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|name = Jim Anderton
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=100%}}
|order = 15th [[Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand]]▼
|image = Jim Anderton, 2010.jpg
|caption = Anderton in 2010
|term_start = 10 December 1999▼
|term_end = 15 August 2002▼
|primeminister = [[Helen Clark]]▼
|predecessor = [[Wyatt Creech]]
▲|primeminister = [[Helen Clark]]
|successor = [[Michael Cullen (politician)|Michael Cullen]]
|signature = Jim Anderton signature.svg▼
|signature_alt = J Anderton▼
▲|term_start = 10 December 1999
▲|term_end = 15 August 2002
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|term_start1 = 19 October 2005
|term_end1 = 19 November 2008
|primeminister1 =
|predecessor1 = [[Jim Sutton]]
|successor1 = [[David Carter (politician)|David Carter]]
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|deputy2 = [[Matt Robson]]
|predecessor2 = ''Position established''
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|term_end2 = 15 March 2012
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|term_start3 = 10 December 1999
|term_end3 = 19 October 2005
|primeminister3 =
|predecessor3 = ''Position established''
|successor3 = [[Trevor Mallard]]
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|deputy4 = [[
|predecessor4 =
|successor4 = [[Laila Harré]]
|term_start4 = 7 May 1995
|term_end4 = 20 April 2002
|deputy5 = [[
|predecessor5 = ''Position established''
|successor5 =
|term_start5 = 1 December 1991
|term_end5 = 10 November 1994
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|deputy6 =
|predecessor6 = ''Position established''
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|term_end6 = 13 October 2000
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|parliament7 = New Zealand
|term_start7 = 14 July 1984
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|successor7 = [[Megan Woods]]
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|term_start8 = 15 May 1979
|term_end8 = 8 September 1984
|vicepresident8 = Stu McCaffley
|predecessor8 = [[Arthur Faulkner]]
|successor8 = [[Margaret Wilson]]
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|1|7|1938|1|21|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Christchurch]], New Zealand
|party = [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] (1963–1989, 2011–2018) <br /> [[NewLabour Party (New Zealand)|NewLabour]] (1989–1991)<br />[[Alliance (New Zealand political party)|Alliance]] (1991–2002)<br />[[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive]] (2002–2011)
|spouse = Carole Anderton
|profession = Businessman, politician
|website =
▲|signature = Jim Anderton signature.svg
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'''James Patrick Anderton''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} (born '''Byrne'''; 21 January 1938 – 7 January 2018) was a New Zealand politician who led a succession of [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] parties after leaving the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] in 1989.
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Anderton's political career began when he was elected to the [[Manukau City]] Council in 1965. After serving for five years as [[New Zealand Labour Party#List of presidents|Labour Party president]], Anderton successfully stood as the Labour candidate for [[Sydenham (New Zealand electorate)|Sydenham]] in Christchurch in {{NZ election link year|1984}}. However, he soon came into conflict with the party's leadership, and became an outspoken critic of the [[Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand|Fourth Labour Government]]'s free-market reforms, called [[Rogernomics]]. In April 1989, believing that Labour was beyond change, Anderton resigned from the party.
