Peter Tapsell (New Zealand politician)
Sir Peter Wilfred Tapsell KNZM MBE FRCS FRCSEd (21 January 1930 – 5 April 2012) was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996.Therefore, Prime Minister Jim Bolger decided to offer the Speaker's position to a member of the Labour Party, thereby retaining the crucial vote.Peters claimed that his objection was on behalf of the incumbent Speaker, long-serving National MP Robin Gray, who had expected to resume his duties but was now being "cast aside" for political reasons.[citation needed] In the 1996 election, however, Tapsell lost the electorate, now called Te Tai Rawhiti, by 4215 votes to New Zealand First's Tuariki Delamere, one of the Tight Five.[13] In the 1997 New Year Honours, Tapsell was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services, lately as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The HonourableFRCSEdSpeakerSpeaker of the House of RepresentativesJim BolgerRobin GrayDoug KiddMinister of DefenceGeoffrey PalmerBob TizardWarren CooperRotoruaRuatoriaLabourTania TapsellSpeaker of the New Zealand House of RepresentativesMāoriBill Barnardorthopaedic surgeonPhillip TapsellHine-i-tūrama NgātikiRotorua Boys' High SchoolmedicineUniversity of OtagoUnited KingdomMember of the Order of the British Empire1968 Queen's Birthday HonoursNew Zealand ParliamentEastern MaoriLabour Party1975 election1978 electionParliament1981 electionDavid LangeFourth Labour GovernmentMinister of PoliceMinister of Forestry1993 electionNational PartyPrime MinisterWinston PetersNew Zealand First1996 electionTe Tai RawhitiNew Zealand First'sTuariki DelamereTight Five1997 New Year HonoursKnight Companion of the New Zealand Order of MeritMonarchy New ZealandUniversity of WaikatoHak Ja HanUnification ChurchSun Myung MoonThe New Zealand HeraldOtago Daily TimesNew Zealand ListenerThe London GazetteThe PressThe Southland TimesAnn HercusRoger DouglasKoro WētereMinister for Land InformationRob StoreyParaone RewetiMember of Parliament for Eastern Maori