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2005 New Zealand Parliament – changes - changes during the term parliamentary term

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Party New MP Term started Seat Previous MP
Nándor Tánczos 6 November 2005 List Rod Donald1
Charles Chauvel 1 August 2006 List Jim Sutton
Katrina Shanks 7 February 2007 List Don Brash
Lesley Soper 15 February 2007 List Georgina Beyer
Dail Jones 15 February 2008 List Brian Donnelly2
Louisa Wall 4 March 2008 List Ann Hartley
William Sio 29 March 2008 List Dianne Yates
Russel Norman 26 June 2008 List Nándor Tánczos
(vacant) 31 August 2008 Rakaia Brian Connell3

1 Rod Donald died before being sworn in as MP.
2 Brian Donnelly was appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.
3 Brian Connell retired from Parliament effective August 31, 2008, leaving his seat of Rakaia vacant.

Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Māngere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008.

Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party.