1993 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election

New Zealand party leadership election April 2024 April 2022 1993 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election File:New Zealand Labour Party logo (Mid 1960s–early 1990s).svg legislative no 1990 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 1990 1996 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 1996 1 December 1993 45 New Zealand Labour Party members of the New Zealand Parliament23 members needed to win File:Helen Clark 2002 (cropped).jpg Helen Clark New Zealand Labour Party Mount Albert 26 57.77% File:Mike Moore 1992 (further cropped).jpg Mike Moore New Zealand Labour Party Christchurch North 19 42.23% Leader Mike Moore Helen Clark File:1993 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election – caucus vote by electorate.svg Caucus vote by electorate of member The 1993 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held to determine the leadership of the New Zealand Labour Party. The leadership was won by Mount Albert MP Helen Clark, who had been Deputy Leader of the party since 1989. Background After their heavy defeat in 1990, enough right-wingers (supporters of Rogernomics) held their seats for Mike Moore to remain as leader. Despite a major swing back towards Labour at the November 1993 election, the party did not regain office. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/11/08/a-hung-parliament-seems-likely-for-new-zealand/ A Hung Parliament Seems Likely For New Zealand Orlando Sentinel 8 November 1993 25 October 2011 Despite the closeness of the margin it was Moore's second consecutive loss as leader, leading many to question his position. Candidates Helen Clark Clark had been Deputy Leader since 1989, first under Geoffrey Palmer, then under Moore. Since 1990 she had been Shadow Minister of Health and Labour.Otago Daily Times All Labour's 29 MPs get areas of responsibility 28 November 1990 4 Clark had gained unrivalled influence over the wider Labour Party, but not the parliamentary caucus. In the run up to 1993, Clark and her allies (including former presidents Margaret Wilson and Ruth Dyson) who sat on the candidate selection panel had strategically installed likeminded candidates in nearly all winnable seats. Clark urged them to campaign alongside Moore but be primed to vote against him in the event of any post-election face-off.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 Clark was particularly critical of Moore for delivering blurred messages during the 1993 campaign and accused him of failing to re-brand Labour as a centre-left party which had jettisoned Rogernomics.Franks McAloon 2016 229 Mike Moore Moore had served as Labour's leader since 1990. In 1993, by vigorously campaigning Moore managed to lead Labour to within two seats of snatching an unlikely victory over National only one term after their rout in 1990. However, Moore was disliked in large sections of the party, particularly among women. He was, unlike Clark, also closely linked with Labour's Rogernomics policies of the 1980s which helped fuel the growth of the Alliance party made up largely of Labour dissidents who were largely credited with splitting the vote enough to lose Labour the cliffhanger 1993 election.Lange 2005 281-2 New party president Maryan Street asked Moore to step down voluntarily, but he refused forcing an open challenge.Franks McAloon 2016 229 Result A caucus vote was held on 1 December 1993 where a leadership ballot was moved by David Lange and (to the surprise of most) seconded by Moore. It was passed unanimously and chief whip Jonathan Hunt called for all those seeking the leadership to stand. Moore stood up, followed by Clark who won by seven votes.Franks McAloon 2016 229 Now leaving the Deputy-leadership open, David Caygill stood and was elected 23 to 21 over Michael Cullen.Franks McAloon 2016 230 Leadership ballot +1993 New Zealand Labour Party leadership electionCandidate Votes % New Zealand Labour Party Helen Clark2657.77 New Zealand Labour Party Mike Moore1942.23 Total45100.00 New Zealand Labour Party Helen Clark elected leader Breakdown +Breakdown of caucus voteHow they voted in caucus The New Zealand Herald 3 December 1993 3 ClarkMooreRick BarkerMargaret AustinJohn BlincoeGeoff BraybrookeMark BurtonMichael CullenChris CarterPeter DunneDavid CaygillHarry DuynhovenHelen ClarkJack ElderLianne DalzielPhil GoffRuth DysonGeorge HawkinsTaito Phillip FieldJudy KeallMartin GallagherAnnette KingPete HodgsonClive MatthewsonJonathan HuntMike MooreGraham KellyDamien O'ConnorDavid LangeRoss RobertsonJanet MackeyJim SuttonSteve MahareyPeter TapsellTrevor MallardElizabeth TennetRichard NortheyWhetu Tirikatene-SullivanMark PeckKoro WētereJill PettisSuzanne SinclairLarry SutherlandPaul SwainJudith TizardJill WhiteDianne Yates Deputy leadership ballot +1993 New Zealand Labour Party leadership electionCandidate Votes % New Zealand Labour Party David Caygill2352.27 New Zealand Labour Party Michael Cullen2147.72 Total44100.00 New Zealand Labour Party David Caygill elected deputy leader Aftermath Shadow Cabinet of Helen Clark Clark would lead Labour until she resigned in 2008. She went on to lose the next election in 1996, but would then win three consecutively (a record for a Labour leader) in 1999, 2002 and 2005. Moore did not take the loss gracefully and was a constant agitator in Labour's ranks until his retirement in 1999.Edwards 2001 229 During that time he was Labour's spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Trade. A noted critic of Clark's ousting of Moore as Labour leader was former Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk's widow Ruth, who famously rang a Christchurch talkback radio show in 1993 to voice her fury at the episode.Ward Kathleen 29 December 2000 Kiwis who left their mark on the nation http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=166858 The New Zealand Herald Auckland 21 August 2016 Damien O'Connor (a new MP in 1993) said in 2018 that his decision to support Moore over Clark would set his career back a decade, saying that he was the only one of Labour's 14 newly elected MPs to vote for Moore.https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/104530822/damian-oconnor-helen-clark-coup-set-my-career-back Helen Clark coup set my career back Stuff 9 June 2018 Former Labour Prime Minister Bill Rowling was supportive of Clark replacing Moore for the leadership. He stated he felt Clark's style of leadership would be better suited to working with other parties such as the Alliance, which would be necessary under Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP), which New Zealand voted for in a 1993 referendum.Rowling pleased The Dominion 2 December 1993 2 Notes nb 30em References Brian Edwards Helen: Portrait of A Prime Minister Auckland Exisle Publishing 2001 0-908988-20-6 Franks Peter McAloon Jim Labour: The New Zealand Labour Party 1916-2016 2016 Victoria University Press Wellington 978-1-77656-074-5 Lange David David Lange My Life 2005 Viking 0-670-04556-X Labour Party leadership 1993 Category:December 1993 in Oceania Category:Helen Clark New Zealand Labour Party leadership election