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
Overview of seats
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
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.
Notes
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