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== Early life ==
Jim Anderton was born on 21 January 1938<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ge25AAAAIAAJ&q=James+Patrick+Anderton+21+jan |title=Who's Who in Asian and Australasian Politics |date=2008-09-11 |publisher=Bowker-Saur |access-date=2018-01-07|isbn=9780862915933 }}</ref> in [[Auckland]] to Matthew Byrne and Joyce Savage. His father left the family and his mother married Victor Anderton. Matthew Byrne died in a train accident in
In 1960, he married Joan Caulfield and they had five children, two girls and three boys.<ref name="legacy"/> The same year he became the paid organiser for the Catholic Youth Movement in the [[Catholic Diocese of Auckland]], and later worked as the secretary for the Catholic [[diocese]] in Auckland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anderton, Jim - New Zealand Parliament|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/former-members-of-parliament/anderton-jim/|access-date=2021-11-01|website=www.parliament.nz|language=en}}</ref> [[Reginald Delargey|Cardinal Reginald Delargey]] said that there were difficulties with Jim Anderton and his employment ended "when he put us in a position where we had to make a choice between him or the Pope".{{sfn|Bassett|2008|p=94}}
Anderton later moved into business, working as an export manager for a textiles company before establishing a manufacturing company, Anderton Holdings, with his brother Brian in 1971 and also bought a superette in [[Parnell, New Zealand|Parnell]].<ref name="legacy" />
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Anderton joined the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] in 1963 and first attended a Labour party branch meeting in Mangere in 1964.<ref name="legacy"/> His political career began in 1965 when he was elected to the [[Manukau City]] Council on a Labour ticket. In [[1971 Auckland City mayoral election|1971]], he stood for the [[Auckland City Council]] as a Labour candidate unsuccessfully and was the highest polling un-elected Labour candidate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Declaration of Result of Election |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=22 October 1971 |page=11 }}</ref>
Three years later, in 1974, he challenged [[Dove-Myer Robinson]], the incumbent [[Mayor of Auckland City]], for the mayoralty, but was [[1974 Auckland City mayoral election|beaten by 7,000 votes]]. In the same local election, he also stood for the Auckland City Council and was successful.<ref name="final push">{{cite news |last1=van Beynen |first1=Martin |title=The final push |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/3954688/The-final-push |access-date=19 September 2017 |work=[[The Press]] |date=23 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Declaration of Result of Election | work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=22 October 1974 |page=19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Declaration of Result of Election | work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=23 October 1974 |page=16 }}</ref> [[David Lange]], who also ran on the Labour ticket as a city councillor said "Like the other candidates, I contributed $50 to pay for an advertisement in the ''[[The New Zealand Herald|New Zealand Herald]]'' in support of the Labour ticket. When I opened the paper to look at our advertisement I saw a photograph of Jim Anderton and no mention of the other candidates. Here was a warning of much to come".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lange |first=David |author-link=David Lange |title=My Life |publisher=Penguin
Anderton had another tilt at the [[1977 Auckland City mayoral election|Auckland City mayoralty in 1977]], but was again beaten by the incumbent though he did manage to reduce Robinson's majority by nearly 1,500 votes.<ref name="final push" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor back by 5633 |
Following the sudden death of [[Frank Rogers (politician)|Frank Rogers]] in 1980 there was intense press speculation that Anderton (who was the proprietor of a business situated in the electorate) would stand to replace him in the [[1980 Onehunga by-election|Onehunga by-election]].<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |page=1 |title=Onehunga Asks: Which Way Will Mr Anderton Jump? |date=30 April 1980 }}</ref> Despite briefly considering standing, he eventually declined the nomination, refusing to renege on the promise he made to members at the 1979 party conference that he would not stand for a parliamentary seat at, or before, the {{NZ election link year|1981}} election.<ref>{{cite news
Following Labour's {{NZ election link year|1981}} election loss there were serious discussions regarding the future of affiliated trade unions in the Labour Party. Labour was frequently attacked for being the 'party of unions' (particularly by Muldoon) despite only 15% of unions being affiliated and providing just 8% of the annual party funds. In February 1982 Rowling gave a speech at a Labour regional conference in [[Timaru]] where he suggested Labour should cut formal ties with trade unions, citing the party's public perception being too closely linked with unions and that there had been a large demographic shift in the membership from the working class to middle-class liberals. Rowling was supported by his Shadow Minister for Labour, [[Fred Gerbic]], and several leading union figures such as national secretary of the New Zealand Electrical and Related Trades Union Tony Neary and secretary of the Wellington Clothing Workers Union Frank Thorn who stated their belief that their affiliation fees were too high and offered little benefit in return. Anderton and other unionists such as [[Jim Knox]], the secretary of the [[New Zealand Federation of Labour]], were opposed and argued for a continuing union presence in the party.