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42nd New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

42nd New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

FieldValue
name42nd Parliament of New Zealand
imageFile:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
captionParliament House, Wellington
bodyNew Zealand Parliament
election[1987 New Zealand general election](1987-new-zealand-general-election)
governmentFourth Labour Government
term_start16 September 1987
term_end6 September 1990
before[41st Parliament](41st-new-zealand-parliament)
after[43rd Parliament](43rd-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1House of Representatives
chamber1_imageFile:42nd New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership197
chamber1_leader1_typeSpeaker of the House
chamber1_leader1Kerry Burke
chamber1_leader2_typeLeader of the House
chamber1_leader2Jonathan Hunt
chamber1_leader3_typePrime Minister
chamber1_leader3Mike Moore
— Geoffrey Palmer until 3 September 1990
— David Lange until 8 August 1989
chamber1_leader4_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader4Jim Bolger
chamber2Sovereign
chamber2_leader1_typeMonarch
chamber2_leader1Elizabeth II
chamber2_leader2_typeGovernor-General
chamber2_leader2Paul Reeves
session1_start16 September 1987
session1_end12 December 1989
session2_start14 February 1990
session2_end6 September 1990

— Geoffrey Palmer until 3 September 1990 — David Lange until 8 August 1989 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.

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:

AffiliationMembersAt [1987 election](1987-new-zealand-general-election)At dissolution
57**56**
***Government total***
40**40**
*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

Changes during term

By-elections

There were no by-elections held during the term of the 42nd Parliament.

Party affiliation changes

NameYearSeatFromTo
Jim Anderton1989SydenhamLabour

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.

Notes

References

References

  1. "Hon Jim Anderton". [[New Zealand Parliament]].
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