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.

NamePortraitFirst Elected / Joined PartyElectoratesLeft Party / ParliamentNotes 1890* Wanganui (1890–1893) 1893† Prime Minister 1891–93 1890* Avon (1890–1893) 1893 1890* Thames (1890–1893)Auckland (1893)Waikato (1893–1896)Ohinemuri (1896–1899) 1899 1890* Oamaru (1890–1911) 1911 1890* Dunedin (1890–1893) 1893 Left party 1890* Wellington (1890–1893)Wellington (1896–1905) 1905† 1890* Newton (1890–1891) 1891 Resigned 1890* Grey (1890–1913) 1913† 1890* Timaru (1890–1908) 1908 Prime Minister 1906 1890* Akaroa (1890–1893)Lyttelton (1893–1899) 1899 1890* East Coast (1890–1893)Bay of Plenty (1893–1896) 1896 1890* Waitaki (1890–1893)Waihemo (1893–1900) 1900 1890* Southern Maori (1890–1911) 1911 1890* Chriustchurch (1890–1891) 1891 Resigned 1890* Inangahua (1890–1893) 1893 Resigned 1890* Christchurch (1890–1896) 1896 Resigned 1890* Westland (1890–1906) 1906† Prime Minister 1893–1906 1890* Waipawa (1890–1893) 1893 1890* Waimate (1890–1893)Waitaki (1893–1911) 1911 1890* Ashburton (1890) 1890 1890* Awarua (1890–1919)Invercargill (1925–1930) 1930† Prime Minister 1906–12 & 1928–30 1890 Wairau (1890–1896) 1896 1890 Taieri (1890–1902) 1902 1890 Dunedin (1890–1893) 1893 1890 Peninsula (1890–1893)Dunedin (1893–1896) 1896 Lib-Lab 1890 Masterton (1890–1911) 1911 1890 Bay of Islands (1890–1908) 1908 1890 Dunedin (1890–1896) 1896 1890 Invercargill (1890–1899) 1899 Lib-Lab 1890 Wellington (1890–1893) 1893 1890 Wallace (1890–1896) 1896 1890 Ashley (1890–1902) 1902 1890 Waimea (1890–1896)Wairau (1896–1908) 1908 1890 Waitemata (1890–1893)Ohinemuri (1899–1902) 1902 Independent Liberal 1890 Dunedin (1890–1896) 1896 1890 Auckland (1890–1893) 1893 1890 Auckland (1890–1893) 1893 1890 New Plymouth (1890–1896)Taranaki (1899–1907) 1907† 1890 Heathcote (1890–1893)Avon (1893–1908) 1908 Lib-Lab 1890 Auckland (1890–1893)Auckland (1895–1899) 1899 1891 Parnell (1891–1911) 1911 1891 Te Aroha (1891–1893) 1893 First elected in by-election 1891 Christchurch (1891–1893) 1893 Lib-Lab, First elected in by-election 1892 Wellington (1892–1893) 1893 First elected in by-election 1893 Inangahua (1893)Wellington (1893–1896) 1896 Independent 1896–98 1893 Wanganui (1893–1896)Wanganui (1899–1905) 1905 First elected in by-election 1893 Thames (1893–1909) 1909 First elected in by-election 1893 Ashburton (1893–1896)Ashburton (1899–1908) 1908 1893 Auckland (1893–1896) 1896 Independent 1896–1900 1893 Buller (1893–1896)Moutueka (1896–1914) 1914 1893 Caversham (1893–1901) 1901† 1893 Chalmers (1893–1896)Dunedin (1896–1905)Dunedin Central (1905–1908)Dunedin West (1908–1914) 1914 1893 Christchurch (1893–1896)Christchurch (1899–1902) 1902 1893 Ellesmere (1893–1899) 1899 1893 Franklin (1893–1896) 1896 1893 Inangahua (1893–1896)Buller (1896–1899) 1899 1893 Kaiapoi (1893–1896)Kaiapoi (1899–1919)Kaiapoi (1922–1928) 1928 1893 Manakau (1893–1902) 1902 Maresden (1893–1896) Independent (1896–1902) 1893 Matarua (1893–1896)Matarua (1898–1908)Hawke's Bay (1914–1917) 1917† 1893 Napier (1893–1896) 1896 1893 Nelson (1893–1911) 1911 1893 Palmerston (1893–1899) 1899 Independent (1899–1902) 1893 Rangitata (1893–1896) 1896 1893 Pareora (1893–1896)Geraldine (1896–1908) 1908 1893 Rangitikei (1893–1896)Manawatu (1896–1902)Manawatu (1905–1908) 1908 1893 Riccarton (1893–1896)Riccarton (1899–1902)Avon (1908–1919) 1919 Deputy leader (1917–1919) 1893 Tuapeka (1893–1894) 1894† 1893 Waiapu (1893–1908)Gisborne (1908–1919) 1919 1893 Waipawa (1893–1896)Waipawa (1899–1911) 1911 1893 Eastern Maori (1893–1905) 1905 1893 Northern Maori (1893–1900)Northern Maori (1901–1909) 1909† 1894 Tuapeka (1894–1898) 1898† 1896 Auckland (1893–1896) 1893 1896 Egmont (1896–1902)Patea (1902–1908) 1908 1896 Otaki (1896–1899) 1899† 1896 Paihiatua (1896–1904) 1904† 1896 Wellington (1896–1902) 1902 Lib-Lab 1896 Waikouaiti (1896–1902)Chalmers (1902–1908) 1908 1896 Wallace (1896–1902) 1902 1896 Wellington Suburbs (1896–1897)Wellington Suburbs (1899–1902)Hutt (1902–1929) 1929 Leader of the Opposition (1920–1925) 1897 Wellington Suburbs (1897–1899) 1899 First elected in by-election 1899 Auckland (1899–1902) 1902 1899 Dunedin (1899–1905)Dunedin South (1905–1908)Dunedin Central (1908–1911) 1911 Lib-Lab 1899 Buller (1899–1919) 1919 1899 Christchurch (1899–1905)Christchurch South (1905–1919) 1919 New Liberal MP 1905 1899 Dunedin (1899–1902)Dunedin North (1905–1908) 1908 1899 Invercargill (1899–1925) 1925 1899 Lyttelton (1899–1913) 1913† New Liberal MP 1905 1899 Napier (1899–1908) 1908 1899 Tuapeka (1899–1908) 1908† 1899 Wairarapa (1899–1902)Wairarapa (1905–1908)Wairarapa (1914–1919) 1914 1900 Otaki (1900–1908) 1908 First elected in by-election, Reform MP 1909–11, 1914–1935 1900 Auckland (1900–1905) 1905 First elected in by-election 1901 Caversham (1901–1908)Dunedin South (1908–1928) 1928 First elected in by-election 1902 Waikouaiti (1902–1908)Taieri (1908–1911)Egmont (1911–1912) 1912 Prime Minister 1912, previously independent, resigned 1902 Auckland (1902–1905)Auckland Central (1905–1908) 1908 1902 Auckland (1902–1905)Auckland East (1905–1910) 1910† 1902 Newtown (1902–1908) 1908 1902 Dunedin (1902–1905) 1905 New Liberal MP 1905 1902 Egmont (1902–1908)Taumaranui (1908–1911)Taumaranui (1914–1919)Waitomo (1919–1922) 1922 Re-elected in by-election (1915) 1902 Christchurch (1902–1905)Christchurch East (1905–1914) 1914 1902 Christchurch (1902–1905) 1905 New Liberal MP 1905, Lib-Lab MP (Christchurch North) 1908–1911 1902 Hawera (1902–1908) 1908 1902 Hurunui (1902–1908) 1908 1902 Ohinemuri (1902–1905) 1905 Independent Liberal 1902 Palmerston North (1902–1908) 1908 1902 Rangitikei (1902–1909) 1909† 1902 Riccarton (1902–1925) 1925 Independent Liberal (1922–25) 1902 Wallace (1902–1919)Wallace (1922–1925) 1925 1904 Pahiatua (1904–1905) 1905 First elected in by-election 1905 Wellington (1905) 1905 First elected in by-election, New Liberal MP (Wellington Central, 1905–08), Independent (1908–10), Reform MP (1910–14) 1905 Wanganui (1905–1911) 1911 Lib-Lab, Independent MP (Rangetiki) 1928–31 1905 Wellington