Shadow Leader of the House (New Zealand)

Shadow Leader of the House
Incumbent Hon Kieran McAnulty since 30 November 2023
Member of	Shadow Cabinet
Appointer	Leader of the Opposition
Inaugural holder	Bill Birch
Formation	7 April 1986
Deputy	Hon Duncan Webb

In the New Zealand Parliament, the shadow leader of the House is traditionally appointed by the largest Opposition party. The position is currently held by Kieran McAnulty, a member of the New Zealand Labour Party.

List of shadow leaders of the House

The following individuals have been appointed as shadow leader of the New Zealand House of Representatives:

Key

  National   Labour

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Leader
	1	Bill Birch		7 April 1986	2 November 1990		Bolger
	2	Jonathan Hunt		27 November 1990	10 December 1999		Moore
							Clark
	3	Roger Sowry		15 December 1999	8 October 2001		Shipley
	4	Gerry Brownlee		8 October 2001	19 November 2008		English
							Brash
							Key
	5	Michael Cullen		20 November 2008	29 April 2009		Goff
	6	Darren Hughes		5 May 2009	3 February 2011
	7	Trevor Mallard		3 February 2011	23 September 2013
							Shearer
	8	Grant Robertson		23 September 2013	24 November 2014		Cunliffe
	9	Chris Hipkins		24 November 2014	26 October 2017		Little
							Ardern
	10	Simon Bridges		2 November 2017	27 February 2018		English
	(4)	Gerry Brownlee		27 February 2018	14 July 2020		Bridges
							Muller
	11	Chris Bishop		14 July 2020	28 August 2021		Collins
	12	Michael Woodhouse		28 August 2021	6 December 2021
	(11)	Chris Bishop		6 December 2021	19 January 2023		Luxon
	(12)	Michael Woodhouse		19 January 2023	14 October 2023
	13	Kieran McAnulty		30 November 2023	present		Hipkins

See also

• Leader of the Opposition – Leader of the largest faction of a legislature that is not in government
• Minority leader – Legislative political position
• Shadow cabinet – Feature of the Westminster system of government