42nd New Zealand Parliament

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.

42nd Parliament of New Zealand
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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 16 September 1987 – 12 December 1989 2nd 14 February 1990 – 6 September 1990

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. 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
		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

Electorate results for the 1987 New Zealand general election

Electorate	Incumbent		Winner		Majority	Runner up
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
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			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	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:

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.

References

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