List of New Zealand Liberal Party MPs

The following is a list of members of the New Zealand Liberal Party who served in the New Zealand House of Representatives. The New Zealand Liberal Party was formalised in 1891 but had existed informally since the lead up to the 1890 general election. All members are listed up until the founding of the New Zealand National Party in 1936. From 1922 onwards the Liberal party received several cosmetic name changes; Progressive Liberal Labour Party (1922), "National" Party (1925) and finally United Party (1928). Only the final name change was successful. United MPs are included in this list.

Name Portrait First Elected / Joined Party Electorates Left Party / Parliament Notes
John Ballance
1890* Wanganui (1890–1893) 1893† Prime Minister 1891–93
Edwin Blake
1890* Avon (1890–1893) 1893
Alfred Cadman
1890* Thames (1890–1893)
Auckland (1893)
Waikato (1893–1896)
Ohinemuri (1896–1899)
1899
Thomas Duncan
1890* Oamaru (1890–1911) 1911
Henry Fish
1890* Dunedin (1890–1893) 1893 Left party
George Fisher
1890* Wellington (1890–1893)
Wellington (1896–1905)
1905†
David Goldie
1890* Newton (1890–1891) 1891 Resigned
Arthur Guinness
1890* Grey (1890–1913) 1913†
William Hall-Jones
1890* Timaru (1890–1908) 1908 Prime Minister 1906
John Joyce
1890* Akaroa (1890–1893)
Lyttelton (1893-1899)
1899
William Kelly
1890* East Coast (1890–1893)
Bay of Plenty (1893–1896)
1896
Thomas Mackenzie
1890* Clutha (1890–1896)
Waihemo (1900–1902)
Waikouaiti (1902–1908)
Taieri (1908–1911)
Egmont (1911–1912)
1912 Prime Minister 1912, resigned
John McKenzie
1890* Waitaki (1890–1893)
Waihemo (1893–1900)
1900
Tame Parata
1890* Southern Maori (1890–1911) 1911
Westby Perceval
1890* Chriustchurch (1890–1891) 1891 Resigned
Richard Reeves
1890* Inangahua (1890–1893) 1893 Resigned
William Pember Reeves
1890* Christchurch (1890–1896) 1896 Resigned
Richard Seddon
1890* Westland (1890–1906) 1906† Prime Minister 1893-1906
William Smith
1890* Waipawa (1890–1893) 1893
William Steward
1890* Waimate (1890–1893)
Waitaki (1893–1911)
1911
William Walker
1890* Ashburton (1890) 1890
Joseph Ward
1890* Awarua (1890–1919)
Invercargill (1925-1930)
1930† Prime Minister 1906-12 & 1928-30
Lindsay Buick
1890 Wairau (1890–1896) 1896
Walter Carncross
1890 Taieri (1890–1902) 1902
William Dawson
1890 Dunedin (1890–1893) 1893
William Earnshaw
1890 Peninsula (1890–1893)
Dunedin (1893–1896)
1896 Lib-Lab
Alexander Hogg
1890 Masterton (1890–1911) 1911
Robert Houston
1890 Bay of Islands (1890–1908) 1908
William Hutchison
1890 Dunedin (1890–1896) 1896
James Kelly
1890 Invercargill (1890–1899) 1899 Lib-Lab
Kennedy Macdonald
1890 Wellington (1890–1893) 1893
James Mackintosh
1890 Wallace (1890–1896) 1896
Richard Meredith
1890 Ashley (1890–1902) 1902
Charles Mills
1890 Waimea (1890–1896)
Wairau (1896–1908)
1908
Jackson Palmer
1890 Waitemata (1890–1893)
Ohinemuri (1899–1902)
1902 Independent Liberal
David Pinkerton
1890 Dunedin (1890–1896) 1896
William Rees
1890 Auckland (1890–1893) 1893
John Shera
1890 Auckland (1890–1893) 1893
Edward Smith
1890 New Plymouth (1890–1896)
Taranaki (1899–1907)
1907†
William Tanner
1890 Heathcote (1890–1893)
