summary of the electoral history of Jim Bolger, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1990–97), Leader of the National Party (1986–97), and Member of Parliament...

member of Collegium International. Some have made reference to Jim Bolger, ironically or affectionately, as the Great Helmsman. Electoral history of Jim Bolger...

Party, led by Jim Bolger, win a second term in office, despite a major swing away from National in both seats and votes, and the carrying of the referendum...

during Robert Muldoon's National government from 1975 to 1984. In 1990, Jim Bolger formed another National government, which continued the radical free-market...

November 1999. Following electoral reforms in the 1996 election, Jim Bolger formed a coalition with New Zealand First. Following Bolger's resignation, the government...

and implicitly repudiating the radicalism of the Fourth Labour Government. The Prime Minister, Jim Bolger, defended the move on the grounds that he had...

composition of the 43rd New Zealand parliament. The governing Labour Party was defeated, ending its two terms in office. The National Party, led by Jim Bolger, won...

rival, Jim Bolger. Bolger ousted McLay and became party leader. The change in leadership was damaging for Richardson, as Bolger (and many of his allies)...

under Jim Bolger. Shipley subsequently served as Minister of Social Welfare (1990–1996), Minister for Women's Affairs (1990–1996), Minister of Health...

ISBN 0-908578-34-2. Bolger, Jim (1998). A View from the Top (1st ed.). Auckland, New Zealand: Viking. p. 133. "26 years on, our star Jim is shining". New...

This is a summary of the electoral history of Jim McLay, Leader of the National Party (1984–86), and Member of Parliament for Birkenhead (1975–87). Norton...

undermined his successor as party leader, Jim McLay, who was replaced by his deputy Jim Bolger in 1986. Bolger was more centrist, but National still struggled...

a number of times with the controversial Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson. The Prime Minister, Jim Bolger, had never been a supporter of Richardson's...

could National Party be toppled, and Peters said that he would not accept Jim Bolger as prime minister, Bill Birch as Finance Minister or Jenny Shipley in...

racing driver Joan Blondell, actress James Brown, singer Jim Brown, football player Ray Bolger, actor Pat Boone, singer Les Brown, musician Nick Buoniconti...

strategic voting was encouraged under MMP include: National Party leaders Jim Bolger and John Key indicating to voters in Wellington Central (in 1996) and...

political leader Jim Bolger assembled a "shadow cabinet" within the National Party caucus after his election to the position of Leader of the Opposition...

referendum on the electoral system. In the lead up to the 1990 general election, both major party leaders - Mike Moore and Jim Bolger - promised a referendum...

where he worked before entering Parliament. In December 1997, National's Jim Bolger was ousted as Prime Minister in a party room coup by Jenny Shipley. Tensions...

in this election because of the events of the 1996 Wellington Central election where then leader Prime Minister Jim Bolger withdrew support for National’s...

1997. She eventually formed her own party, Mana Wahine Te Ira Tangata. Jim Bolger, having been replaced as Prime Minister by Jenny Shipley in 1997, left...

Richardson, former Minister of Finance in Jim Bolger's government said MMP "would bring economic ruin". Peter Shirtcliffe, chairman of Telecom New Zealand at...

affair in 1986. He first served in the Cabinet as minister of Māori affairs when Jim Bolger led the National Party to victory in 1990. He was dismissed...

National Party government of Jim Bolger, was told that he would not be allowed to run for another term as National Party Member of Parliament for Tauranga...

experienced a number of leadership disputes, replacing Muldoon first with Jim McLay and then with Jim Bolger. The 41st Parliament consisted of ninety-five representatives...

passed. Royal Commission reports in favour of an MMP (Mixed Member Proportional) electoral system. Jim Bolger becomes National Party leader. Soviet cruise...

votes were included Jim Anderton defected to New Labour in 1989. Creech was declared elected by the High Court after an Electoral Petition There were...

committee. After the 1990 election, the National government of Jim Bolger proposed the establishment of an elected Senate, thereby reinstating a bicameral system...

then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jim Bolger. Having been ousted from the leadership of his party, Bolger accepted the role of Ambassador to the United...

upper house. Despite proposals to re-establish an upper house, such as Jim Bolger's Senate proposal in 1990, New Zealand's Parliament remains unicameral...