Peter Dunne
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The Honourable Peter Dunne MP |
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Peter Dunne in 2009
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| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
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Assumed office 28 January 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Key Bill English |
| Preceded by | Chris Tremain |
| 2nd Minister of Revenue | |
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In office 17 October 2005 – 7 June 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Cullen |
| Succeeded by | Todd McClay |
| Leader of United Future | |
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Assumed office 2002 |
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| Deputy | Judy Turner |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Ōhāriu |
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Assumed office 17 July 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Templeton |
| Majority | 710 |
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17 March 1954 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Political party | United Future |
| Other political affiliations |
United New Zealand (1995-2002) Future (1994-1995) Labour (until 1994) |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Mackrell (1976-present); 2 sons |
| Relations | Frank Smyth (grandfather) |
Peter Francis Dunne (born 17 March 1954) is a New Zealand politician, Member of Parliament and leader of the United Future political party. He effectively was an Independent MP between 25 June 2013 and 13 August 2013 after his United Future political party was deregistered. He has been an MP since 1984, representing the centre-left Labour Party in Parliament from 1984 to 1994, and a succession of minor centrist parties from 1994. He served as a Cabinet minister while in the Labour Party and has since done so in governments dominated by the centre-right National Party as well as by the Labour Party.
From 2005 to 2008 he held the posts of Minister of Revenue and Associate Minister of Health as a minister outside of Cabinet with the Labour-led government. After Labour suffered an election defeat in 2008 to the National Party, United Future was reduced to having Dunne as its sole MP. However, in a deal between United Future and National, Dunne retained his two portfolios outside cabinet. On 7 June 2013 he resigned his warrant as a minister due to a purported leak from his office. However, on 28 January 2014 Dunne was reinstated as a minister and now holds the Internal Affairs, Associate Health, and Associate Conservation portfolios.
Dunne was born in Christchurch in 1954. He attended St Bede's College and gained an MA in political science from Canterbury University before studying business administration at Massey University.
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