41st New Zealand Parliament

41st Parliament of New Zealand
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Parliament House, Wellington
Overview
Legislative body	New Zealand Parliament
Term	15 August 1984 – 29 July 1987
Election	1984 New Zealand general election
Government	Fourth Labour Government
House of Representatives
Members	95
Speaker of the House	Gerard Wall from 28 May 1985 — Basil Arthur until 1 May 1985 †
Leader of the House	Geoffrey Palmer
Prime Minister	David Lange
Leader of the Opposition	Jim Bolger — Jim McLay until 26 March 1986 — Robert Muldoon until 29 November 1984
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Paul Reeves — David Beattie until 22 November 1985
Sessions
1st 15 August 1984 – 12 December 1985 2nd 26 February 1986 – 29 July 1987

The 41st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1984 elections, and it sat until the 1987 elections.

The 41st Parliament was the first term of the fourth Labour Party government. It marked the end of three terms of National Party administration under Robert Muldoon. David Lange become Prime Minister and Roger Douglas became Minister of Finance — the economic reforms undertaken by Douglas, nicknamed Rogernomics , would prove to be a defining feature of the fourth Labour government, and were deeply unpopular with Labour's traditional support base. The National Party, now in opposition, experienced a number of leadership disputes, replacing Muldoon first with Jim McLay and then with Jim Bolger.

The 41st Parliament consisted of ninety-five representatives, the highest number since the 10th Parliament (elected in 1887). All of these representatives were chosen by single-member geographical electorates, including four Māori electorates.

Electoral boundaries for the 41st Parliament

Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1984 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation		Members
		At 1984 election	At dissolution
	Labour	56	55
Government total
	National	37	38
	Social Credit	2	2
Opposition total		39	40
Total		95	95
Working Government majority		17	15

Notes

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

Initial composition of the 41st Parliament

The tables below shows the results of the 1984 general election:

Key

National	Labour	NZ Party
Social Credit	Mana Motuhake	Independent

Electorate results for the 1984 New Zealand general election. ^[1]

