Michael Bassett

Michael Bassett
Bassett in 2018
22nd Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
24 August 1987 – 9 February 1990
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded byPeter Tapsell
Succeeded byMargaret Austin
3rd Minister for Arts and Culture
In office
24 August 1987 – 9 February 1990
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded byPeter Tapsell
Succeeded byMargaret Austin
3rd Minister of Local Government
In office
26 July 1984 – 9 February 1990
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded byAllan Highet
Succeeded byPhilip Woollaston
27th Minister of Health
In office
26 July 1984 – 24 August 1987
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Preceded byAussie Malcolm
Succeeded byDavid Caygill
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Te Atatu
In office
25 November 1978 – 27 October 1990
Succeeded byBrian Neeson
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Waitemata
In office
25 November 1972 – 29 November 1975
Preceded byFrank Gill
Succeeded byDail Jones
Personal details
BornMichael Edward Rainton Bassett
(1938-08-28) 28 August 1938
Auckland, New Zealand
PartyLabour
SpouseJudith Bassett
Children2
RelativesDavid Lange (third cousin)
Peter Lange (third cousin)
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Duke University
ProfessionHistorian
Websitemichaelbassett.co.nz
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Michael Edward Rainton Bassett CNZM QSO (born 28 August 1938) is a former Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in the reformist fourth Labour government. He is also a noted New Zealand historian, and has published a number of books on New Zealand politics, including biographies of Prime Ministers Peter Fraser, Gordon Coates and Joseph Ward.