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election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_logo_1990.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_logo_1990.jpg/50px-National_logo_1990.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_logo_1990.jpg/75px-National_logo_1990.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_logo_1990.jpg/100px-National_logo_1990.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="411" /></a></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1986_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1986 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1986</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>8 December 1997</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2001_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2001 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2001</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #00529F"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jenny_Shipley_2013_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Jenny_Shipley_2013_%28crop%29.jpg/130px-Jenny_Shipley_2013_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Jenny_Shipley_2013_%28crop%29.jpg/195px-Jenny_Shipley_2013_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Jenny_Shipley_2013_%28crop%29.jpg/260px-Jenny_Shipley_2013_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="492" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;width:0;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Shipley" title="Jenny Shipley">Jenny Shipley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>elected unopposed</i> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Leader before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bolger" title="Jim Bolger">Jim Bolger</a><br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Leader after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Shipley" title="Jenny Shipley">Jenny Shipley</a><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The New Zealand National Party leadership election was an election for the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_New_Zealand_National_Party" title="Leader of the New Zealand National Party">National leadership</a> position in 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Senior cabinet minister <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Shipley" title="Jenny Shipley">Jenny Shipley</a> grew increasingly frustrated and disillusioned with the cautious pace of National's leader, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bolger" title="Jim Bolger">Jim Bolger</a>, and with what she saw as the disproportionate influence of coalition partner <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_First" title="New Zealand First">New Zealand First</a>. She began gathering support to replace Bolger in mid-1997. Later that year, while Bolger attended the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1997">Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting</a>, Shipley convinced a majority of her National Party colleagues to back her bid for the leadership. Upon returning to New Zealand, Bolger, seeing that he no longer had the support of his party, resigned, and Shipley replaced him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBolger199817_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBolger199817-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As leader of the governing party, she became Prime Minister on 8 December 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBolger199817-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBolger199817_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBolger1998">Bolger 1998</a>, p. 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/jenny-shipley">"Jenny Shipley"</a>. New Zealand History<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Jenny+Shipley&rft.pub=New+Zealand+History&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnzhistory.govt.nz%2Fpeople%2Fjenny-shipley&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1997+New+Zealand+National+Party+leadership+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBolger1998" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bolger" title="Jim Bolger">Bolger, Jim</a> (1998). <i>Bolger: A View from the Top</i>. 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href="/wiki/Botany_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Botany (New Zealand electorate)">Botany</a>)</span></dd> <dt>Deputy leader</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Willis" title="Nicola Willis">Nicola Willis</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Anderson_(politician)" title="Miles Anderson (politician)">Miles Anderson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Waitaki</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Bates" title="Carl Bates">Carl Bates</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Whanganui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Whanganui (New Zealand electorate)">Whanganui</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bayly" title="Andrew Bayly">Andrew Bayly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Port_Waikato_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Port Waikato (New Zealand 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href="/wiki/Chris_Penk" title="Chris Penk">Chris Penk</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Kaipara_ki_Mahurangi" title="Kaipara ki Mahurangi">Kaipara ki Mahurangi</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tama_Potaka" title="Tama Potaka">Tama Potaka</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hamilton_West_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate)">Hamilton West</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Pugh" title="Maureen Pugh">Maureen Pugh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/West_Coast-Tasman" title="West Coast-Tasman">West Coast-Tasman</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suze_Redmayne" title="Suze Redmayne">Suze Redmayne</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Rangit%C4%ABkei_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Rangitīkei (New Zealand electorate)">Rangitīkei</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Reti" title="Shane Reti">Shane Reti</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Whang%C4%81rei_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Whangārei (New Zealand electorate)">Whangārei</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rutherford" title="Tom Rutherford">Tom Rutherford</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Plenty_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bay of Plenty (New Zealand electorate)">Bay of Plenty</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Simmonds" title="Penny Simmonds">Penny Simmonds</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Invercargill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Invercargill (New Zealand electorate)">Invercargill</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Simpson_(politician)" title="Scott Simpson (politician)">Scott Simpson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Coromandel_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)">Coromandel</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Smith_(politician)" title="Stuart Smith (politician)">Stuart Smith</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Kaik%C5%8Dura_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaikōura (New Zealand electorate)">Kaikōura</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Stanford" title="Erica Stanford">Erica Stanford</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Bays_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate)">East Coast Bays</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Uffindell" title="Sam Uffindell">Sam Uffindell</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Tauranga_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tauranga (New Zealand electorate)">Tauranga</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Upston" title="Louise Upston">Louise Upston</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Taup%C5%8D_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Taupō (New Zealand electorate)">Taupō</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_van_de_Molen" title="Tim van de Molen">Tim van de Molen</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Waikato_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waikato (New Zealand electorate)">Waikato</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Watts" title="Simon Watts">Simon Watts</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="North Shore (New Zealand electorate)">North Shore</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Wedd" title="Catherine Wedd">Catherine Wedd</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Tukituki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tukituki (New Zealand electorate)">Tukituki</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Weenink" title="Vanessa Weenink">Vanessa Weenink</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Banks_Peninsula_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Banks Peninsula (New Zealand electorate)">Banks Peninsula</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00529F; color:white;;width:1%">National governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="First National Government of New Zealand">First</a> (1949–57)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Second National Government of New Zealand">Second</a> (1960–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Third National Government of New Zealand">Third</a> (1975–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Fourth National Government of New Zealand">Fourth</a> (1990–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Fifth National Government of New Zealand">Fifth</a> (2008–17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_National_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Sixth National Government of New Zealand">Sixth</a> (2023–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00529F; 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href="/wiki/First_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Bill_English" title="First Shadow Cabinet of Bill English">English I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Don_Brash" title="Shadow Cabinet of Don Brash">Brash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_John_Key" title="Shadow Cabinet of John Key">Key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Shadow_Cabinet_of_Bill_English" title="Second Shadow Cabinet of Bill English">English II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Simon_Bridges" title="Shadow Cabinet of Simon Bridges">Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Todd_Muller" title="Shadow Cabinet of Todd Muller">Muller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Judith_Collins" title="Shadow Cabinet of Judith Collins">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Christopher_Luxon" title="Shadow Cabinet of Christopher Luxon">Luxon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#00529F; color:white;;width:1%">Leadership 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election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="1986 New Zealand National Party leadership election">1986</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2001 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2003 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2006 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2016 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_New_Zealand_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election">2018</a></li> <li><a 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