Michael John "Mike" Minogue (2 October 1923 – 27 November 2008) was a National Party

New Zealand National Party

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 politician, lawyer and mayor.

He was Mayor

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 of Hamilton, New Zealand

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 between 1968 and 1976, when he resigned to become a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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. He strongly opposed the policies of his own party's leader, Robert Muldoon

Robert Muldoon

Sir Robert David "Rob" Muldoon, GCMG, CH served as the 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984, as leader of the governing National Party. Muldoon had been a prominent member of the National party and MP for the Tamaki electorate for some years prior to becoming leader of the party...

 because of his classical liberal beliefs.

He represented the Hamilton West

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 electorate

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 until the 1984 election

New Zealand general election, 1984

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, when he lost his seat to Labour Party

New Zealand Labour Party

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 challenger Trevor Mallard

Trevor Mallard

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