39th_New_Zealand_Parliament

39th New Zealand Parliament

39th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

The 39th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand which began with the general election held on 25 November 1978, and finished with the general election held on 28 November 1981. The dates of the Muldoon Ministry were from 13 December 1978 to 11 December 1981.

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The Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon of the National Party, led the Third National Government from 1975 to 1984.

Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1978 election and at dissolution:

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Notes

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

Initial composition of the 39th Parliament

The tables below shows the results of the 1978 general election:

Key

  National   Labour   Social Credit

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Table footnotes:

  1. [N 1]
    The election of Malcolm Douglas in Hunua was overturned by the Electoral Court on 24 May 1979
  2. [N 2]
    Gerald O'Brien came third standing as Independent Labour
  3. [N 3]
    Margaret Shields had initially been declared the winner but she lost 83 votes in a magisterial recount

By-elections during 39th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 39th Parliament.

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Summary of changes during term

Notes

  1. [1]
    Bohan 2004, p. 67.
  2. [2]
    Chapman 1999, p. 208.
  3. [3]
    Gustafson 1986, p. 284.
  4. [4]
    Norton 1988, p. 368.

References

  • Bohan, Edmund (2004). Burdon: a man of our time. Hazard Press. ISBN 978-1-877270-90-1. OCLC 62718931. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  • Chapman, Robert (1999). New Zealand Politics and Social Patterns: Selected Works. Victoria University Press. ISBN 9780864733610. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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