Electorate	Incumbent		Winner		Majority	Runner up
General electorates
Ashburton		Rob Talbot			472		Geoff Stone
Auckland Central		Richard Prebble			8,876		Maureen Eardley-Wilmot
Avon		Mary Batchelor			7,771		Andrew Cowie
Awarua		Rex Austin			384		Barry Rait
Bay of Islands		Neill Austin			3,298		Les Hunter
Birkenhead		Jim McLay			1,717		John Course
Christchurch Central		Geoffrey Palmer			8,508		Tony Willy
Christchurch North	New electorate			Mike Moore	5,728		David Dumergue
Clutha		Robin Gray			4,522		M J Sheppard
Dunedin North		Stan Rodger			5,129		Barbara Henderson
Dunedin West	New electorate			Clive Matthewson	6,011		Derek Russell
East Cape		Duncan MacIntyre		Anne Fraser	755		Robyn J. Leeming [2]
East Coast Bays		Gary Knapp			2,020		Murray McCully
Eastern Hutt		Trevor Young			6,005		Joy McLauchlan
Eden		Aussie Malcolm		Richard Northey	2,306		Aussie Malcolm
Fendalton		Philip Burdon			1,457		Murray Dobson
Franklin	New electorate			Bill Birch	5,210		Roy Haywood
Gisborne		Bob Bell		Allan Wallbank	2,168		Bob Bell
Glenfield	New electorate			Judy Keall	809		David Schnauer
Hamilton East		Ian Shearer		Bill Dillon	1,100		Ian Shearer
Hamilton West		Mike Minogue		Trevor Mallard	803		Mike Minogue
Hastings		David Butcher			4,273		Peter Brown
Hauraki		Graeme Lee			3,432		Alisdair Thompson
Hawke's Bay		Richard Harrison		Bill Sutton	974		Richard Harrison
Heretaunga		Bill Jeffries			4,537		Anna MacFarlane
Horowhenua		Geoff Thompson		Annette King	447		Geoff Thompson
Invercargill		Norman Jones			1,279		Dougal Soper
Island Bay		Frank O'Flynn			6,007		John Kananghinis
Kaimai		Bruce Townshend			3,696		Leslie Dickson
Kaipara		Peter Wilkinson		Lockwood Smith	5,564		Bill Campbell
Kapiti		Margaret Shields			4,514		June Oakley
King Country		Jim Bolger			5,617		James Edward Simons
Lyttelton		Ann Hercus			4,963		Doug Graham [nb 1]
Manawatu		Michael Cox			420		Dave Alton
Mangere		David Lange			8,375		Peter Saunders
Manurewa		Roger Douglas			4,933		Stuart Leenstra
Marlborough		Doug Kidd			612		George MacDonald
Matamata		Jack Luxton			5,785		Ross Clow
Miramar		Peter Neilsen			3,499		Don Crosbie
Mt Albert		Helen Clark			6,207		Rod Cavanagh
Napier		Geoff Braybrooke			6,399		M P Liddell
Nelson		Philip Woollaston			3,678		Mel Courtney
New Lynn		Jonathan Hunt			6,340		Ron Hanson
New Plymouth		Tony Friedlander			269		Ida Gaskin
North Shore		George Gair			3,710		Peter Harris
Ohariu		Hugh Templeton		Peter Dunne	1,371		Hugh Templeton [nb 2]
Onehunga		Fred Gerbic			4,508		Carol Freeman
Otago		Warren Cooper			1,375		David Polson
Otara	New electorate			Colin Moyle	6,519		Taua Michael Tafua
Pahiatua		John Falloon			5,478		Malcolm Brazendale
Pakuranga		Pat Hunt		Neil Morrison	172		Pat Hunt
Palmerston North		Trevor de Cleene			3,033		Colleen Singleton
Panmure	New electorate			Bob Tizard	5,979		Carolyn Tedesco
Papakura		Merv Wellington			1,447		Lynn John
Papatoetoe		Eddie Isbey			2,996		Peter O'Brien
Pencarrow		Fraser Colman			5,418		Barry Cranston
Porirua		Gerry Wall			5,418		A L Gadsby
Raglan	New electorate			Simon Upton	1,976		Linda Holmes
Rangiora		Derek Quigley		Jim Gerard	346		Brian Tomlinson
Rangitikei		Bruce Beetham		Denis Marshall	504		Bruce Beetham
Remuera		Allan Highet		Doug Graham	3,483		Kenneth Sandford
Rodney	New electorate			Don McKinnon	3,876		Brian Dent
Roskill		Phil Goff			4,208		Chris Knowles
Rotorua		Paul East			811		Brian Arps
St Albans		David Caygill			6,172		Ian Wilson
St Kilda		Michael Cullen			5,594		Stewart Clark
Selwyn		Ruth Richardson			3,829		Charles Manning
Sydenham		John Kirk [nb 3]		Jim Anderton	7,255		Pat Bonisch
Tamaki		Robert Muldoon			3,758		Robin Tulloch
Taranaki		David Thomson		Roger Maxwell	6,013		Graeme Waters
Tarawera		Ian McLean			3,377		Malcolm Moore
Tasman		Bill Rowling		Ken Shirley	1,854		Gerald Hunt
Tauranga		Keith Allen		Winston Peters	4,912		David Parlour
Te Atatu		Michael Bassett			4,991		Frank Diment
Timaru		Basil Arthur			2,219		Maurice McTigue
Tongariro	New electorate			Noel Scott	3,870		Nelson Rangi
Waikaremoana	New electorate			Roger McClay	1,737		John Harré
Waikato		Simon Upton		Rob Storey	1,658		Peter Cleave
Waipa		Marilyn Waring		Katherine O'Regan	5,667		Anthony H. Allen
Wairarapa		Ben Couch		Reg Boorman	394		Ben Couch
Waitakere		Ralph Maxwell			4,474		John McIntosh
Waitaki		Jonathan Elworthy		Jim Sutton	561		Jonathan Elworthy
Waitotara		Venn Young			3,314		Stuart Perry
Wallace		Derek Angus			5,663		Calvin Fisher
Wanganui		Russell Marshall			3,918		Terry Heffernan
Wellington Central		Fran Wilde			4,116		Rosemary Young-Rouse
West Auckland	New electorate			Jack Elder	2,229		Dail Jones
West Coast		Kerry Burke			4,293		John Bateman
Western Hutt		John Terris			4,348		John Tanner
Whangarei		John Banks			2,003		Barbara Magner
Yaldhurst		Mick Connelly		Margaret Austin	2,970		Howard Joseph
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori		Peter Tapsell			11,230		Barry Kiwara
Northern Maori		Bruce Gregory			7,688		Matiu Rata
Southern Maori		Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan			10,495		Amster Reedy
Western Maori		Koro Wētere			10,110		Bill Katene

Table footnotes:

1. The candidate Doug Graham who contested the Lyttelton electorate for National is a different person from Doug Graham, who contested and won the Remuera seat.
2. Bob Jones came third for the New Zealand Party in Ohariu
3. In July 1983 Kirk said he would not stand in 1984: when Anderton was selected for Sydenham, Kirk (a Lange supporter) withdrew from the Labour caucus and was suspended by Labour, becoming an independent

By-elections during 41st Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 41st Parliament.

Electorate and by-election		Date	Incumbent		Cause	Winner
Timaru	1985	15 June		Sir Basil Arthur	Death		Maurice McTigue

Summary of changes during term

• Basil Arthur, the long-serving Labour MP for Timaru, died in 1985. The by-election in Timaru was won by Maurice McTigue of the National Party.

Notes

1. Norton 1988, pp. ?.
2. Gustafson 1986, p. 372.

References

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN   0-474-00177-6.
• Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN   0-475-11200-8.