43rd New Zealand Parliament

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43rd Parliament of New Zealand
← 42nd Parliament 44th Parliament →
Parliament House, Wellington
Overview
Legislative body	New Zealand Parliament
Term	28 November 1990 – 23 September 1993
Election	1990 New Zealand general election
Government	Fourth National Government
House of Representatives
Members	97
Speaker of the House	Robin Gray
Leader of the House	Don McKinnon — Paul East until 27 March 1993
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger
Leader of the Opposition	Mike Moore
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Catherine Tizard — Paul Reeves until 29 November 1990
Sessions
1st 28 November 1990 – 19 December 1990 2nd 22 January 1991 – 23 September 1993

The 43rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1990 elections, and it sat until the 1993 elections.

The 43rd Parliament saw the beginning of the fourth National Party government, with the Labour Party failing to win a third term in office. The 43rd Parliament was heavily dominated by National, which controlled nearly seventy percent of the seats. Only one minor party, Jim Anderton's NewLabour, was present at the beginning of the 43rd Parliament. Later, NewLabour would join with several unrepresented parties to form the Alliance, which would gain two additional seats when two National MPs defected. Another National MP, Winston Peters, would also break away from his party, becoming an independent.

The 43rd Parliament consisted of ninety-seven representatives, the same as the previous Parliament. All of these representatives were chosen by single-member geographical electorates, including four Māori electorates.