The 40th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1981 elections, and it sat until the 1984 elections.
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 New Zealand general election, 1981.
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 |
Mt 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 |
|
Gerard 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 |
|
James 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 |
|
Edward 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 |
|
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 |
|
Douglas Truman |
Western Hutt |
|
John Terris |
1,420 |
|
John Tanner |
Whangarei |
|
John Elliott |
|
John Banks |
1,743 |
|
Maurice Penney |
Yaldhurst |
|
Mick Connelly |
1,962 |
|
Margaret E 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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