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42nd New Zealand Parliament

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42nd Parliament of New Zealand
41st Parliament 43rd Parliament
Overview
Legislative bodyNew Zealand Parliament
Term16 September 1987 – 6 September 1990
Election1987 New Zealand general election
GovernmentFourth Labour Government
House of Representatives
Members97
Speaker of the HouseKerry Burke
Leader of the HouseJonathan Hunt
Prime MinisterMike Moore
Geoffrey Palmer until 3 September 1990
David Lange until 8 August 1989
Leader of the OppositionJim Bolger
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor-GeneralPaul Reeves
Sessions
1st16 September 1987 – 12 December 1989
2nd14 February 1990 – 6 September 1990

The 42nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. Its composition was determined by the 1987 election, and it sat until the 1990 election.

The 42nd Parliament was the second (and final) term of the controversial fourth Labour Party government. Initially, the only other party in the 42nd Parliament was the National Party, with the Democratic Party having lost the two seats it held in the 41st Parliament. Later, a dissident Labour MP, Jim Anderton, would found the NewLabour Party in 1989.[1] Due to internal disputes within the Labour Party, there were three Prime Ministers during the 42nd Parliament: David Lange, Geoffrey Palmer, and Mike Moore.

The 42nd Parliament consisted of ninety-seven representatives. At the time, this was the highest number of representatives that Parliament had had, although it would later be exceeded. All of these representatives were chosen by single-member geographical electorates, including four Māori electorates.

Electoral boundaries for the 42nd Parliament

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Overview of seats

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The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1987 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation Members
At 1987 election At dissolution
Labour 57 56
Government total
National 40 40
NewLabour Not yet founded 1
Opposition total 40 41
Total
97 97
Working Government majority 17 15

Notes

  • The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

Initial composition of the 42nd Parliament

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The tables below shows the results of the 1987 general election:

