I remember the 1984 election. It had the strong sense of being a welcome breath of fresh air.
In 2008, Labour is struggling a bit against a general mood for change, so I was interested to notice who out of the current MPs were in Parliament in 1984.
Labour:
Helen Clark (first elected 1981)
Michael Cullen (first elected 1981)
Phil Goff (first elected 1981)
Annette Kind
Trevor Mallard
Labour/New Labour/Alliance/Progressive:
Jim Anderton
Labour/United (Future)
Peter Dunne
National/New Zealand First:
Winston Peters (he was first elected in 1978)
National:
Lockwood Smith
Lockwood Smith?!? Lockwood Smith is the longest serving National Party MP?
Posted by carla at October 13, 2008 10:35 PM