Jim Anderton | |
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 Anderton in 2010 | |
| 15th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
| In office 10 December 1999 – 15 August 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Wyatt Creech |
| Succeeded by | Michael Cullen |
| 32nd Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 19 October 2005 – 19 November 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Jim Sutton |
| Succeeded by | David Carter |
| Leader of the Progressive Party | |
| In office 27 July 2002 – 15 March 2012 | |
| Deputy | Matt Robson |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| 1st Minister of Economic Development | |
| In office 10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Trevor Mallard |
| 1st Leader of the Alliance | |
| In office 7 May 1995 – 20 April 2002 | |
| Deputy | Sandra Lee |
| Preceded by | Sandra Lee |
| Succeeded by | Laila Harré |
| In office 1 December 1991 – 10 November 1994 | |
| Deputy | Sandra Lee |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Sandra Lee |
| Leader of the NewLabour Party | |
| In office 1 April 1989 – 13 October 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wigram Sydenham (1984–1993) | |
| In office 14 July 1984 – 26 November 2011 | |
| Preceded by | John Kirk |
| Succeeded by | Megan Woods |
| 25th President of the Labour Party | |
| In office 15 May 1979 – 8 September 1984 | |
| Vice President | Stu McCaffley |
| Preceded by | Arthur Faulkner |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Patrick Byrne 21 January 1938 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 7 January 2018 (aged 79) Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour (1963–1989, 2011–2018) NewLabour (1989–1991) Alliance (1991–2002) Progressive (2002–2011) |
| Spouse | Carole Anderton |
| Profession | Businessman, politician |
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James Patrick Anderton CNZM (born Byrne; 21 January 1938 – 7 January 2018) was a New Zealand politician who led a succession of left-wing parties after leaving the Labour Party in 1989.
Anderton's political career began when he was elected to the Manukau City Council in 1965. After serving for five years as Labour Party president, Anderton successfully stood as the Labour candidate for Sydenham in Christchurch in 1984. However, he soon came into conflict with the party's leadership, and became an outspoken critic of the Fourth Labour Government's free-market reforms, called Rogernomics. In April 1989, believing that Labour was beyond change, Anderton resigned from the party.
As leader of the Alliance and later the Progressive Party, he served as the 15th deputy prime minister of New Zealand in the Fifth Labour Government from 1999 to 2002 and as a senior minister in that government from 2002 to 2008. In 2010, he ran unsuccessfully for the mayoralty of Christchurch. Anderton retired from Parliament at the 2011 election. After his retirement, he and former MP Philip Burdon were the two prominent campaigners for the restoration of ChristChurch Cathedral.