Key

  Labour   National   Democrats   Mana Motuhake

Electorate results for the 1987 New Zealand general election
Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up
General electorates
Albany New electorate Don McKinnon 1,658 Chris Carter
Ashburton Rob Talbot Jenny Shipley 4,935 Ian Maxwell
Auckland Central Richard Prebble 7,355 Stephen Mayer
Avon Mary Batchelor Larry Sutherland 6,322 Wendy Rush
Awarua Rex Austin Jeff Grant 2,480 Heather Simpson
Bay of Islands Neill Austin John Carter 2,123 Chris Robertson
Birkenhead Jim McLay Jenny Kirk 2,220 Barry Gustafson
Christchurch Central Geoffrey Palmer 6,805 Graham Burnett
Christchurch North Mike Moore 4,698 Brendan McNeill
Clevedon New electorate Warren Kyd 827 Lee Goffin
Clutha Robin Gray 5,541 Holly Russell
Coromandel New electorate Graeme Lee 3,765 Alasdair Thompson
Dunedin North Stan Rodger 6,534 Sean Davison
Dunedin West Clive Matthewson 4,547 Ian McMeeking
East Cape Anne Fraser 246 Wira Gardiner
East Coast Bays Gary Knapp Murray McCully 311 Gary Knapp
Eastern Hutt Trevor Young 4,740 Penn Pattison
Eden Richard Northey 3,404 Hiwi Tauroa
Fendalton Philip Burdon 311 Neil Cherry
Gisborne Allan Wallbank 2,759 Georgina Tattersfield
Glenfield Judy Keall 1,900 David Schnauer
Hamilton East Bill Dillon 1,671 Sandra Shearer
Hamilton West Trevor Mallard 1,235 Doug Simes
Hastings David Butcher 2,307 Jeff Whittaker
Hawkes Bay Bill Sutton 859 Michael Laws
Heretaunga Bill Jeffries 2,554 John Allen
Hobson New electorate Ross Meurant 4,998 I J Melville
Horowhenua Annette King 1,550 Geoff Thompson
Invercargill Norman Jones Rob Munro 552 David Soper
Island Bay Frank O'Flynn Elizabeth Tennet 7,313 Sandra Clarke
Kaimai Bruce Townshend Robert Anderson 2,307 Henry Uttinger
Kaipara Lockwood Smith 5,797 Irene Hutchings
Kapiti Margaret Shields 2,760 Roger Sowry
King Country Jim Bolger 5,954 Leo Menefy
Lyttelton Ann Hercus Peter Simpson 3,733 Philip Hall
Manawatu Michael Cox David Robinson 131 Michael Cox[nb 1]
Mangere David Lange 6,019 Ron Jeffery
Manurewa Roger Douglas 3,052 George Cunningham
Maramarua New electorate Bill Birch 5,729 Brian Dent
Marlborough Doug Kidd 2,402 Barbara Hutchison
Matamata Jack Luxton John Luxton 6,926 D W McGregor
Miramar Peter Neilsen 4,061 Ian Macfarlane
Mount Albert Helen Clark 5,337 Rob Wheeler
Napier Geoff Braybrooke 5,425 Ashley Church
Nelson Philip Woollaston 5,467 Bob Straight
New Lynn Jonathan Hunt 4,369 Dick Berry
New Plymouth Tony Friedlander Harry Duynhoven 337 Tony Friedlander
North Shore George Gair 920 Graeme Ransom
Ohariu Peter Dunne 4,492 David Lloyd
Onehunga Fred Gerbic 3,329 Andrew Stanley
Otago Warren Cooper 1,961 Calvin Fisher
Otara Colin Moyle 2,409 Trevor Rogers
Pahiatua John Falloon 2,083 Margo Martindale
Pakuranga Neil Morrison Maurice Williamson 2,018 Neil Morrison
Palmerston North Trevor de Cleene 3,237 Paul Curry
Panmure Bob Tizard 4,247 T J C Elliott
Papakura Merv Wellington 2,894 Geoff Summers
Papatoetoe Eddie Isbey Ross Robertson 2,689 Howard Martin
Pencarrow Fraser Colman Sonja Davies 1,851 Andrew Harvey
Porirua Gerry Wall Graham Kelly 3,531 A L Gadsby
Raglan Simon Upton 3,271 Olivia Scarletti-Longley
Rangiora Jim Gerard 2,132 Chris Constable
Rangitikei Denis Marshall 4,039 Bruce Beetham
Remuera Doug Graham 406 Judith Tizard
Roskill Phil Goff 2,437 Bob Foulkes
Rotorua Paul East 2,425 Rosemary Michie
St Albans David Caygill 4,521 Andrew Cowie
St Kilda Michael Cullen 5,692 Lyndon Weggery
Selwyn Ruth Richardson 2,962 Bill Woods
Sydenham Jim Anderton[nb 2] 6,436 Judith Harrington
Tamaki Robert Muldoon 1,947 Carl Harding
Taranaki Roger Maxwell 6,313 Patrick Jackson
Tarawera Ian McLean 3,577 Malcolm Moore
Tasman Ken Shirley 1,012 Gerald Hunt
Tauranga Winston Peters 2,451 Jenny Seddon
Te Atatu Michael Bassett 2,249 Brian Neeson
Timaru Maurice McTigue 857 Gary Clarke
Titirangi New electorate Ralph Maxwell 3,954 John McIntosh
Tongariro Noel Scott 2,370 Ian Peters
Waikaremoana Roger McClay 3,810 T K Stewart
Waikato Rob Storey 4,155 Bruce Raitt
Waipa Katherine O'Regan 6,303 L F Holmes
Wairarapa Reg Boorman Wyatt Creech[nb 3] 34 Reg Boorman
Waitaki Jim Sutton 89 Duncan Taylor
Waitotara Venn Young 5,949 Rachel Stewart
Wallace Derek Angus 7,594 Barry Julian
Wanganui Russell Marshall 248 Terry Heffernan
Wellington Central Fran Wilde 5,191 John Feast
West Auckland Jack Elder 2,844 Ben Couch
West Coast Kerry Burke 1,480 Gordon Garwood
Western Hutt John Terris 3,548 Joy McLauchlan
Whangārei John Banks 3,687 Edna Tait
Yaldhurst Margaret Austin 2,542 James Bacon
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori Peter Tapsell 8,696 Amster Reedy
Northern Maori Bruce Gregory 3,529 Matiu Rata
Southern Maori Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan 8,848 Tikirau Stevens
Western Maori Koro Wētere 8,129 Eva Rickard

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ Cox was first on election night for Manawatu, but lost when special votes were included
  2. ^ Jim Anderton defected to New Labour in 1989.
  3. ^ Creech was declared elected by the High Court after an Electoral Petition

Changes during term

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There were no by-elections held during the term of the 42nd Parliament.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Hon Jim Anderton". New Zealand Parliament. p. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

References

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