Term of the Parliament of New Zealand
The 38th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1975 general election on 29 November of that year.
1975 general election
The 1975 general election was held on Saturday, 29 November.[1] A total of 92 MPs were elected; 63 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 five since the 1972 election, and the gain was all for the North Island. 1,953,050 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 82.5%.[1]
Sessions
The 38th Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1977), and was prorogued on 7 October 1978.
Session |
Opened |
Adjourned
|
first |
22 June 1976 |
14 December 1976
|
second |
28 February 1977 |
28 February 1977
|
third |
19 May 1977 |
16 December 1977
|
fourth |
10 May 1978 |
6 October 1978
|
Ministries
The Labour Party, which had come to power at the 1972 election, was defeated by the National Party at the 1975 election. Robert Muldoon formed the third National Government and led the Muldoon Ministry until National's defeat at the 1984 election.
Overview of seats
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1975 election and at dissolution:
Notes
- The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
Initial composition of the 38th Parliament
The table below shows the results of the 1975 general election:
Key
National
Labour
Social Credit
Electorate results for the 1975 New Zealand general election
Electorate
|
Incumbent
|
Winner
|
Majority
|
Runner up
|
General electorates
|
Auckland Central
|
|
Norman Douglas
|
|
Richard Prebble
|
289
|
|
Murray McCully
|
Avon
|
|
Mary Batchelor
|
5,503
|
|
Tom George
|
Awarua
|
|
Aubrey Begg
|
|
Rex Austin
|
2,150
|
|
Aubrey Begg
|
Bay of Plenty
|
|
Percy Allen
|
|
Duncan MacIntyre
|
3,960
|
|
Robert Frederick McKee
|
Birkenhead
|
|
Norman King
|
|
Jim McLay
|
2,816
|
|
Norman King
|
Christchurch Central
|
|
Bruce Barclay
|
2,973
|
|
Tim Armitage
|
Clutha
|
|
Peter Gordon
|
4,735
|
|
F A O'Connell
|
Coromandel
|
|
Leo Schultz
|
4,724
|
|
Raymond C. Bradley
|
Dunedin Central
|
|
Brian MacDonell
|
1,428
|
|
Ian Bright
|
Dunedin North
|
|
Ethel McMillan
|
|
Richard Walls
|
958
|
|
Brian Arnold
|
East Coast Bays
|
|
Frank Gill
|
5,594
|
|
Rex Stanton
|
Eden
|
|
Mike Moore
|
|
Aussie Malcolm
|
1,331
|
|
Mike Moore
|
Egmont
|
|
Venn Young
|
4,120
|
|
Dennis Duggan
|
Franklin
|
|
Bill Birch
|
7,605
|
|
Ron Ng-Waishing
|
Gisborne
|
|
Trevor Davey
|
|
Bob Bell
|
1,321
|
|
Trevor Davey
|
Grey Lynn
|
|
Eddie Isbey
|
2,839
|
|
Jens Meder
|
Hamilton East
|
|
Rufus Rogers
|
|
Ian Shearer
|
2,246
|
|
Rufus Rogers
|
Hamilton West
|
|
Dorothy Jelicich
|
|
Mike Minogue
|
2,069
|
|
Dorothy Jelicich
|
Hastings
|
|
Richard Mayson
|
|
Bob Fenton
|
491
|
|
Richard Mayson
|
Hawkes Bay
|
|
Richard Harrison
|
3,805
|
|
David Butcher
|
Henderson
|
|
Martyn Finlay
|
401
|
|
Warren Adams
|
Heretaunga
|
|
Ron Bailey
|
336
|
|
Julie Cameron
|
Hobson
|
|
Logan Sloane
|
|
Neill Austin
|
4,101
|
|
Howard Manning[nb 1]
|
Hutt
|
|
Trevor Young
|
1,019
|
|
Brett Newell
|
Invercargill
|
|
J. B. Munro
|
|
Norman Jones
|
2,533
|
|
J. B. Munro
|
Island Bay
|
|
Gerald O'Brien
|
1,274
|
|
Bill Nathan
|
Kapiti
|
|
Frank O'Flynn
|
|
Barry Brill
|
2,222
|
|
Frank O'Flynn
|
Karori
|
|
Jack Marshall
|
|
Hugh Templeton
|
4,830
|
|
Margaret Shields
|
King Country
|
|
Jim Bolger
|
4,316
|
|
Thomas Varnam
|
Lyttelton
|
|
Tom McGuigan
|
|
Colleen Dewe
|
999
|
|
Tom McGuigan
|
Manawatu
|
|
Allan McCready
|
2,918
|
|
Alan Charles Eyles
|
Mangere
|
|
Colin Moyle
|
1,604
|
|
Stanley Lawson
|
