2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election

New Zealand party leadership election April 2024 April 2022 2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 100px legislative no 1996 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 1996 2011 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 2011 2008 11 11 yes 140px Phil Goff New Zealand Labour Party Mount Roskill Unopposed Leader Helen Clark Phil Goff The 2008 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held on 11 November 2008 to choose the twelfth Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. Phil Goff, who had served continuously as an MP since the 1993, unanimously won the election with no other MPs putting themselves forward. Annette King became the Deputy Leader. She was first elected to parliament in the 1984, three years after Goff. Background Following the Labour government's defeat in the 2008 general election, Prime Minister Helen Clark resigned after 15 years as party leader, including three terms as prime minister, prompting the leadership election.Franks McAloon 2016 246 Candidates There was only one candidate, Phil Goff. Phil Goff Phil Goff had been an MP since 1981 except for three years after losing his seat in 1990. He had served in Clark's government concurrently as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice and later as Minister of Defence. He had previously served in various capacities in David Lange's cabinet in the 1980s.Franks McAloon 2016 206, 210, 233, 245 Goff and Clark did not always see eye to eye and in 1996 he attempted an abortive coup to oust Clark.Quin Phil Phil Quin: The anatomy of a failed Labour coup http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10716608 15 May 2016 The New Zealand Herald 2 April 2011 18 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518172539/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10716608 dead Outcome and aftermath Shadow Cabinet of Phil Goff Goff had been widely tipped as Clark's successor and faced no other candidates and was acclaimed with unanimous support on 11 November 2008.Gower Patrick Helen Clark takes foreign affairs post in Labour reshuffle http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz-election-2008/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501799&objectid=10542417 The New Zealand Herald 11 November 2008 8 July 2009 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0811/S00156.htm Labour elects Phil Goff as new leader Scoop New Zealand Labour Party 11 November 2008 11 November 2008 Annette King was elected as deputy leader, and Darren Hughes and Steve Chadwick were elected as the senior and junior whips, respectively. Both Goff and King were also perceived by many as merely caretaker leaders until newer, younger figures could emerge.Franks McAloon 2016 246 After initially performing well in the opinion polls, Goff's Labour Party dropped in support in contrast to the popular National government led by John Key, hitting a 10 year low of 27% support in July 2011 after controversy over Labour's proposal for a capital gains tax hurt the party's support. While party support recovered somewhat, Goff still led Labour to defeat in the 26 November 2011 general election with a loss of 8 seats and 6.5% of the popular vote compared to 2008. On 29 November, Goff and King tendered their resignations to a meeting of caucus, effective 13 December 2011.Levy Danya Latest poll shows Labour struggling http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/5298346/Latest-poll-shows-Labour-struggling Stuff.co.nz 6 September 2016 en 18 July 2011Election results https://web.archive.org/web/20111128074507/http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/election-2011/results 2011-11-28 , Radio New Zealand, 27 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011. Notes 30em References Franks Peter McAloon Jim Labour: The New Zealand Labour Party 1916-2016 2016 Victoria University Press Wellington 978-1-77656-074-5 Labour Party leadership election, 2008 2008 Category:November 2008 in New Zealand New Zealand Labour Party leadership election