37th New Zealand Parliament
37th Parliament of New Zealand | |||||
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Parliament House, Wellington | |||||
Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||||
Term | 14 February 1973 – 10 October 1975 | ||||
Election | 1972 New Zealand general election | ||||
Government | Third Labour Government | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 87 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Stanley Whitehead | ||||
Prime Minister | Bill Rowling — Hugh Watt (acting) until 6 September 1974 — Norman Kirk until 31 August 1974 † | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | Robert Muldoon — Jack Marshall until 9 July 1974 | ||||
Sovereign | |||||
Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||
Governor-General | Denis Blundell |
The 37th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1972 general election on 25 November of that year.
1972 general election
The 1972 general election was held on Saturday, 25 November.[1] A total of 87 MPs were elected; 58 represented North Island electorates, 25 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was an increase in the number of MPs by three since the 1969 election, and the gain was all for the North Island.[2] 1,583,256 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.1%.[1]
Sessions
The 37th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 10 October 1975.[3]
Session | Opened | Adjourned |
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first | 14 February 1973 | 23 November 1973 |
second | 4 February 1974 | 8 November 1974 |
third | 25 March 1975 | 10 October 1975 |
Ministries
The National Party, which had come to power at the 1960 election, was defeated by the Labour Party at the 1972 election. Norman Kirk formed the third Labour Government and led the Kirk Ministry until his sudden death on 31 August 1974. After Hugh Watt had been acting Prime Minister for the first few days of September 1974, Kirk was succeeded by Bill Rowling on 6 September. The Rowling Ministry lasted until the end of the parliamentary term, when the Labour Government was defeated by National in the 1975 election.[4]
Overview of seats
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1972 election and at dissolution:
Affiliation | Members | ||
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At 1972 election | At dissolution | ||
Labour Government | 55 | 55 | |
National Opposition | 32 | 32 | |
Total | 87 | 87 | |
Working Government majority | 23 | 23 |
Notes
- The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
Initial composition of the 37th Parliament
The table below shows the results of the 1972 general election:
Key
National Labour Social Credit Independent
Electorate | Incumbent | Winner | Majority | Runner up | |||
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General electorates | |||||||
Auckland Central | Norman Douglas | 2,009 | Clive Edwards | ||||
Avon | John Mathison | Mary Batchelor | 6,055 | Gordon Thomas | |||
Awarua | Hugh Templeton | Aubrey Begg | 723 | Hugh Templeton | |||
Bay of Plenty | Percy Allen | 2,189 | G B Mead | ||||
Birkenhead | Norman King | 1,533 | Don McKinnon | ||||
Christchurch Central | Bruce Barclay | 5,103 | Barbara Beaven | ||||
Clutha | Peter Gordon | 2,131 | Les McKay[5] | ||||
Coromandel | New electorate | Leo Schultz | 2,181 | Alyson Murphy | |||
Dunedin Central | Brian MacDonell | 3,771 | Fred O'Neill[6] | ||||
Dunedin North | Ethel McMillan | 4,020 | John Wallis[7] | ||||
East Coast Bays | New electorate | Frank Gill | 979 | Brian Pauling | |||
Eden | John Rae | Mike Moore | 788 | Mary Kidd[8] | |||
Egmont | Venn Young | 2,928 | Robert Logan Peck | ||||
Franklin | Alfred E. Allen | Bill Birch | 4,188 | Geoff Braybrooke | |||
Gisborne | Esme Tombleson | Trevor Davey | 488 | Esme Tombleson[9] | |||
Grey Lynn | Eddie Isbey | 5,487 | Jens Meder | ||||
Hamilton East | New electorate | Rufus Rogers | 397 | Ross Jansen | |||
Hamilton West | Leslie Munro | Dorothy Jelicich | 544 | Derek Heather | |||
Hastings | Duncan MacIntyre | Richard Mayson | 1,148 | Duncan MacIntyre | |||
Hawkes Bay | Richard Harrison | 600 | David Butcher [10] | ||||
Henderson | Martyn Finlay | 4,221 | Ross C. MacFarlane[11] | ||||
Heretaunga | Ron Bailey | 2,964 | John Schnellenberg[12] | ||||
Hobson | Logan Sloane | 1,148 | Howard Manning | ||||
Hutt | Trevor Young | 3,397 | Michael Fowler | ||||
Invercargill | John Chewings | J. B. Munro | 765 | John Chewings | |||
Island Bay | Gerald O'Brien | 3,495 | Bruce Farland | ||||
Kapiti | New electorate | Frank O'Flynn | 706 | Barry Brill | |||
Karori | Jack Marshall | 4,408 | Adam Floyd | ||||
King Country | New electorate | Jim Bolger | 1,240 | Brent Clifton Sakey | |||
Lyttelton | Tom McGuigan | 3,235 | John Blumsky | ||||
Manawatu | Les Gandar | Allan McCready | 427 | Mervyn Hancock | |||
Mangere | Colin Moyle | 3,939 | Stanley Lawson | ||||
Manukau | Roger Douglas | 2,844 | R O Price | ||||
Manurewa | Phil Amos | 2,397 | Pat Baker[13] | ||||
Marlborough | Ian Brooks | 1,290 | Bruno Dalliessi | ||||
