Jenny Shipley - Defeat and Resignation

Defeat and Resignation

In the 1999 election, the Labour Party, led by Helen Clark defeated the National Party. Shipley continued to lead the Party until October 2001, when Bill English took over the leadership and the role of Leader of the Opposition, and she subsequently retired from Parliament in 2002.

Shipley suffered a heart attack in 2000.

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