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=79}} By March the debate heated up with Rowling and Gerbic publicly expressing another concern that some affiliated unions had members of other parties, in particular the [[Socialist Unity Party of New Zealand|Socialist Unity Party]] (SUP). Anderton publicly disagreed with Rowling stating that the SUP had no influence in the Labour Party and that "The entire membership of the SUP could be written on the back of a postage stamp."{{sfn|Grant|2022|pp=80-1}} At Labour's annual conference in May 1982 the conference delegates rejected Rowling's proposal and union affiliation remained to Anderton's relief. At the conference Gerbic used most of his speaking time to attack Anderton for publicly disagreeing with him over the SUP. Anderton was more bemused than angered and Gerbic's speech finished with a more booing than applause.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=81}} As a result of this failure maverick Labour MP [[Roger Douglas]] publicly questioned Rowling's leadership qualities and his lack of direction. While Rowling did not respond, Anderton staunchly defended Rowling from Douglas' criticism.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=80}}
Anderton got involved in the public discourse over the [[Mount Erebus disaster]] where an [[Air New Zealand]] plane crashed in [[Antarctica]] on 28 November 1979. He was publicly critical of the backlash that [[Peter Mahon (judge)|Justice Peter Mahon QC]], who presided over the [[Royal Commission of Inquiry]] into the crash, received after the commission concluded that the primarily cause of the accident was an alteration of the flight path coordinates the night before the disaster while not informing the pilots of the change. The report contradicted an earlier investigation which concluded the accident was caused primarily by [[pilot error]] to which Mahon charged as "an orchestrated litany of lies" to cover up the real cause.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=74}} Anderton particularly defended Mahon after a particularly attack on both him and his report by Prime Minister [[Robert Muldoon]]. After commenting publicly on the matter [[Bob Owens (businessman)|Bob Owens]], the chairman of Air New Zealand, invited Anderton to a meeting with himself and chief executive John Wisdom. The meeting got heated with Anderton being confrontational in tone (particularly after Owens admitted to having not read Mahon's report in full and did not intend to) and lasted only 8 minutes.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=75}} It climaxed with Owens calling his security to escort Anderton from the office. Air New Zealand subsequently released a press statement criticising Anderton. Rowling later apologised to Owens for the incident.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=76}}
Many in the Labour Party (who were already critical of Anderton) used the Air New Zealand incident to attempt to remove him as president. A group of MPs ([[Michael Bassett]], Roger Douglas, [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]] and [[Richard Prebble]]) organised a challenge for the presidency at the 1982 party conference. They approached former MP and party vice-president [[Joe Walding]] to stand, though he declined.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=77}} Instead Bassett, the most acerbic critic of Anderton in the group, declared he would stand for the presidency of the party. An open conflict drew the ire of many in the party and eventually Bassett withdrew his candidacy. He was subsequently dumped from the shadow cabinet in February 1982 as a result.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shand |first=Greg |title=Dr Bassett Pays Penalty but Intends to Continue 'Fight' |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=5 February 1982 |page=3 }}</ref> At the conference Anderton was challenged by Allan O'Neill, president of the Auckland Carpenters Union, but won easily 1,120 votes to 126.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=81}}
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In 1983 he was selected as the Labour candidate for the [[Christchurch]] seat of {{NZ electorate link|Sydenham}} against 6 local contenders.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Electorate picks Aucklander |date=8 August 1983 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 }}</ref> The outgoing MP for Sydenham [[John Kirk (New Zealand politician)|John Kirk]] declared that he did not support Anderton as the official Labour candidate and saw Anderton's selection a sign that Labour was moving too far to the left.<ref>{{cite news |title=Angry M.P. blasts Sydenham's choice |work=[[The Press]] |date=8 August 1983 |page=1 }}</ref> In the [[1984 New Zealand general election|1984 general election]], Anderton was
Anderton soon came into conflict with the party's leadership, and became one of the most outspoken critics of [[Minister of Finance (New Zealand)|Minister of Finance]] [[Roger Douglas]]. Douglas and his allies, [[Richard Prebble]] and [[David Caygill]], were determined to implement radical reforms of the country's economic system, known unofficially as "[[Rogernomics]]". This involved a [[monetarism|monetarist]] approach to controlling inflation, the removal of [[tariff]]s and [[subsidy|subsidies]], and the [[Privatization|privatisation]] of state assets, all of which were regarded by Anderton as a betrayal of the party's left-wing roots, and an abandonment of the party's election platform.
