Term of the Parliament of New Zealand
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.
Overview of seats
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1984 election and at dissolution:
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
Electorate results for the 1984 New Zealand general election.
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
|
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:
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bob Jones came third for the New Zealand Party in Ohariu
- ^ 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.
Summary of changes during term