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
†:Died in office
Sources
- Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives, H33 and/or E9, various years. E9's since 1994 are available here.