42nd New Zealand Parliament

42nd Parliament of New Zealand
42nd Parliament of New Zealand
	Parliament House, Wellington
Overview
Legislative body	New Zealand Parliament
Term	16 September 1987 – 6 September 1990
Election	1987 New Zealand general election
Government	Fourth Labour Government
House of Representatives
Members	97
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
1st
1st	16 September 1987 – 12 December 1989
2nd	14 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.

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

Overview of seats

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

Affiliation		Members
Affiliation		At 1987 election	At dissolution
	Labour	57	56
Government total		57	56
	National	40	40
	NewLabour	Not yet founded	1
Opposition total		40	41
Total		97	97
Working Government majority		17	15

Notes

The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

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
Electorate	Incumbent			Majority
General electorates
Albany	New electorate		Don McKinnon	1,658	Chris Carter
Ashburton		Rob Talbot	Jenny Shipley	4,935	Ian Maxwell
Auckland Central		Richard Prebble		7,355	Stephen Mayer
Avon		Mary Batchelor	Larry Sutherland	6,322	Wendy Rush
Awarua		Rex Austin	Jeff Grant	2,480	Heather Simpson
Bay of Islands		Neill Austin	John Carter	2,123	Chris Robertson
Birkenhead		Jim McLay	Jenny Kirk	2,220	Barry Gustafson
Christchurch Central		Geoffrey Palmer		6,805	Graham Burnett
Christchurch North		Mike Moore		4,698	Brendan McNeill
Clevedon	New electorate		Warren Kyd	827	Lee Goffin
Clutha		Robin Gray		5,541	Holly Russell
Coromandel	New electorate		Graeme Lee	3,765	Alasdair Thompson
Dunedin North		Stan Rodger		6,534	Sean Davison
Dunedin West		Clive Matthewson		4,547	Ian McMeeking
East Cape		Anne Fraser		246	Wira Gardiner
East Coast Bays		Gary Knapp	Murray McCully	311	Gary Knapp
Eastern Hutt		Trevor Young		4,740	Penn Pattison
Eden		Richard Northey		3,404	Hiwi Tauroa
Fendalton		Philip Burdon		311	Neil Cherry
Gisborne		Allan Wallbank		2,759	Georgina Tattersfield
Glenfield		Judy Keall		1,900	David Schnauer
Hamilton East		Bill Dillon		1,671	Sandra Shearer
Hamilton West		Trevor Mallard		1,235	Doug Simes
Hastings		David Butcher		2,307	Jeff Whittaker
Hawkes Bay		Bill Sutton		859	Michael Laws
Heretaunga		Bill Jeffries		2,554	John Allen
Hobson	New electorate		Ross Meurant	4,998	I J Melville
Horowhenua		Annette King		1,550	Geoff Thompson
Invercargill		Norman Jones	Rob Munro	552	David Soper
Island Bay		Frank O'Flynn	Elizabeth Tennet	7,313	Sandra Clarke
Kaimai		Bruce Townshend	Robert Anderson	2,307	Henry Uttinger
Kaipara		Lockwood Smith		5,797	Irene Hutchings
Kapiti		Margaret Shields		2,760	Roger Sowry
King Country		Jim Bolger		5,954	Leo Menefy
Lyttelton		Ann Hercus	Peter Simpson	3,733	Philip Hall
Manawatu		Michael Cox	David Robinson	131	Michael Cox^{[nb 1]}
Mangere		David Lange		6,019	Ron Jeffery
Manurewa		Roger Douglas		3,052	George Cunningham
Maramarua	New electorate		Bill Birch	5,729	Brian Dent
Marlborough		Doug Kidd		2,402	Barbara Hutchison
Matamata		Jack Luxton	John Luxton	6,926	D W McGregor
Miramar		Peter Neilsen		4,061	Ian Macfarlane
Mount Albert		Helen Clark		5,337	Rob Wheeler
Napier		Geoff Braybrooke		5,425	Ashley Church
Nelson		Philip Woollaston		5,467	Bob Straight
New Lynn		Jonathan Hunt		4,369	Dick Berry
New Plymouth		Tony Friedlander	Harry Duynhoven	337	Tony Friedlander
