Member of Parliament
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1981–1984 | 40th | Hauraki | National | |
| 1984–1987 | 41st | Hauraki | National | |
| 1987–1990 | 42nd | Coromandel | National | |
| 1990–1993 | 43rd | Coromandel | National | |
| 1993–1994 | 44th | Matakana | National | |
| 1994–1996 | Changed allegiance to: | Christian Democrats | ||
Lee was first elected to Parliament in the 1981 elections, winning the seat of Hauraki as the National candidate. Lee replaced Leo Schultz, a prominent National MP. He retained his seat from then until the 1996 elections, although a change of electoral boundaries resulted in the seat which covered the Thames-Coromandel district being renamed Coromandel in 1996.
Lee, a principally conservative member of the National Party caucus would later come to believe that the National Party was drifting away from conservatism, but initially resolved to fight the shift from within the party. After a brief period as a Cabinet Minister in the Bolger government, Lee resigned from the National Party in 1993.
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