Miramar | Bill Young | 434 | Brian Edwards | ||||
Mt Albert | Warren Freer | 3,980 | John Malcolm | ||||
Napier | Gordon Christie | 3,725 | Merle Bell | ||||
Nelson | Stan Whitehead | 1,933 | Ian McWhannell | ||||
New Lynn | Jonathan Hunt | 4,312 | Gordon McDermott | ||||
New Plymouth | Ron Barclay | 1,296 | Terry Boon | ||||
North Shore | George Gair | 2,821 | Colin Chiles | ||||
Oamaru | Allan Dick | Bill Laney | 390 | Allan Dick | |||
Onehunga | Hugh Watt | 4,835 | Peter Blakeborough | ||||
Otago Central | Murray Rose | Ian Quigley | 1,483 | Murray Rose | |||
Otahuhu | New electorate | Bob Tizard | 6,403 | D C Brooker | |||
Pahiatua | Keith Holyoake | 4,359 | L J Cairns | ||||
Pakuranga | Bob Tizard | Gavin Downie | 1,802 | J B Irwin | |||
Palmerston North | Joe Walding | 1,766 | Paul William Mitchell | ||||
Papanui | Bert Walker | 1,734 | Mollie Clark | ||||
Petone | Fraser Colman | 5,340 | Nick Ursin | ||||
Piako | Jack Luxton | 4,472 | I L Howell | ||||
Porirua | Gerry Wall | 4,399 | Ross Doughty | ||||
Raglan | Douglas Carter | 1,350 | Allan John Smith | ||||
Rakaia | New electorate | Colin McLachlan | 2,133 | Alex Clark | |||
Rangiora | Lorrie Pickering | Kerry Burke | 866 | Adrian Hiatt | |||
Rangitikei | Norman Shelton | Roy Jack | 3,037 | N R Pearce [nb 1] | |||
Remuera | Allan Highet | 6,118 | Rex Stanton | ||||
Riccarton | Eric Holland | 2,164 | David Jackson | ||||
Rodney | Peter Wilkinson | 4,507 | Peter Trim | ||||
Roskill | Arthur Faulkner | 4,439 | John Priestley[14] | ||||
Rotorua | Harry Lapwood | 786 | N F Pachoud | ||||
Ruahine | New electorate | Les Gandar | 552 | Sam Mihaere | |||
St Albans | Roger Drayton | 3,066 | Ron Doak | ||||
St Kilda | Bill Fraser | 5,615 | Charles Kirby | ||||
South Canterbury | Rob Talbot | 2,035 | David Braithwaite | ||||
Stratford | David Thomson | 3,068 | D G Turney | ||||
Sydenham | Norman Kirk | 6,986 | John Burn | ||||
Tamaki | Robert Muldoon | 4,590 | Alan Hedger | ||||
Tasman | New electorate | Bill Rowling | 1,834 | Gerald Hunt | |||
Taupo | Rona Stevenson | Jack Ridley | 783 | James Frederick Higgins | |||
Tauranga | George Walsh | Keith Allen | 2,215 | Henry Uttinger[15] | |||
Timaru | Sir Basil Arthur | 3,954 | Dave Walker | ||||
Waikato | Lance Adams-Schneider | 4,208 | Bob Reese | ||||
Wairarapa | Jack Williams | 1,086 | Ben Couch | ||||
Waitemata | Frank Gill | Michael Bassett | 2,544 | Ray La Varis | |||
Wallace | Brian Talboys | 2,904 | Ian Lamont | ||||
Wanganui | Bill Tolhurst | Russell Marshall | 2,879 | Bill Tolhurst | |||
Wellington Central | Dan Riddiford | Ken Comber | 27 | David Shand [nb 2] | |||
West Coast | New electorate | Paddy Blanchfield | 4,242 | Barry Dallas | |||
Western Hutt | Henry May | 2,392 | Julian Watts [nb 3][16] | ||||
Whangarei | New electorate | Murray Smith | 1,180 | Lawrence Carr | |||
Wigram | Mick Connelly | 5,255 | David Cox | ||||
Māori electorates | |||||||
Eastern Maori | Paraone Reweti | 6,190 | Koro Dewes | ||||
Northern Maori | Matiu Rata | 5,260 | Graham Latimer | ||||
Southern Maori | Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan | 8,251 | Kate Parahi | ||||
Western Maori | Koro Wētere | 8,686 | R Te A H Rawiri |
Table footnotes:
- ^ Bruce Beetham came third for Social Credit in Rangitikei
- ^ Shand was first on election night, but lost when special votes were included
- ^ Julian Watts was a son of Jack Watts
Select committees
For the 37th Parliament, elected from the 1972 general election, there were the following select committees in the House of Representatives, as follows (Ministers of relevant portfolios are in bold):[17]
By-elections during 37th Parliament
There was one by-election held during the term of the 37th Parliament.
Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | |||
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Sydenham | 1974 | 2 November | Norman Kirk | Death | John Kirk |
Notes
- ^ a b "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 173.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 142.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–94.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 210.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 213.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 215.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 371.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 229.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 241.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 243.
- ^ "From war refugee to liberal thinker, businessman and books man". Stuff.co.nz. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 354.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 382.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 360.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 388.
- ^ Parliamentary Debates. Vol. 382. Wellington: A. R. Shearer, Government Printer. 1973. pp. 11–12.
References
- 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.
- Templeton, Ian; Eunson, Keith (1972). In the Balance: Election '72. Dunedin: John McIndoe.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.