Anderton's severe criticism of Douglas and his reforms earned him the enmity of many within the party, including some of those who otherwise shared Anderton's frustration; his public comments were seen as damaging the party's public image. His stance of vocally and publicly opposing Labour's neoliberal direction led him to eschew the prospect of becoming a cabinet minister in the Lange ministry.<ref name="legacy"/> At the 1988 Labour Party conference in [[Dunedin]], Anderton announced his intention to stand for the party presidency once again. In a highly publicised and bitterly contested campaign, he lost to vice-president [[Ruth Dyson]] 473 votes to 575. Optics from the divided conference were damaging to Labour's image showing a clear [[Left–right political spectrum|left/right]] divide with the left backing Anderton and the right coalescing around Dyson.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Hewlett, Paul |title=Government sweeps clean at conference |date=4 September 1988 |work=[[Auckland Star]] |page=A3 }}</ref>▼
▲Anderton's severe criticism of Douglas and his reforms earned him the enmity of many within the party, including some of those who otherwise shared Anderton's frustration; his public comments were seen as damaging the party's public image. He released a policy document on 27 July 1988 which was described by [[Jim Sutton]] as "looking like a Soviet prescription for a Polish shipyard". This caused much laughter in the Labour caucus.{{sfn|Bassett|2008|p=405}} His stance of vocally and publicly opposing Labour's neoliberal direction led him to eschew the prospect of becoming a cabinet minister in the Lange ministry.<ref name="legacy"/> At the 1988 Labour Party conference in [[Dunedin]], Anderton announced his intention to stand for the party presidency once again. In a highly publicised and bitterly contested campaign, he lost to vice-president [[Ruth Dyson]] 473 votes to 575. Optics from the divided conference were damaging to Labour's image showing a clear [[Left–right political spectrum|left/right]] divide with the left backing Anderton and the right coalescing around Dyson.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Hewlett, Paul |title=Government sweeps clean at conference |date=4 September 1988 |work=[[Auckland Star]] |page=A3 }}</ref>
== 1989 split from Labour ==
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Although many ordinary members of the Labour Party (who were unhappy at the way the party's parliamentary wing was behaving) backed Anderton, he became increasingly isolated in parliament. When Anderton disobeyed party instructions to vote in favour of selling the [[Bank of New Zealand]] (which Labour had explicitly promised not to do), he was suspended from [[caucus]]. In April 1989, believing that Labour was beyond change, Anderton resigned from the party. He later said, "I did not leave the Labour Party; the Labour Party left me."<ref name="Anderton remembered">{{cite news |title=Jim Anderton remembered as champion of MMP, Kiwibank, paid parental leave |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11971034 |access-date=8 January 2018 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=8 January 2018}}</ref> All but one of Anderton's electorate staff in Sydenham left with him.<ref name="legacy"/> Fellow MP and then-cabinet minister [[Michael Bassett]] commented "while Anderton liked to portray his differences as ideological, we knew from past experience that his real problem was that he wasn't the one in control of the government, and he could see no way of seizing power".{{sfn|Bassett|2008|p=475}}
On 1 May, Anderton announced the creation of the [[NewLabour Party (New Zealand)|NewLabour Party]], intended to represent the real spirit of the original Labour Party. Its primary goals were state intervention in the economy, retention of public assets, and full employment. In the [[1990 New Zealand general election|1990 general election]] Anderton retained his Sydenham seat, ensuring that NewLabour (and Anderton's criticism) would not fade away. A long-serving office manager and campaign director, Jeanette Lawrence, said Anderton retaining his seat at the 1990 general election was the "happiest she ever saw him".<ref name="legacy"/> He was the first MP in New Zealand political history to leave an established party, found another and be re-elected to Parliament representing that new party. In parliament, Anderton attacked the policies of the new [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] government, particularly [[Ruth Richardson]]'s continuation of Rogernomics ([[Ruthanasia]]).