Avon (1893–1908)
1908 Lib-Lab
Thomas Thompson
1890 Auckland (1890–1893)
Auckland (1895–1899)
1899
Frank Lawry
1891 Parnell (1891–1911) 1911
William Fraser
1891 Te Aroha (1891–1893) 1893 First elected in by-election
Ebenezer Sandford
1891 Christchurch (1891–1893) 1893 Lib-Lab, First elected in by-election
William McLean
1892 Wellington (1892–1893) 1893 First elected in by-election
Robert Stout
1893 Inangahua (1893)
Wellington (1893-1896)
1896 Independent 1896–98
Archibald Willis
1893 Wanganui (1893–1896)
Wanganui (1899–1905)
1905 First elected in by-election
James McGowan
1893 Thames (1893–1909) 1909 First elected in by-election
John McLachlan
1893 Ashburton (1893–1896)
Ashburton (1899–1908)
1908
William Crowther
1893 Auckland (1893–1896) 1896 Independent 1896–1900
Roderick McKenzie
1893 Buller (1893–1896)
Moutueka (1896–1914)
1914
Arthur Morrison
1893 Caversham (1893–1901) 1901†
John A. Millar
1893 Chalmers (1893–1896)
Dunedin (1896-1905)
Dunedin Central (1905–1908)
Dunedin West (1908–1914)
1914
William Whitehouse Collins
1893 Christchurch (1893–1896)
Christchurch (1899–1902)
1902
William Montgomery
1893 Ellesmere (1893–1899) 1899
Benjamin Harris
1893 Franklin (1893–1896) 1896
Patrick O'Regan
1893 Inangahua (1893–1896)
Buller (1896–1899)
1899
David Buddo
1893 Kaiapoi (1893-1896)
Kaiapoi (1899–1919)
Kaiapoi (1922–1928)
1928
Maurice O'Rorke
1893 Manakau (1893–1902) 1902
Robert Thompson
Maresden (1893–1896) Independent (1896-1902)
Robert McNab
1893 Matarua (1893-1896)
Matarua (1898–1908)
Hawke's Bay (1914–1917)
1917†
Samuel Carnell
1893 Napier (1893–1896) 1896
John Graham
1893 Nelson (1893–1911) 1911
Frederick Pirani
1893 Palmerston (1893–1899) 1899 Independent (1899-1902)
William Maslin
1893 Rangitata (1893–1896) 1896
Frederick Flatman
1893 Pareora (1893-1896)
Geraldine (1896–1908)
1908
John Stevens
1893 Rangitikei (1893–1896)
Manawatu (1896-1902)
Manawatu (1905-1908)
1908
George Warren Russell
1893 Riccarton (1893–1896)
Riccarton (1899-1902)
Avon (1908-1919)
1919 Deputy leader (1917–1919)
Vincent Pyke
1893 Tuapeka (1893–1894) 1894†
James Carroll
1893 Waiapu (1893–1908)
Gisborne (1908-1919)
1919
Charles Hall
1893 Waipawa (1893–1896)
Waipawa (1899-1911)
1911
Wi Pere
1893 Eastern Maori (1893–1905) 1905
Hone Heke Ngapua
1893 Northern Maori (1893–1900)
Northern Maori (1901-1909)
1909†
William Larnach
1894 Tuapeka (1894–1898) 1898†
James Holland
1896 Auckland (1893–1896) 1893
Walter Symes
1896 Egmont (1896–1902)
Patea (1902-1908)
1908
Henry Field
1896 Otaki (1896–1899) 1899†
John O'Meara
1896 Paihiatua (1896–1904) 1904†
John Hutcheson
1896 Wellington (1896–1902) 1902 Lib-Lab
Edmund Allen
1896 Waikouaiti (1896–1902)
Chalmers (1902-1908)
1908
Michael Gilfedder
1896 Wallace (1896–1902) 1902
Thomas Wilford
1896 Wellington Suburbs (1896–1897)
Wellington Suburbs (1899-1902)
Hutt (1902–1929)
1929 Leader of the Opposition (1920–1925)
Charles Wilson
1897 Wellington Suburbs (1897–1899) 1899 First elected in by-election
William Napier
1899 Auckland (1899–1902) 1902
James Arnold
1899 Dunedin (1899–1905)
Dunedin South (1905-1908)
Dunedin Central (1908-1911)
1911 Lib-Lab
James Colvin
1899 Buller (1899–1919) 1919
Harry Ell
