Peter Malcolm Hilt (born 1942) is a former New Zealand politician.

Biography

Hilt was born in Auckland, and attended

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. He was in the

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for 18 years, becoming a Detective Sergeant. He was an MP from 1990 to 1996, representing first the National Party and then

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. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1990 election, defeating

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in the Glenfield seat. In 1995, however, he left National to join the new United New Zealand Party, founded as a centrist group by seven sitting MPs. In the 1996 general election, he was not re-elected. He stood in the electorate where he came fifth. He was ranked in 6th place on United's

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, but with the party receiving only 0.88% of the party vote, it did not qualify for any list MPs. In the 44th New Zealand Parliament, Hilt was elected Deputy Chairman of Committees on 1 March 1995 after Joy McLauchlan resigned that position on 27 February. Hilt was the last to hold this role as it was disestablished on 21 February 1996. Though he had by this time left the National Party, Hilt continued in the succeeding position of first Assistant Speaker. , he remains the only presiding officer of the New Zealand House of Representatives since 1943 not to have been a member of either National or Labour while serving.

References

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