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38th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Field	Value
name	38th Parliament of New Zealand
image	File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1975 New Zealand general election](1975-new-zealand-general-election)
government	Third National Government
term_start	22 June 1976
term_end	6 October 1978
before	[37th Parliament](37th-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[39th Parliament](39th-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1	House of Representatives
chamber1_image	File:38th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership1	87
chamber1_leader1_type	Speaker of the House
chamber1_leader1	Richard Harrison from 10 May 1978
— Roy Jack until 24 December 1977 †
chamber1_leader2_type	Prime Minister
chamber1_leader2	Robert Muldoon
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	Bill Rowling
chamber2	Sovereign
chamber2_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber2_leader1	Elizabeth II
chamber2_leader2_type	Governor-General
chamber2_leader2	Keith Holyoake from 26 October 1977
— Denis Blundell until 5 October 1977

— Roy Jack until 24 December 1977 † — Denis Blundell until 5 October 1977

The 38th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1975 general election on 29 November of that year.

1975 general election

Main article: 1975 New Zealand general election

The 1975 general election was held on Saturday, 29 November. A total of 92 MPs were elected; 63 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 five since the , and the gain was all for the North Island. 1,953,050 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 82.5%.

Sessions

The 38th Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1977), and was prorogued on 7 October 1978.

Session	Opened	Adjourned
first	22 June 1976	14 December 1976
second	28 February 1977	28 February 1977
third	19 May 1977	16 December 1977
fourth	10 May 1978	6 October 1978

Ministries

The Labour Party, which had come to power at the , was defeated by the National Party at the . Robert Muldoon formed the third National Government and led the Muldoon Ministry until National's defeat at the .

Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1975 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation	Members	At [1975 election](1975-new-zealand-general-election)
	55	54
*Government total*
	32	32
	0	1
*Government total*	32	33
Total
87	87
Working Government majority	23	21

Notes

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

Initial composition of the 38th Parliament

By-elections during 38th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 38th Parliament.

Electorate and by-election	Date	Incumbent	Cause	Winner

Notes

References

"General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand.

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Affiliation	Members	At [1975 election](1975-new-zealand-general-election)
	55	54
*Government total*
	32	32
	0	1
*Government total*	32	33
Total
87	87
Working Government majority	23	21