Michael Bassett

Michael Bassett
Bassett in 2018
22nd Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
24 August 1987 – 9 February 1990
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded byPeter Tapsell
Succeeded byMargaret Austin
3rd Minister for Arts and Culture
In office
24 August 1987 – 9 February 1990
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded byPeter Tapsell
Succeeded byMargaret Austin
3rd Minister of Local Government
In office
26 July 1984 – 9 February 1990
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded byAllan Highet
Succeeded byPhilip Woollaston
27th Minister of Health
In office
26 July 1984 – 24 August 1987
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Preceded byAussie Malcolm
Succeeded byDavid Caygill
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Te Atatu
In office
25 November 1978 – 27 October 1990
Succeeded byBrian Neeson
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Waitemata
In office
25 November 1972 – 29 November 1975
Preceded byFrank Gill
Succeeded byDail Jones
Personal details
Born
Michael Edward Rainton Bassett

(1938-08-28) 28 August 1938 (age 86)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyLabour Party
SpouseJudith Bassett
Children2
RelativesDavid Lange (third cousin)
Peter Lange (third cousin)
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Duke University
ProfessionHistorian
Websitemichaelbassett.co.nz

Michael Edward Rainton Bassett CNZM QSO (born 28 August 1938) is a former Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in the reformist fourth Labour government. He is also a noted New Zealand historian, and has published a number of books on New Zealand politics, including biographies of Prime Ministers Peter Fraser, Gordon Coates and Joseph Ward.