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Party women: Jenny Shipley

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Party women: Jenny Shipley

In late 1997 Transport Minister Jenny Shipley toppled party leader Jim Bolger in a coup and became New Zealand's first woman prime minister. Shipley herself was ousted as party leader in 2001 following National's defeat in the 1999 election.

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Colin James, National Party – Party composition and organisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/33896/party-women-jenny-shipley (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Colin James, i tāngia i te 21 March 2012, updated 1 July 2020.