Manukau
|
|
Roger Douglas
|
678
|
|
Brian Leaming
|
Manurewa
|
|
Phil Amos
|
|
Merv Wellington
|
1,358
|
|
Phil Amos
|
Marlborough
|
|
Ian Brooks
|
|
Ed Latter
|
3,010
|
|
Ian Brooks
|
Miramar
|
|
Bill Young
|
1,749
|
|
John Wybrow
|
Mt Albert
|
|
Warren Freer
|
247
|
|
Frank Ryan
|
Napier
|
|
Gordon Christie
|
931
|
|
John Isles
|
Nelson
|
|
Stan Whitehead
|
1,093
|
|
Ian McWhannel
|
New Lynn
|
|
Jonathan Hunt
|
890
|
|
Barry O'Connor
|
New Plymouth
|
|
Ron Barclay
|
|
Tony Friedlander
|
1,935
|
|
Ron Barclay
|
North Shore
|
|
George Gair
|
5,247
|
|
Wyn Hoadley
|
Oamaru
|
|
Bill Laney
|
|
Jonathan Elworthy
|
2,196
|
|
Bill Laney
|
Onehunga
|
|
Hugh Watt
|
|
Frank Rogers
|
1,044
|
|
Kevin O'Brien
|
Otago Central
|
|
Ian Quigley
|
|
Warren Cooper
|
2,371
|
|
Ian Quigley
|
Otahuhu
|
|
Bob Tizard
|
3,785
|
|
Lois Morris
|
Pahiatua
|
|
Keith Holyoake
|
6,769
|
|
Paul Thornicroft
|
Pakuranga
|
|
Gavin Downie
|
7,016
|
|
Geoff Braybrooke
|
Palmerston North
|
|
Joe Walding
|
|
John Lithgow
|
142
|
|
Joe Walding
|
Papanui
|
|
Bert Walker
|
2,985
|
|
Rod Garden
|
Petone
|
|
Fraser Colman
|
2,834
|
|
Brel Gluyas
|
Piako
|
|
Jack Luxton
|
6,174
|
|
Helen Clark
|
Porirua
|
|
Gerry Wall
|
2,265
|
|
Ross Doughty
|
Raglan
|
|
Douglas Carter
|
|
Marilyn Waring
|
3,756
|
|
Bill Pickering
|
Rakaia
|
|
Colin McLachlan
|
5,237
|
|
Graeme Lowrie
|
Rangiora
|
|
Kerry Burke
|
|
Derek Quigley
|
1,386
|
|
Kerry Burke
|
Rangitikei
|
|
Roy Jack
|
1,756
|
|
Bruce Beetham
|
Remuera
|
|
Allan Highet
|
8,656
|
|
G B Mead
|
Riccarton
|
|
Eric Holland
|
4,766
|
|
Don Johnson
|
Rodney
|
|
Peter Wilkinson
|
7,817
|
|
John Prebble
|
Roskill
|
|
Arthur Faulkner
|
530
|
|
John Maurice Priestley
|
Rotorua
|
|
Harry Lapwood
|
3,605
|
|
Peter Tapsell
|
Ruahine
|
|
Les Gandar
|
2,763
|
|
Rex Willing
|
St Albans
|
|
Roger Drayton
|
1,570
|
|
Prudence Rotherberg
|
St Kilda
|
|
Bill Fraser
|
1,890
|
|
Gordon Heslop
|
South Canterbury
|
|
Rob Talbot
|
4,301
|
|
Neville Lambert
|
Stratford
|
|
David Thomson
|
5,667
|
|
P P Hopkins
|
Sydenham
|
|
John Kirk
|
3,817
|
|
Paul Matheson
|
Tamaki
|
|
Robert Muldoon
|
6,735
|
|
Tim Kaye
|
Tasman
|
|
Bill Rowling
|
529
|
|
Peter Malone
|
Taupo
|
|
Jack Ridley
|
|
Ray La Varis
|
1,614
|
|
Jack Ridley
|
Tauranga
|
|
Keith Allen
|
4,843
|
|
Richard Hendry
|
Timaru
|
|
Sir Basil Arthur
|
1,011
|
|
Dave Walker
|
Waikato
|
|
Lance Adams-Schneider
|
7,073
|
|
Brian West
|
Wairarapa
|
|
Jack Williams
|
|
Ben Couch
|
1,468
|
|
Jack Williams
|
Waitemata
|
|
Michael Bassett
|
|
Dail Jones
|
1,385
|
|
Michael Bassett
|
Wallace
|
|
Brian Talboys
|
6,978
|
|
Ian Lamont
|
Wanganui
|
|
Russell Marshall
|
1,244
|
|
John Rowan
|
Wellington Central
|
|
Ken Comber
|
1,076
|
|
David Shand
|
West Coast
|
|
Paddy Blanchfield
|
2,401
|
|
Barry Dallas
|
Western Hutt
|
|
Henry May
|
|
Bill Lambert
|
109
|
|
Henry May[nb 2]
|
Whangarei
|
|
Murray Smith
|
|
John Elliott
|
2,710
|
|
Murray Smith
|
Wigram
|
|
Mick Connelly
|
1,967
|
|
Neil Russell
|
Māori electorates
|
Eastern Maori
|
|
Paraone Reweti
|
6,261
|
|
Monty Searancke
|
Northern Maori
|
|
Matiu Rata
|
4,151
|
|
Winston Peters
|
Southern Maori
|
|
Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
|
6,452
|
|
Willard Amaru
|
Western Maori
|
|
Koro Wētere
|
8,925
|
|
Emerson Studholme Rangi
|
Table footnotes:
- ^ David Lange came third for Labour in Hobson
- ^ Henry May was first on election night, but lost when special votes were included
By-elections during 38th Parliament
There were a number of changes during the term of the 38th Parliament.