North (1905–1908) 1908 1905 Eastern Maori (1905–1936) 1936 1905 Auckland West (1905–1911)Auckland West (1914–1919) 1919 1905 Hawke's Bay (1905–1911) 1911 1905 Kaipara (1905–1911) 1911 1905 Mount Ida (1905–1908)Oamaru (1922–1925)Oamaru (1928–1935) 1935 1905 Ohinemuri (1905–1925) 1925 Independent Liberal from 1919 1905 Pahiatua (1905–1911) 1911 Lib-Lab 1905 Waikato (1905–1911) 1911 1905 Christchurch North (1905–1908) 1908 Independent Liberal 1906 Westland (1906–1922)Westland (1925–1928) 1928 Son of previous MP, First elected in by-election 1908 Tuapeka (1908) 1908 First elected in by-election 1908 Auckland Central (1908–1919) 1919 1908 Bay of Islands (1908–1912) 1912 Reform MP 1912–22 1908 Bay of Plenty (1908–1920) 1920† Leader of the Opposition (1919–20) 1908 Chalmers (1908–1911) 1914 Independent Liberal 1908 Geraldine (1908–11)Temuka (1911–14) 1914 1908 Hurunui (1908–1936) 1936 Leader (1925–28), Prime Minister (1930–35) 1908 Napier (1908–1920) 1920 Reform MP (1920–22) 1908 Wellington Suburbs (1908–1911) 1911 Reform MP (1918–1928) 1909 Thames (1909–11) 1911 First elected in by-election 1909 Northern Maori (1909–14) 1914 First elected in by-election 1909 Rangiteki (1909–1911)Waimarino (1911–1922)Waimarino (1925–1928) 1928 First elected in by-election 1910 Auckland East (1910–21) 1921 First elected in by-election 1911 Christchurch North (1911–25) 1925 First elected in by-election 1911 Selwyn (1911–1919) 1919 1911 Thames (1911–1915) 1915 Reform MP 1915–28 1911 Wairau (1911–1922) 1922 1911 Southern Maori (1911–1918) 1918† 1914 Christchurch East (1914–1922) 1922 1914 Wellington Central (1914–1918) 1918† 1914 Waitaki (1914–1919) 1919 1914 Temuka (1914–1919) 1919 1917 Hawkes Bay (1917–1919) 1919 First elected in by-election 1919 Stratford (1919–1925) 1925 1919 Taranaki (1919–1925)New Plymouth (1928–36) 1936 Lib-Lab (1919–22) 1919 Wakatipu (1919–1928) 1928 1919 Wellington South (1919–1922) 1922 Independent Liberal 1920 Bruce (1920–1922)Clutha (1922–25) 1925 First elected in by-election 1922 Awarua (1922–1925), (1928–35) 1935 1922 Hawkes Bay (1922–1925) 1925 1922 Marsden (1922–1925), (1928–35) 1935 1922 Paihiatua (1922–1936) 1936 1922 Patea (1922–1925) 1925 Waikato (1922–1925), (1928–35) 1928 Auckland East (1928–1931) 1931 1928 Otago Central (1928–1936) 1936 1928 Dunedin South (1928–1931) 1931 1928 (–) 1935 Changed allegiance to Democrat 1935 1928 Grey Lynn (1928–1930) 1930 Independent MP, 1930–31 1928 Kaiapoi (1928–1935) 1935 1928 Matarua (1928–1933) 1933 Independent MP, 1933–38 1928 Motueka (1928–1931) 1931 Independent MP, 1931–32† 1928 Oroua (1928–1936) 1936 1928 Parnell (1928–1930) 1930 Independent MP, 1930 1928 Roskill (1928–1936) 1931 1928 Rotorua (1928–1935) 1935 1928 Wairarapa (1928–1931) 1931 1928 Wairau (1928–1935) 1931 1928 Waitomo (1928–1936) 1936 1928 Southern Maori (1928–1932) 1932† 1930 Invercargill (1930–1931) 1931 First elected in by-election 1930 Waipawa (1930–1935) 1935 First elected in by-election 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.