Member of Parliament
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
| 1990–1993 | 43rd | Panmure | Labour | |
| 1993–1996 | 44th | Panmure | Labour | |
| 1996–1999 | 45th | Auckland Central | 11 | Labour |
| 1999–2002 | 46th | Auckland Central | 19 | Labour |
| 2002–2005 | 47th | Auckland Central | 21 | Labour |
| 2005–2008 | 48th | Auckland Central | 18 | Labour |
Judith Tizard entered Parliament at the 1990 election as MP for Panmure. After being re-elected in 1993, she shifted her candidacy to Auckland Central, which she won in the 1996 election, defeating Sandra Lee-Vercoe. She became a Minister outside of Cabinet, serving as Minister of Consumer Affairs, Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Associate Minister of Transport, Associate Minister of Commerce, and Minister responsible for Archives New Zealand and the National Library.
Before the 2008 general election Tizard was given the low list placing of 38. She was then defeated in her electorate by National's Nikki Kaye by a margin of 1,497 votes. Her list placing meant she would not return to parliament unless Labour list MPs quit.
On 25 March 2011, Labour list MP Darren Hughes resigned from Parliament. Whilst Tizard was next in line, Labour Party president Andrew Little expressed preference for Louisa Wall to replace Hughes as she intended to contest the upcoming 2011 general election, unlike Tizard and the four other list candidates preceding Wall (Mark Burton, Mahara Okeroa, Martin Gallagher and Dave Hereora). Tizard, like her lower-ranked colleagues, decided not to take the seat.
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