once again won by John Ballance. This time, he would serve in three successive Parliaments. He died in office on 27 April 1893 during the 11th Parliament. Ballance formed the Liberal Party after the and became its leader, and thus introduced party politics to New Zealand. The Liberal Government of New Zealand would last for 21 years and is the longest serving government in New Zealand's history. Ballance's death triggered the , which was held on 13 June and won by Archibald Willis, who was re-elected at the a few months later. Gilbert Carson was successful in the . He served one term. He was succeeded by Willis in the , who served two more terms for the electorate. James Thomas Hogan won the . He served two terms and was defeated in the by Bill Veitch. Veitch had a long career in the electorate, serving until 1935, when he defeated. He was initially an Independent, but joined the Liberal Party in 1925, and changed to the United Party in 1928. Joe Cotterill won the electorate in the for the Labour Party. He also had a long career, retiring in 1960 from the Wanganui seat. He was succeeded by his party colleague George Spooner in the , who served three terms and was defeated in by Bill Tolhurst from the National Party. Tolhurst served one term and at the , the electorate returned to Labour. Russell Marshall served six terms and retired in 1990. In the , Cam Campion secured the seat for National. He retired in 1993 and died two years after that. The seat returned to Labour again, with Jill Pettis winning the . She was the first woman to represent Wanganui. She served four terms, until her defeat in the by Chester Borrows of the National Party. Pettis served an additional term as a List MP until 2008. Borrows announced in 2016 that he would not seek reelection at the 2017 general election and the seat was won by Harete Hipango, retaining it for the National Party. She however, was defeated after one term by Labour's Steph Lewis. Several members (Fox, Vogel and Ballance) became Premier. Terry Heffernan stood in the electorate five times for four parties, from to . Members of Parliament Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election. Key single-member electorate multi-member electorate single-member electorate List MPs Members of