42nd New Zealand Parliament

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42nd Parliament of New Zealand
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Overview
Legislative body New Zealand Parliament
Term16 September 1987 – 6 September 1990
Election 1987 New Zealand general election
Government Fourth Labour Government
House of Representatives
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Members97
Speaker of the House Kerry Burke
Leader of the House Jonathan Hunt
Prime Minister Mike Moore
Geoffrey Palmer until 3 September 1990
David Lange until 8 August 1989
Leader of the Opposition Jim Bolger
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor-General Paul 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.

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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

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

AffiliationMembers
At 1987 election At dissolution
Labour 5756
Government total
National 4040
NewLabour Not yet founded1
Opposition total4041
Total
9797
Working Government majority1715

Notes

Initial composition of the 42nd Parliament

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

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

Notes

  1. "Hon Jim Anderton". New Zealand Parliament. p. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

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