The Right Honourable Sir Trevor Mallard, of Wainuiomata, KNZM for services as a Member of Parliament and as Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Right Honourable Sir Trevor Mallard was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2022 and held ministerial portfolios in the fifth Labour government.
Sir Trevor was first elected to Parliament as the Member for Hamilton West in 1984 and was the MP for Pencarrow from 1993 to 1996, Hutt South from 1996 to 2017, and a Labour List MP from 2017. In 1999, he was appointed to Cabinet and became the Minister of Education, Minister of State Services and Minister for Sport and Recreation. He also held a number of other Ministerial portfolios from 1999 to 2008, including Minister of Labour, Industry and Regional Development, Broadcasting, America’s Cup, Environment, Energy, Co-ordinating Race Relations, as well as the Minister for the Rugby World Cup. He was an Assistant Speaker from 2014 to 2017. Outside of chairing the Business, Standing Orders and Officers of Parliament Select Committees, and the Parliamentary Service Commission in his role as Speaker, he has been a member of the Education and Science, Government Administration, Finance and Expenditure, Statutes Revision and Justice and Law Reform Select Committees. Sir Trevor retired from politics in 2022, after 35 years as a Member of Parliament.