Labour voters, disillusioned with the hardships wrought …
Years: 1990 - 1990
Labour voters, disillusioned with the hardships wrought by their party’s dismemberment of New Zealand’s once-pervasive welfare system, elect the National party to a narrow victory in 1990; Muldoon protégé Jim Bolger becomes prime minister.
Hawke’s ALP wins the 1990, elections, making him Australia’s longest serving prime minister.
