1996 Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives election

Two candidates were nominated:

• Rt Hon Jonathan Hunt, List MP – Labour Party
• Hon Doug Kidd, MP for Kaikoura – National Party

Derek Quigley, the deputy leader of the ACT Party, also intended to stand as a candidate but ultimately did not put forward his name for nomination.

The election was conducted by means of a conventional parliamentary motion. The Clerk of the House of Representatives conducted a vote on the question of the election of the Speaker, in accordance with Standing Order 19.

The following table gives the election results:^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National	Doug Kidd	70	58.33
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	50	41.66
Majority			20	16.66
Turnout			120	—

How each MP voted:^[1]

	Party	Name	Speaker Vote
	National	Arthur Anae	Kidd
	Alliance	Jim Anderton	Hunt
	ACT	Donna Awatere Huata	Kidd
	National	John Banks	Kidd
	Labour	Rick Barker	Hunt
	Labour	Tim Barnett	Hunt
	NZ First	Ann Batten	Kidd
	National	Bill Birch	Kidd
	NZ First	Jenny Bloxham	Kidd
	National	Jim Bolger	Kidd
	National	Max Bradford	Kidd
	Labour	Geoff Braybrooke	Hunt
	NZ First	Peter Brown	Kidd
	National	Gerry Brownlee	Kidd
	Alliance	Phillida Bunkle	Hunt
	Labour	Mark Burton	Hunt
	National	David Carter	Kidd
	National	John Carter	Kidd
	Labour	Helen Clark	Hunt
	Alliance	Pam Corkery	Hunt
	National	Wyatt Creech	Kidd
	Labour	Michael Cullen	Hunt
	Labour	Lianne Dalziel	Hunt
	NZ First	Tuariki Delamere	Kidd
	Alliance	Rod Donald	Hunt
	NZ First	Brian Donnelly	Kidd
	United NZ	Peter Dunne	Kidd
	Labour	Harry Duynhoven	Hunt
	Labour	Ruth Dyson	Hunt
	National	Paul East	Kidd
	NZ First	Jack Elder	Kidd
	National	Bill English	Kidd
	Labour	Taito Phillip Field	Hunt
	Alliance	Jeanette Fitzsimons	Hunt
	National	Christine Fletcher	Kidd
	National	Jim Gerard	Kidd
	Alliance	Grant Gillon	Hunt
	Labour	Phil Goff	Hunt
	Alliance	Liz Gordon	Hunt
	Labour	Mark Gosche	Hunt
	National	Doug Graham	Kidd
	National	Peter Gresham	Kidd
	Alliance	Frank Grover	Hunt
	Alliance	Laila Harré	Hunt
	National	Marie Hasler	Kidd
	Labour	Joe Hawke	Hunt
	Labour	George Hawkins	Hunt
	NZ First	Tau Henare	Kidd
	National	Gavan Herlihy	Kidd
	ACT	Rodney Hide	Kidd
	Labour	Marian Hobbs	Hunt
	Labour	Pete Hodgson	Hunt
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	Hunt
	ACT	Owen Jennings	Kidd
	Labour	Judy Keall	Hunt
	Labour	Graham Kelly	Hunt
	National	Doug Kidd	Kidd
	Labour	Annette King	Hunt
	NZ First	Neil Kirton	Kidd
	Alliance	Alamein Kopu	Hunt
	National	Warren Kyd	Kidd
	Alliance	Sandra Lee	Hunt
	National	John Luxton	Kidd
	Labour	Janet Mackey	Hunt
	Labour	Steve Maharey	Hunt
	Labour	Nanaia Mahuta	Hunt
	Labour	Trevor Mallard	Hunt
	National	Wayne Mapp	Kidd
	NZ First	Ron Mark	Kidd
	National	Denis Marshall	Kidd
	National	Roger Maxwell	Kidd
	NZ First	Peter McCardle	Kidd
	National	Murray McCully	Kidd
	NZ First	Robyn McDonald	Kidd
	National	Don McKinnon	Kidd
	National	Joy McLauchlan	Kidd
	National	Murray McLean	Kidd
	Labour	Mike Moore	Hunt
	NZ First	Tuku Morgan	Kidd
	NZ First	Deborah Morris	Kidd
	National	Brian Neeson	Kidd
	ACT	Muriel Newman	Kidd
	Labour	Damien O'Connor	Hunt
	National	Katherine O'Regan	Kidd
	Labour	Mark Peck	Hunt
	NZ First	Winston Peters	Kidd
	Labour	Jill Pettis	Hunt
	ACT	Richard Prebble	Kidd
	ACT	Derek Quigley	Kidd
	National	Ian Revell	Kidd
	Labour	Ross Robertson	Hunt
	Alliance	Matt Robson	Hunt
	National	Eric Roy	Kidd
	National	Tony Ryall	Kidd
	Labour	Dover Samuels	Hunt
	ACT	Patricia Schnauer	Kidd
	National	Jenny Shipley	Kidd
	ACT	Ken Shirley	Kidd
	National	Bob Simcock	Kidd
	National	Clem Simich	Kidd
	National	Lockwood Smith	Kidd
	National	Nick Smith	Kidd
	National	Roger Sowry	Kidd
	National	Tony Steel	Kidd
	Labour	Larry Sutherland	Hunt
	Labour	Jim Sutton	Hunt
	Labour	Paul Swain	Hunt
	National	Georgina te Heuheu	Kidd
	Labour	Judith Tizard	Hunt
	Labour	Tariana Turia	Hunt
	National	Simon Upton	Kidd
	National	Belinda Vernon	Kidd
	NZ First	Rana Waitai	Kidd
	Labour	Jill White	Hunt
	National	Maurice Williamson	Kidd
	National	Pansy Wong	Kidd
	NZ First	Doug Woolerton	Kidd
	Alliance	John Wright	Hunt
	NZ First	Tu Wyllie	Kidd
	Labour	Dianne Yates	Hunt

Ian Revell was elected deputy speaker on 13 December by 61 votes to 58 over Jonathan Hunt. National and New Zealand First voted for Revell with Labour, the Alliance and ACT voting for Hunt.^[2]