36th New Zealand Parliament Last updated January 15, 2026 1969 general election The 1969 general election was held on Saturday, 29 November. [ 1] A total of 84 MPs were elected; 55 represented North Island electorates, 25 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates ; this was an increase in the number of MPs by four since the 1966 election . 1,519,889 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 88.9%. [ 1]
Sessions The 36th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 20 October 1972.
Session Opened Adjourned first 12 March 1970 3 December 1970 second 25 February 1971 17 December 1971 third 7 June 1972 20 October 1972
Overview of seats The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1969 election and at dissolution:
Notes
The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties. Initial composition of the 36th Parliament The table below shows the results of the 1969 general election:
Key
National Labour Social Credit Independent
Electorate results for the 1969 New Zealand general election Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up General electorates Ashburton Colin McLachlan 2,590 John Srhoy Auckland Central Norman Douglas 1,124 Clive Edwards Avon John Mathison 5,600 Alistair Ansell Awarua Gordon Grieve Hugh Templeton 906 Aubrey Begg Bay of Plenty Percy Allen 3,440 Barry Kelly Birkenhead New electorate Norman King 1,701 Don McKinnon Buller Bill Rowling 2,822 Ernie King Christchurch Central Robert Macfarlane Bruce Barclay 3,406 Colin Knight Clutha Peter Gordon 3,618 Les McKay Dunedin Central Brian MacDonell 3,949 Margaret Mary Reichwein Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 2,929 Iona Williams Eden John Rae 67 Keith Sinclair [ nb 1] Egmont Venn Young 4,280 Tom McGreevy Franklin Alfred E. Allen 5,495 Tai Tuhimata Gisborne Esme Tombleson 781 Trevor Davey Grey Lynn Ritchie Macdonald Eddie Isbey 2,915 Jens Meder Hamilton West New electorate Leslie Munro 1,878 Bob Reese Hastings Duncan MacIntyre 706 Richard Mayson Hauraki Arthur Kinsella Leo Schultz 2,121 Dorothy Jelicich Hawkes Bay Richard Harrison 3,416 David Butcher Henderson New electorate Martyn Finlay 3,295 Adrian Clarke Heretaunga Ron Bailey 1,375 Ralph Miller Hobson Vernon Cracknell Logan Sloane 1,252 Vernon Cracknell Hutt Trevor Young 1,775 Don Lee Invercargill Ralph Hanan John Chewings 1,031 Trevor Young Island Bay Arnold Nordmeyer Gerald O'Brien 1,348 Fairlie Curry Karori Jack Marshall 6,226 Roy Tombs Lyttelton Norman Kirk Tom McGuigan 292 Peter de Latour Manawatu Les Gandar 1,323 Ernie Hemmingsen Mangere New electorate Colin Moyle 4,588 Neville Charles Slater Manukau Colin Moyle Roger Douglas 875 Ronald Alfred Walden Manurewa Phil Amos 1,371 Pat Baker Marlborough Tom Shand 2,460 Ian Brooks Marsden Don McKay 1,101 Murray Smith Miramar Bill Young 1,789 Charles Troughton Mt Albert Warren Freer 2,837 Gavin Downie Napier Gordon Christie 1,970 Terry Dunleavy Nelson Stan Whitehead 1,248 Roy McLennan New Lynn Jonathan Hunt 3,600 Vic Watson New Plymouth Ron Barclay 1,000 Brian Clark North Shore George Gair 3,964 Donald Frederick Dugdale Oamaru New electorate Allan Dick 497 N Agnew Onehunga Hugh Watt 4,539 Daphne Double Otago Central Jack George Murray Rose 1,086 Brian Griffiths Otaki Allan McCready 2,037 John Scott Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 4,920 Trevor de Cleene Pakuranga Bob Tizard 1,253 Noel Holmes Palmerston North Joe Walding 161 Gordon Cruden Papanui New electorate Bert Walker 2,096 Martin Hobby Petone Fraser Colman 3,450 Francis Joshua Handy Piako Jack Luxton 4,426 George Bryant Porirua Henry May Gerry Wall 2,744 Paul William Mitchell Raglan Douglas Carter 593 Dudley Sinclair Rangiora Lorrie Pickering 1,143 Paul Piesse Rangitikei Norman Shelton 4,214 Dan Duggan Remuera Allan Highet 7,097 Hamish Keith Riccarton Mick Connelly Eric Holland 2,939 Alan C. McEwen Rodney Jack Scott Peter Wilkinson 2,832 Nevern McConachy Roskill Arthur Faulkner 3,296 Anthony Cook Rotorua Harry Lapwood 1,198 Charles Bennett St Albans Bert Walker Roger Drayton 909 Ian Wilson St Kilda Bill Fraser 3,795 Lloyd George Anderson South Canterbury New electorate Rob Talbot 1,215 Maurice Austin Cameron Stratford David Thomson 4,158 Lindsay Hugh Stockbridge Sydenham Mabel Howard Norman Kirk 6,026 Peter Morrissey Tamaki Robert Muldoon 6,088 Alfred David Bolton Taupo Rona Stevenson 107 Jack Ingram Tauranga George Walsh 2,704 Ray Dillon Timaru Sir Basil Arthur 3,101 Dave Walker Waikato New electorate Lance Adams-Schneider 3,408 Alfred Ernest George Waimarino Roy Jack 2,213 Shaun Alex Cameron Wairarapa Haddon Donald Jack Williams 467 Haddon Donald Waitemata Norman King Frank Gill 1,052 Michael Bassett Waitomo David Seath 5,674 Neil Roger David Shewan Wallace Brian Talboys 4,532 J Robson Wanganui George Spooner Bill Tolhurst 959 George Spooner Wellington Central Dan Riddiford 2,200 Olive Smuts-Kennedy Western Hutt New electorate Henry May 1,421 Egan E Ogier Westland Paddy Blanchfield 1,879 Barry Dallas Wigram New electorate Mick Connelly 3,200 Dick Dawson Māori electorates Eastern Maori Paraone Reweti 3,487 Henare Ngata Northern Maori Matiu Rata 4,758 Graham Latimer Southern Maori Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan 6,630 Norra Woodbane Pomare Western Maori Iriaka Rātana Koro Wētere 7,530 P J Hura
Table footnotes:
↑ Sinclair was first on election night for Eden (by 35 votes), but lost when special votes were included By-elections during 36th Parliament There was one by-election held during the term of the 36th Parliament.
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