In regard to leaving Labour in 1989, he later recalled: "I have no regrets about any of that. Under the same circumstances I would do exactly the same again."<ref name="Anderton remembered"/> Anderton was awarded the [[New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=47}}</ref>
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== Alliance ==
Anderton and NewLabour were at the centre of the [[Alliance (New Zealand political party)|Alliance Party]] established in 1991. He became leader of the new party and in the [[1993 New Zealand general election|1993 election]], was joined in parliament by Alliance colleague [[Sandra Lee-Vercoe|Sandra Lee]]. [[Jim Bolger]] spoke to him after the 1993 election where Anderton was "courteous and sensible and spoke about co-operating, but made it clear he would never enter into a coalition with a National-led government".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bolger |first=Jim |title=A View from the Top |publisher=Viking |year=1998 |edition=1st |location=Auckland, New Zealand |pages=133}}</ref> He briefly stepped down as leader of the Alliance in November 1994 following the suicide of his daughter the year before,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2000-08-25|title=26 years on, our star Jim is shining|language=en-NZ|work=[[New Zealand Herald]] |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/|access-date=2020-08-06|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> but returned in May 1995.<ref name="legacy" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Anderton, Jim – New Zealand Parliament|url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/former-members-of-parliament/anderton-jim/|access-date=2020-08-06|website=www.parliament.nz|language=en}}</ref>
In the [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996 election]], the first to be held under the [[Mixed-member proportional representation|mixed-member proportional]] (MMP) system, the Alliance won 13 seats in Parliament. Anderton retained his constituency seat, now renamed [[Wigram (New Zealand electorate)|Wigram]], and he was joined in Parliament by 12 [[list MP]]s.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=274}}▼
Anderton was the most prominent critic of the rash of party-switching (sometimes called "[[waka jumping]]" in New Zealand) that characterised the [[45th New Zealand Parliament|45th Parliament]], although remained silent about his own past party-switching.<ref>{{cite web |title=Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill — Second Reading - New Zealand Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/combined/HansDeb_20180802_20180802_20 |website=[[Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |language=en}}</ref> When Alliance list MP [[Alamein Kopu]] declared herself an independent and supported the National-led coalition, Anderton blasted her, saying her behaviour "breached every standard of ethics that are known."<ref>{{cite
▲In the [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996 election]], the first to be held under the [[Mixed-member proportional representation|mixed-member proportional]] (MMP) system, the Alliance won 13 seats in Parliament. Anderton retained his constituency seat, now renamed [[Wigram (New Zealand electorate)|Wigram]], and he was joined in Parliament by 12 [[list MP]]s.
After the collapse of the [[Fourth National Government of New Zealand|National-New Zealand First coalition]] Anderton started a "Go Now" petition on 27 August 1998 calling on the government to resign and hold an election.{{sfn|Grant|2022|p=295}} Former prime minister [[Jim Bolger]] resigned from parliament triggering the [[1998 Taranaki-King Country by-election]]. The Alliance performed surprisingly well. Campaigning on opposition to the proposed [[Multilateral Agreement on Investment]], they won 15% of the vote in a traditionally conservative electorate and finishing just two points behind Labour.{{sfn|Grant|2022|pp=287-8, 291}} Following the by-election the Alliance and Labour began co-operating, informally to begin with, in recognition that it would be the only way to win power. Anderton, his chief advisor Andrew Ladley and Lee met with Labour leader [[Helen Clark]], deputy [[Michael Cullen (politician)|Michael Cullen]], secretary Tony Timms and Clark's advisor [[Heather Simpson (civil servant)|Heather Simpson]] to agree on forming a coalition with one another if they each won enough seats at the next election. Ladley and Simpson drew up briefs on what a Labour-Alliance government would look like and how it would work.{{sfn|Grant|2022|pp=294-5}}
▲Anderton was the most prominent critic of the rash of party-switching (sometimes called "[[waka jumping]]" in New Zealand) that characterised the [[45th New Zealand Parliament|45th Parliament]], although remained silent about his own past party-switching.<ref>{{cite web |title=Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill — Second Reading - New Zealand Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/combined/HansDeb_20180802_20180802_20 |website=[[Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |language=en}}</ref> When Alliance list MP [[Alamein Kopu]] declared herself an independent and supported the National-led coalition, Anderton blasted her, saying her behaviour "breached every standard of ethics that are known." He later started a "Go Now" petition calling on Kopu and every other party-switching MP to resign; like Anderton himself in 1989, they chose not to resign.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
== Fifth Labour Government ==
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By the late 1990s, Labour under