North Shore		George Gair		920	Graeme Ransom
Ohariu		Peter Dunne		4,492	David Lloyd
Onehunga		Fred Gerbic		3,329	Andrew Stanley
Otago		Warren Cooper		1,961	Calvin Fisher
Otara		Colin Moyle		2,409	Trevor Rogers
Pahiatua		John Falloon		2,083	Margo Martindale
Pakuranga		Neil Morrison	Maurice Williamson	2,018	Neil Morrison
Palmerston North		Trevor de Cleene		3,237	Paul Curry
Panmure		Bob Tizard		4,247	T J C Elliott
Papakura		Merv Wellington		2,894	Geoff Summers
Papatoetoe		Eddie Isbey	Ross Robertson	2,689	Howard Martin
Pencarrow		Fraser Colman	Sonja Davies	1,851	Andrew Harvey
Porirua		Gerry Wall	Graham Kelly	3,531	A L Gadsby
Raglan		Simon Upton		3,271	Olivia Scarletti-Longley
Rangiora		Jim Gerard		2,132	Chris Constable
Rangitikei		Denis Marshall		4,039	Bruce Beetham
Remuera		Doug Graham		406	Judith Tizard
Roskill		Phil Goff		2,437	Bob Foulkes
Rotorua		Paul East		2,425	Rosemary Michie
St Albans		David Caygill		4,521	Andrew Cowie
St Kilda		Michael Cullen		5,692	Lyndon Weggery
Selwyn		Ruth Richardson		2,962	Bill Woods
Sydenham		Jim Anderton^{[nb 2]}		6,436	Judith Harrington
Tamaki		Robert Muldoon		1,947	Carl Harding
Taranaki		Roger Maxwell		6,313	Patrick Jackson
Tarawera		Ian McLean		3,577	Malcolm Moore
Tasman		Ken Shirley		1,012	Gerald Hunt
Tauranga		Winston Peters		2,451	Jenny Seddon
Te Atatu		Michael Bassett		2,249	Brian Neeson
Timaru		Maurice McTigue		857	Gary Clarke
Titirangi	New electorate		Ralph Maxwell	3,954	John McIntosh
Tongariro		Noel Scott		2,370	Ian Peters
Waikaremoana		Roger McClay		3,810	T K Stewart
Waikato		Rob Storey		4,155	Bruce Raitt
Waipa		Katherine O'Regan		6,303	L F Holmes
Wairarapa		Reg Boorman	Wyatt Creech^{[nb 3]}	34	Reg Boorman
Waitaki		Jim Sutton		89	Duncan Taylor
Waitotara		Venn Young		5,949	Rachel Stewart
Wallace		Derek Angus		7,594	Barry Julian
Wanganui		Russell Marshall		248	Terry Heffernan
Wellington Central		Fran Wilde		5,191	John Feast
West Auckland		Jack Elder		2,844	Ben Couch
West Coast		Kerry Burke		1,480	Gordon Garwood
Western Hutt		John Terris		3,548	Joy McLauchlan
Whangārei		John Banks		3,687	Edna Tait
Yaldhurst		Margaret Austin		2,542	James Bacon
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori		Peter Tapsell		8,696	Amster Reedy
Northern Maori		Bruce Gregory		3,529	Matiu Rata
Southern Maori		Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan		8,848	Tikirau Stevens
Western Maori		Koro Wētere		8,129	Eva Rickard

Table footnotes:

^ Cox was first on election night for Manawatu, but lost when special votes were included
^ Jim Anderton defected to New Labour in 1989.
^ 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.

Jim Anderton, the Labour MP for Sydenham, quit the Labour Party in protest in 1989 over the economic reforms, known as Rogernomics, of Roger Douglas, the Minister of Finance. He established the NewLabour Party.

Notes

^ "Hon Jim Anderton". New Zealand Parliament. p. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

References

Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.

[2] Cox was first on election night for Manawatu, but lost when special votes were included

[3] Jim Anderton defected to New Labour in 1989.

[4] Creech was declared elected by the High Court after an Electoral Petition

[1] "Hon Jim Anderton". New Zealand Parliament. p. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

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