Sunday 5 September 1999 Press Release

National Party President John Slater and Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today they were delighted to announce the National Party List for the 1999 General Election.

"We are very proud of the people who are seeking the opportunity to represent National in the Parliament.

"Our List represents a group of talented people who have wide experience and represent a good balance of gender and ethnicity. The List presents good regional coverage throughout the country.

"The top 20 shows the depth of talent in the National Party with a number of well established MPs and rapidly rising stars.

"Some new faces appear on the List including Anne Tolley (No 20), Katherine Rich (No 23), Mark Thomas (No 28), Phil Raffills (No 29), Kerry Prendergast (No 30), Martin Poulsen (No 31) and David Steele (No 39).

"This year the Party is presenting an open list where a number of electorate MPs in strong National seats and some new candidates in strong National seats are standing as constituency-only candidates for strategic reasons.

"Increasingly, some seats are developing a special character where the number of list and constituency candidates requires a strategic approach.

"The likely reduction in the number of MPs after the General Election as a result of the referendum to reduce the number of Parliamentarians to below 100 and our determination to remain a strong electorate-based party has led us to adopt this position.

"Several seats have strong list candidates from other parties in their electorates and we believe running an electorate only approach in these seats will bring National electoral advantages.

"We are confident this strategy will maximise our electoral effectiveness during this electoral campaign.

"National has a strong team, is well organised and looks forward to the election campaign where New Zealanders can choose the people and the party that can bring them prosperity and success in the future.

"National is determined to be that party," Mr Slater and Mrs Shipley said.

The complete National Party List is attached. ENDS

Sunday 5 September 1999

NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL PARTY

PARTY LIST FOR 1999 GENERAL ELECTION

1. C/W PRIME MINSTER JENNY SHIPLEY
2. W DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WYATT CREECH
3. N DON MCKINNON
4. S BILL ENGLISH
5. N LOCKWOOD SMITH
6. CNI GEORGINA TE HEUHEU
7. W ROGER SOWRY
8. C/W NICK SMITH
9. CNI TONY RYALL
10. N BELINDA VERNON
11. C/W PANSY WONG
12. CNI SIMON UPTON
13. N MAURICE WILLIAMSON
14. CNI JOHN LUXTON
15. CNI MAX BRADFORD
16. N JOHN CARTER
17. C/W DOUG KIDD
18. W ANNABEL YOUNG
19. S ERIC ROY
20. W ANNE TOLLEY
21. C/W DAVID CARTER
22. CNI BOB SIMCOCK
23. S KATHERINE RICH
24. N MARIE HASLER
25. N ARTHUR ANAE
26. C/W ALEC NEILL
27. CNI KATHERINE O'REGAN
28. W MARK THOMAS
29. N PHIL RAFFILLS
30. W KERRY PRENDERGAST
31. N MARTIN POULSEN
32. S GAVAN HERLIHY
33. N WAYNE MAPP
34. N BRIAN NEESON
35. CNI SHANE ARDERN
36. C/W GERRY BROWNLEE
37. W SIMON POWER
38. N PAUL HUTCHISON
39. CNI DAVID STEELE
40. W DALE STEPHENS
41. C/W ANGUS MCKAY
42. W PHIL HEATLEY
43. W PAUL HENRY
44. N RICHARD WORTH
45. W CHESTER BORROWS
46. CNI GEORGE NGATAI
47. N ENOSA AUVA'A
48. CNI REA WIKAIRA
49. N BRETT BESTIC
50. C/W ROD O'BEIRNE
51. S WAYNE MARRIOT
52. W STEPHEN RAINBOW
53. CNI TIM MACINDOE
54. N GEORGE KAHI
55. W LARRY WHITE
56. N KEN YEE
57. C/W LYNDA SCOTT
58. CNI MATTHEW PARKINSON
59. N DAWN HONEYBUN
60. W GEORGE HALLIGAN
61. N GRANT MCCALLUM
62. C/W PEGGY BURROWS
63. N TONI MILLAR
64. N NOELINE BUCKLAND
65. W STUART BOAG

N = NORTHERN DIVISION
CNI = CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND DIVISION
W = WELLINGTON DIVISION
C/W = CANTERBURY WESTLAND DIVISION
S = SOUTHERN DIVISION

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