1899 Christchurch (1899–1905)
Christchurch South (1905-1919)
1919 New Liberal MP 1905
Alfred Barclay
1899 Dunedin (1899–1902)
Dunedin North (1905-1908)
1908
Josiah Hanan
1899 Invercargill (1899–1925) 1925
George Laurenson
1899 Lyttelton (1899–1913) 1913† New Liberal MP 1905
Alfred Fraser
1899 Napier (1899–1908) 1908
James Bennet
1899 Tuapeka (1899–1908) 1908†
J. T. Marryat Hornsby
1899 Wairarapa (1899–1902)
Wairarapa (1905-1908)
Wairarapa (1914–1919)
1914
William Field
1900 Otaki (1900–1908) 1908 First elected in by-election, Reform MP 1909–11, 1914-1935
Joseph Witheford
1900 Auckland (1900–1905) 1905 First elected in by-election
Thomas Sidey
1901 Caversham (1901–1908)
Dunedin South (1908–1928)
1928 First elected in by-election
Alfred Kidd
1902 Auckland (1902–1905)
Auckland Central (1905–1908)
1908
Frederick Baume
1902 Auckland (1902–1905)
Auckland East (1905–1910)
1910†
William Barber
1902 Newtown (1902–1908) 1908
Harry Bedford
1902 Dunedin (1902–1905) 1905 New Liberal MP 1905
William Thomas Jennings
1902 Egmont (1902–1908)
Taumaranui (1908–1911)
Taumaranui (1914–1919)
Waitomo (1919–1922)
1922 Re-elected in by-election (1915)
Thomas Davey
1902 Christchurch (1902–1905)
Christchurch East (1905–1914)
1914
Tommy Taylor
1902 Christchurch (1902–1905) 1905 New Liberal MP 1905, Lib-Lab MP (Christchurch North) 1908-1911
Charles Major
1902 Hawera (1902–1908) 1908
Andrew Rutherford
1902 Hurunui (1902–1908) 1908
Edward Moss
1902 Ohinemuri (1902–1905) 1905 Independent Liberal
William Wood
1902 Palmerston North (1902–1908) 1908
Arthur Remington
1902 Rangitikei (1902–1909) 1909†
George Witty
1902 Riccarton (1902–1925) 1925 Independent Liberal (1922–25)
John Thomson
1902 Wallace (1902–1919)
Wallace (1922–1925)
1925
Bill Hawkins
1904 Pahiatua (1904–1905) 1905 First elected in by-election
Francis Fisher
1905 Wellington (1905) 1905 First elected in by-election, New Liberal MP (Wellington Central, 1905–08), Independent (1908–10), Reform MP (1910–14)
James Hogan
1905 Wanganui (1905–1911) 1911 Lib-Lab, Independent MP (Rangetiki) 1928-31
Charles Hayward Izard
1905 Wellington North (1905–1908) 1908
Āpirana Ngata
1905 Eastern Maori (1905–1936) 1936
Charles Poole
1905 Auckland West (1905–1911)
Auckland West (1914–1919)
1919
Alfred Dillon
1905 Hawke's Bay (1905–1911) 1911
John Stallworthy
1905 Kaipara (1905–1911) 1911
John Andrew MacPherson
1905 Mount Ida (1905–1908)
Oamaru (1922–1925)
Oamaru (1928–1935)
1935
Hugh Poland
1905 Ohinemuri (1905–1925) 1925 Independent Liberal from 1919
Robert Beatson Ross
1905 Pahiatua (1905–1911) 1911 Lib-Lab
Henry Greenslade
1905 Waikato (1905–1911) 1911
Charles Gray
1905 Christchurch North (1905–1908) 1908 Independent Liberal
Tom Seddon
1906 Westland (1906–1922)
Westland (1925–1928)
1928 Son of previous MP, First elected in by-election
William Chapple
1908 Tuapeka (1908) 1908 First elected in by-election
Albert Glover
1908 Auckland Central (1908–1919) 1919
Vernon Reed
1908 Bay of Islands (1908–1912) 1912 Reform MP 1912-22
William MacDonald
1908 Bay of Plenty (1908–1920) 1920† Leader of the Opposition (1919–20)
Edward Henry Clark
1908 Chalmers (1908–1911) 1914 Independent Liberal
Thomas Buxton