The successful establishment of [[Kiwibank]], a state-owned bank, is often cited as Anderton's greatest achievement.<ref name="Anderton remembered"/> It was initially opposed by both Clark and Cullen but Anderton eventually wore the Labour Cabinet down following several months of debate culminating with [[Annette King]] telling Cullen, "For God's sake, give him the bloody bank".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/5733182/Andertons-persistence-led-to-Kiwibank |title=Anderton's persistence led to Kiwibank |author= Watkins, Tracy |date=5 October 2011 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
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==Retirement==
[[File:Jim Anderton CNZM Investiture.jpg|thumb|Anderton's CNZM Investiture in 2017]]
Anderton retired from Parliament at the [[2011 New Zealand general election|2011 election]]. The Progressive Party did not run candidates in that election. At the time, he held the unofficial title of [[Father of the House (New Zealand)|Father of the House]] as the longest continuously serving MP. During the election campaign, Anderton endorsed Labour candidate and previously unsuccessful mayoral candidate [[Megan Woods]] to succeed him in his electorate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meganwoods.org.nz/2011/09/anderton-endorses-woods-for-wigram/|title=Dr Megan Woods}}</ref> Woods was elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2011/electorate-63.html|title=Official Count Results – Wigram|last=Commission|first=New Zealand Electoral|website=archive.electionresults.govt.nz|access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref> After his retirement, he put his energy into a campaign to have [[ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch|ChristChurch Cathedral]] restored after it had been severely damaged in the [[2011 Christchurch earthquake|February]] and [[June 2011 Christchurch earthquake]]s; he worked on this campaign with former National MP [[Philip Burdon]]. [[Chris Finlayson|Christopher Finlayson]] spoke of a meeting he and [[Gerry Brownlee]] had with Jim Anderton and Philip Burdon about restoring the cathedral. Anderton "said that he had a couple of points he wanted to make. Forty minutes later, the monologue was continuing and I endeavored to ask a couple of questions. He effectively told me to shut up as he still had more to say. His was a somewhat bullying performance. I felt that if he had shown some more courtesy and understanding to the bishop, there may have been a more positive outcome".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Finlayson |first=Christopher |title=Yes, Minister |publisher=Allen and Unwin |year=2022 |isbn=978-1991006-1-03 |edition=1st |location=Auckland, New Zealand |pages=153–4}}</ref> They were ultimately successful in September 2017 when the Anglican synod made a binding decision to restore the church.<ref name="special investiture">{{cite news|last1=Rutherford|first1=Bridget|title=Ailing Jim Anderton recognised at special investiture ceremony|url=http://www.star.kiwi/2017/09/ailing-jim-anderton-recognised-at-special-investiture-ceremony/|access-date=10 September 2017|work=[[The Star (Christchurch)|The Star]]|date=7 September 2017}}</ref>
He was appointed a [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] in the [[2017 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2017 Queen's Birthday Honours]], for services as a Member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/qb2017-list | title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2017 |date=5 June 2017 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> On 3 September 2017, he had a special investiture ceremony at Nazareth House attended by the [[Governor-General of New Zealand|Governor-General]] (Dame [[Patsy Reddy]]), the [[Mayor of Christchurch]] ([[Lianne Dalziel]]), and former Prime Minister [[Helen Clark]].<ref name="special investiture" />
==Death==
Anderton died in Christchurch on 7 January 2018,
Figures from across the [[political spectrum]] praised Anderton following his death, and the leaders of New Zealand's parliamentary parties paid tributes.<ref name="legacy"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Tributes for Jim Anderton: 'A man of integrity' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/347600/tributes-for-jim-anderton-a-man-of-integrity |access-date=10 June 2021 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=2018-01-07 |language=en-nz}}</ref>
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==References==
*{{cite book | last= Bassett | first= Michael | author-link=Michael Bassett | title=Working with David: Inside the Lange Cabinet | year=2008 | publisher=Hodder Moa | location=Auckland | isbn=978-1-86971-094-1 }}
*{{cite book |last=Grant |first=David |title=Anderton: His Life and Times |year=2022 |publisher=Te Herenga Waka University Press |location=Wellington |isbn=9781776920563 }}
*{{cite book |last=Hayward |first=Margaret |title=Diary of the Kirk Years |year=1981 |publisher=[[Reed Publishing]] |location=Auckland |isbn=0589013505 }}
== External links ==
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*{{cite web|url= https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/170679/ |title= Jim Anderton's valedictory speech to Parliament, 2011 (audio recording) |publisher= Nga Taonga |date= 2023}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100605001158/http://www.jimanderton.org.nz/ Mayoral campaign website] (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130406220418/http://www.progressive.org.nz/ Jim Anderton's Progressives], archived site of Anderton's now-dissolved party
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