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Winston Peters

Member of Parliament · recorded from 1978

Recorded public roles, candidacies and official election results. Party associations follow the source and the period shown for each record.

Recorded public-office terms
OfficeFromToParty in sourceEvidence
Member of Parliament · Hunua25 November 197828 November 1981National Party
Member of Parliament · Tauranga14 July 198418 March 1993National Party
Member of Parliament · Tauranga17 April 199318 July 1993Independent
Member of Parliament · Tauranga18 July 199317 September 2005NZ First
Member of Parliament · List17 September 20058 November 2008NZ First
Member of Parliament · List26 November 201123 April 2015NZ First
Member of Parliament · Northland28 March 201523 September 2017NZ First
Member of Parliament · List23 September 201717 October 2020NZ First
Member of Parliament · List14 October 2023No end recorded in sourceNZ First

Dates are those reported in the official membership table and may refer to election, list declaration or a change in representation. No continuous parliamentary composition or identity linkage to ballot records is inferred.

Dates are those reported in the official membership table and may refer to election, list declaration or a change in representation. No continuous parliamentary composition or identity linkage to ballot records is inferred. The publisher records an overlap with another membership row between 2015-03-28 and 2015-04-23; dates are retained as supplied and do not establish simultaneous holding of seats.

Dates are those reported in the official membership table and may refer to election, list declaration or a change in representation. No continuous parliamentary composition or identity linkage to ballot records is inferred. No end date recorded; source observed on 2026-09-16.

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Ballot names from different elections are not automatically merged; this may be one election-specific record rather than a complete career history. This profile has no personal background, family, asset or business information. Party policy is not automatically attributed to an individual. Public-office dates are shown only where separately sourced; a missing end date is not proof of current membership.