David Lange - Political Career

Political Career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1977–1978 38th Mangere Labour
1978–1981 39th Mangere Labour
1981–1984 40th Mangere Labour
1984–1987 41st Mangere Labour
1987–1990 42nd Mangere Labour
1990–1993 43rd Mangere Labour
1993–1996 44th Mangere Labour

Lange entered the New Zealand Parliament as the Labour MP for Mangere, a working-class Auckland electorate with a large Māori population, in 1977 in the Mangere by-election. On becoming an MP, Lange quickly made an impression in the House as a debater, a wit, and the scourge of Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. He succeeded Bill Rowling as leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party and as Leader of the Opposition on 3 February 1983.

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