Term of the Parliament of New Zealand
The 40th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand . Its composition was determined by the 1981 election , and it sat until the 1984 election .
The 40th Parliament was the third and final term of the third National Party government. Robert Muldoon , who served as both Prime Minister and Minister of Finance , remained in power. The Labour Party , led by former Prime Minister Bill Rowling , had made significant gains (actually winning the largest portion of the popular vote), but remained in opposition. The Social Credit Party was the only other opposition party in the 40th Parliament, holding two seats.
The 40th Parliament consisted of ninety-two representatives, the same as in the previous election. All of these representatives were chosen by single-member geographical electorates, including four special Māori electorates .
Electoral boundaries for the 40th Parliament [ edit ]
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1981 election and at dissolution:
Notes
The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties. Initial composition of the 40th Parliament [ edit ] The tables below shows the results of the 1981 general election:
Key
National Labour Social Credit Mana Motuhake Independent
Electorate results for the 1981 New Zealand general election Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up General electorates Albany Don McKinnon 1,964 Bryan Mockridge Ashburton Rob Talbot 3,655 John Srhoy Auckland Central Richard Prebble 6,614 Dorice Reid Avon Mary Batchelor 7,820 Colin McNicholl Awarua Rex Austin 2,341 Dick Fitzgerald Bay of Islands Neill Austin 864 Les Hunter Birkenhead Jim McLay 2,104 Bill Smith Christchurch Central Geoffrey Palmer 7,028 Ian Wilson Clutha Robin Gray 661 Clive Matthewson Dunedin Central Brian MacDonell 4,169 Nancy Ruth King Dunedin North Stan Rodger 4,733 Des Bleach East Cape Duncan MacIntyre 1,964 Peter Dey East Coast Bays Gary Knapp 758 Don Brash Eastern Hutt Trevor Young 5.011 Alex Duthie Eden Aussie Malcolm 117 Ian Scott Fendalton Eric Holland Philip Burdon 1,158 David Close Gisborne Bob Bell 150 Allan Wallbank [ nb 1] Hamilton East Ian Shearer 1,188 Lois Welch Hamilton West Mike Minogue 1,477 Paddy McCaffrey Hastings David Butcher 1,845 Hamish Kynoch Hauraki Leo Schultz Graeme Lee 1,787 Gordon Miller Hawkes Bay Richard Harrison 2,430 Mike Cullen Helensville Dail Jones 216 Jack Elder Heretaunga Ron Bailey Bill Jeffries 2,233 Ronald Palmer Horowhenua Geoff Thompson 876 David Page Hunua Winston Peters Colin Moyle 996 Winston Peters Invercargill Norman Jones 1,592 Dougal Soper Island Bay Frank O'Flynn 3,938 Doug Catley Kaimai Bruce Townshend 5,146 Douglas Conway Kaipara Peter Wilkinson 1,029 Nevern Connachy Kapiti Barry Brill Margaret Shields 495 Barry Brill King Country Jim Bolger 2,158 Derek Mason Lyttelton Ann Hercus 3,892 Simon Stamers-Smith Manawatu Michael Cox 2,913 Dennis Kessell Mangere David Lange 5,806 John Pettit Manurewa Roger Douglas 2,815 Keith Ralph Marlborough Doug Kidd 1,643 Graeme Macann Matamata Jack Luxton 3,460 David Mawdsley Miramar Bill Young Peter Neilson 649 Bill Young Mount Albert Warren Freer Helen Clark 3,907 Warren W. Moyes Napier Gordon Christie Geoff Braybrooke 3,009 Kevin Rose Nelson Mel Courtney [ nb 2] Philip Woollaston 698 Mel Courtney New Lynn Jonathan Hunt 4,874 Ron Hanson New Plymouth Tony Friedlander 1,567 Dennis Duggan North Shore George Gair 3,969 Peter Chambers Ohariu Hugh Templeton 1,567 Norman Ely Onehunga Fred Gerbic 2,012 Sue Wood Otago Warren Cooper 4,893 Bryan Griffiths Otahuhu Bob Tizard 5,164 Stuart McDowell Pahiatua John Falloon 7,569 Bill Sutton Pakuranga Pat Hunt 783 Neil Morrison Palmerston North Joe Walding Trevor de Cleene 2,110 Brian Elwood Papakura Merv Wellington 3,215 John Cheeseman Papanui Mike Moore 4,409 Brian Keeley Papatoetoe Eddie Isbey 1,689 Roy McKeen Pencarrow Fraser Colman 4,065 Willard Amaru Porirua Gerry Wall 3,639 Estelle Brittain Rangiora Derek Quigley 932 Chris Hayward Rangiriri Bill Birch 3,004 Roy Hayward Rangitikei Bruce Beetham 2,376 Paul Bardwell Remuera Allan Highet 5,105 Judith Tizard Roskill Arthur Faulkner Phil Goff 2,525 Cheryl Parsons Rotorua Paul East 1,544 Johnny W Lepper St Albans David Caygill 4,926 Jim Baker St Kilda Bill Fraser Michael Cullen 3,579 Stuart Clark Selwyn Colin McLachlan Ruth Richardson 2,129 Bill Woods Sydenham John Kirk 5,594 Richard Bach Tamaki Robert Muldoon 5,153 Richard Northey Taranaki David Thomson 4,470 Brian Heilihy Tarawera Ian McLean 2,442 Noel Scott Tasman Bill Rowling 2,246 Ted Krammer Taupo Jack Ridley Roger McClay [ nb 3] 36 Jack Ridley Tauranga Keith Allen 2,232 Paul Hills Te Atatu Michael Bassett 3,330 Stella Noble Timaru Sir Basil Arthur 1,850 Jane Coughlan Waikato Lance Adams-Schneider Simon Upton 4,661 Noel Johnston Waipa Marilyn Waring 2,768 John Kilbride Wairarapa Ben Couch 1,546 Tom Gemmell Waitakere Ralph Maxwell 2,883 Martin Gummer Waitaki Jonathan Elworthy 305 Jim Sutton Waitotara Venn Young 2,784 Sam Gray Wallace Brian Talboys Derek Angus 6,558 Owen Horton Wanganui Russell Marshall 1,668 Terry Heffernan Wellington Central Ken Comber Fran Wilde 1,283 Ken Comber West Coast Kerry Burke 4,406 Doug Truman Western Hutt John Terris 1,420 John Tanner Whangarei John Elliott John Banks 1,743 Maurice Penney Yaldhurst Mick Connelly 1,962 Margaret Murray Māori electorates Eastern Maori Paraone Reweti Peter Tapsell 6,232 Albert Tahana Northern Maori Bruce Gregory 3,541 Matiu Rata Southern Maori Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan 8,665 Amster Reedy Western Maori Koro Wētere 8,624 Eva Rickard
Table footnotes:
^ Wallbank was first on election night for Gisborne, but lost on a recount. ^ Courtney had withdrawn from the Labour caucus in March 1981. ^ McClay was declared elected by the High Court after an electoral petition. There were no by-elections held during the term of the 40th Parliament.
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