Political Career
Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
1977–1978 | 38th | Mangere | Labour | |
1978–1981 | 39th | Mangere | Labour | |
1981–1984 | 40th | Mangere | Labour | |
1984–1987 | 41st | Mangere | Labour | |
1987–1990 | 42nd | Mangere | Labour | |
1990–1993 | 43rd | Mangere | Labour | |
1993–1996 | 44th | Mangere | Labour |
Lange entered the New Zealand Parliament as the Labour MP for Mangere, a working-class Auckland electorate with a large Māori population, in 1977 in the Mangere by-election. On becoming an MP, Lange quickly made an impression in the House as a debater, a wit, and the scourge of Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. He succeeded Bill Rowling as leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party and as Leader of the Opposition on 3 February 1983.
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