The 42nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1987 elections, and it sat until the 1990 elections.
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 special 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 |
At 1987 election |
At dissolution |
|
Labour |
57 |
56 |
Government total |
|
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
Independent
Electorate results for the New Zealand general election, 1987
Electorate | Incumbent | Winner | Majority | Runner up |
General electorates |
Albany |
New electorate |
|
Don McKinnon |
1,658 |
|
Chris Carter |
Ashburton |
|
Rob Talbot |
|
Jenny Shipley |
4,935 |
|
I A Maxwell |
Auckland Central |
|
Richard Prebble |
7,355 |
|
S J Mayer |
Avon |
|
Mary Batchelor |
|
Larry Sutherland |
6,322 |
|
Ms W Rush |
Awarua |
|
Rex Austin |
|
Jeff Grant |
2,480 |
|
Heather Simpson |
Bay of Islands |
|
Neill Austin |
|
John Carter |
2,123 |
|
C S Robinson |
Birkenhead |
|
Jim McLay |
|
Jenny Kirk |
2,220 |
|
Barry Gustafson |
Christchurch Central |
|
Geoffrey Palmer |
6,805 |
|
G L B Burnett |
Christchurch North |
|
Mike Moore |
4,698 |
|
B A 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 |
|
H T Gardiner |
East Coast Bays |
|
Gary Knapp |
|
Murray McCully |
311 |
|
Gary Knapp |
Eastern Hutt |
|
Trevor Young |
4,740 |
|
P W 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 |
|
Ms S M Shearer |
Hamilton West |
|
Trevor Mallard |
1,235 |
|
D G S 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 |
|
Ms I A Hutchings |
Kapiti |
|
Margaret Shields |
2,760 |
|
Roger Sowry |
King Country |
|
Jim Bolger |
5,954 |
|
Leo Menefy |
Lyttelton |
|
Ann Hercus |
|
Peter Simpson |
3,733 |
|
P S Hall |
Manawatu |
|
Michael Cox |
|
David Robinson |
131 |
|
Michael Cox[nb 1] |
Mangere |
|
David Lange |
6,019 |
|
Ron Jeffery |
Manurewa |
|
Roger Douglas |
3,052 |
|
G Cunningham |
Maramarua |
New electorate |
|
Bill Birch |
5,729 |
|
Brian Richard Dent |
Marlborough |
|
Doug Kidd |
2,402 |
|
Ms P B 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 |
|
Mel Courtney |
New Lynn |
|
Jonathan Hunt |
4,369 |
|
R G 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 |
|
A A 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 |
|
H R Martin |
Pencarrow |
|
Fraser Colman |
|
Sonja Davies |
1,851 |
|
Andrew Harvey |
Porirua |
|
Gerard Wall |
|
Graham Kelly |
3,531 |
|
A L Gadsby |
Raglan |
|
Simon Upton |
3,271 |
|
Olivia Scarletti-Longley |
Rangiora |
|
Jim Gerard |
2,132 |
|
Linda 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 |
|
Ms R Mitchie |
St Albans |
|
David Caygill |
4,521 |
|
A P Cowie |
St Kilda |
|
Michael Cullen |
5,692 |
|
Lyndon Weggery |
Selwyn |
|
Ruth Richardson |
2,962 |
|
Bill Woods |
Sydenham |
|
Jim Anderton[nb 2] |
6,436 |
|
Ms J M Harrington |
Tamaki |
|
Robert Muldoon |
1,947 |
|
Carl Harding |
Taranaki |
|
Roger Maxwell |
6,313 |
|
P E E Jackson |
Tarawera |
|
Ian McLean |
3,577 |
|
Malcolm Robert Moore |
Tasman |
|
Ken Shirley |
1,012 |
|
Gerald Hunt |
Tauranga |
|
Winston Peters |
2,451 |
|
Ms J M 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 |
|
Ms L F Holmes |
Wairarapa |
|
Reg Boorman |
|
Wyatt Creech[nb 3] |
34 |
|
Reg Boorman |
Waitaki |
|
Jim Sutton |
89 |
|
D W Taylor |
Waitotara |
|
Venn Young |
5,949 |
|
Ms R F Stewart |
Wallace |
|
Derek Angus |
7,594 |
|
B O Julian |
Wanganui |
|
Russell Marshall |
248 |
|
Terry Heffernan |
West Auckland |
|
Jack Elder |
2,844 |
|
Ben Couch |
Wellington Central |
|
Fran Wilde |
5,191 |
|
John Feast |
West Coast |
|
Kerry Burke |
1,480 |
|
G D Garwood |
Western Hutt |
|
John Terris |
3,548 |
|
Joy McLauchlan |
Whangarei |
|
John Banks |
3,687 |
|
Edna Eileen Tait |
Yaldhurst |
|
Margaret Austin |
2,542 |
|
C J 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.
References
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.