1908 Geraldine (1908–11)
Temuka (1911–14)
1914
George Forbes
1908 Hurunui (1908–1936) 1936 Leader (1925–28), Prime Minister (1930–35)
Vigor Brown
1908 Napier (1908–1920) 1920 Reform MP (1920–22)
John Luke
1908 Wellington Suburbs (1908–1911) 1911 Reform MP (1918–1928)
Edmund Taylor
1909 Thames (1909–11) 1911 First elected in by-election
Te Rangi Hiroa
1909 Northern Maori (1909–14) 1914 First elected in by-election
Robert Smith
1909 Rangiteki (1909–1911)
Waimarino (1911–1922)
Waimarino (1925–1928)
1928 First elected in by-election
Arthur Myers
1910 Auckland East (1910–21) 1921 First elected in by-election
Leonard Isitt
1911 Christchurch North (1911–25) 1925 First elected in by-election
William Dickie
1911 Selwyn (1911–1919) 1919
Thomas Rhodes
1911 Thames (1911–1915) 1915 Reform MP 1915-28
Richard McCallum
1911 Wairau (1911–1922) 1922
Taare Parata
1911 Southern Maori (1911–1918) 1918†
Henry Thacker
1914 Christchurch East (1914–1922) 1922
Robert Fletcher
1914 Wellington Central (1914–1918) 1918†
John Anstey
1914 Waitaki (1914–1919) 1919
Charles Talbot
1914 Temuka (1914–1919) 1919
John Findlay
1917 Hawkes Bay (1917–1919) 1919 First elected in by-election
Robert Masters
1919 Stratford (1919–1925) 1925
Sydney Smith
1919 Taranaki (1919–1925)
New Plymouth (1928–36)
1936 Lib-Lab (1919–22)
James Horn
1919 Wakatipu (1919–1928) 1928
George Mitchell
1919 Wellington South (1919–1922) 1922 Independent Liberal
John Edie
1920 Bruce (1920–1922)
Clutha (1922–25)
1925 First elected in by-election
Philip De La Perrelle
1922 Awarua (1922–1925), (1928–35) 1935
Gilbert McKay
1922 Hawkes Bay (1922–1925) 1925
Alfred Murdoch
1922 Marsden (1922–1925), (1928–35) 1935
Alfred Ransom
1922 Paihiatua (1922–1936) 1936
James Corrigan
1922 Patea (1922–1925) 1925
Frederick Lye
Waikato (1922–1925), (1928–35)
James Donald
1928 Auckland East (1928–1931) 1931
William Bodkin
1928 Otago Central (1928–1936) 1936
William Taverner
1928 Dunedin South (1928–1931) 1931
Arthur Stallworthy
1928 (–) 1935 Changed allegiance to Democrat 1935
John Fletcher
1928 Grey Lynn (1928–1930) 1930 Independent MP, 1930–31
Richard Hawke
1928 Kaiapoi (1928–1935) 1935
David McDougall
1928 Matarua (1928–1933) 1933 Independent MP, 1933–38
George Black
1928 Motueka (1928–1931) 1931 Independent MP, 1931-32†
John Cobbe
1928 Oroua (1928–1936) 1936
Harry Jenkins
1928 Parnell (1928–1930) 1930 Independent MP, 1930
George Munns
1928 Roskill (1928–1936) 1931
Cecil Clinkard
1928 Rotorua (1928–1935) 1935
Thomas McDonald
1928 Wairarapa (1928–1931) 1931
Edward Healy
1928 Wairau (1928–1935) 1931
Walter Broadfoot
1928 Waitomo (1928–1936) 1936
Tuiti Makitanara
1928 Southern Maori (1928–1932) 1932†
Vincent Ward
1930 Invercargill (1930–1931) 1931 First elected in by-election
Albert Jull
1930 Waipawa (1930–1935) 1935 First elected in by-election
Jeremiah Connolly
1931 Mid-Canterbury (1931–1935) 1935 Independent Liberal

Notes

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†:Died in office

Sources

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  • Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives, H33 and/or E9, various years. E9's since 1994 are available here.