefer to invite to a BBQ….
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
So we have four leave under some controversy – Worth, Hughes, Wong and Garrett. That is 4 out of 121 MP’s or 3.3%. Does this mean that MMP does give us a more representative cross section of society?
I have excluded Bradford who simply got the pip and left.
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
And Brardford was what toad?
Your party has peformed some of the nastiest political assasinations of its own in our history, not even touching on the dodgey methods of party take overs you’ve employed.
You might want to put the sling shot down while you’re residing in that glass house.
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Even if Heather had not faced issues with Rodney the fact that she is retiring just shows how little impact she has made as an MP during her several years in Parliament (since 2002 I think). If she was a real asset she would still be on the list. Boscawen is there solely to alleviate the perception that the entire ACT caucus is effectively redone but his achievements are likewise minimal. It’s a shame ACT MPs are not what they used to be… I remember the days when Franks and Newman would be in the news almost every month because they were pointing out some flaw in some government department or issue that was in the media. Excluding Rodney’s involvement with the Supercity, Garrett alone got more done than the entire 2008 ACT caucus put together.
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Not quite right CW.
Rodneyhas done a lot that we don’t really hear about and ifthe Nats. had any guts then the work he did for the Auckland City would have been a standout. But the Nats. lacked the guts to tell certain people to piss off and roll over what Rodney wanted for Auckland.
Time will show the results but it can’t be anything than much better depite Aucklanders electin a socialist mayor.
Still being few means a tough job.
Muriel still makes the cyberspace every week. Just sign up for her dammed well reseached newsletters. Easy to do at NZCPD.
http://www.nzcpr.com/
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Fucking Anderton. Fuck off cunt. Good riddance.
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 2:21 pm
CW Not just Franks and Newman, Patricia Schnauer was excellent too. When they left, so did their vote.
Like I said yesterday, no reason for me to vote for them this time.
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Ashraf’s departure will leave a gap in the ranks. I guess he can earn more outside the house.
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Wow, the Liarbore list was a surprise, I thought they had all retired.
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
History will only remember Sir Roger Douglas, none of the others even Clark have left anything like a legacy.
Douglas changed New Zealand for the better immeasurably, its is such a pity that Lange never had the nuts to follow through with all the changes that should have been made.
I never voted Labour but Douglas should be remembered for dragging NZ into the real world.
Perhaps not a great politician but a great thinker / planner ?
Vote:August 29th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
This can’t be overstated.
I think one of the reasons why the Nats continue to poll so high is because NZers are still stoked to be rid of them.
Furthermore John Key & National’s polling is doing more to shape Helen Clark’s legacy than academic commentary ever could.
Case in point is George W Bush. Obama’s low approval ratings has prompted people to reassess whether Bush was really that bad after all.
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