Term of the Parliament of New Zealand
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 [ edit ] 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. 1,583,256 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.1%.[ 1]
The 37th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 10 October 1975.
Session Opened Adjourned first 14 February 1973 23 November 1973 second 4 February 1974 8 November 1974 third 25 March 1975 10 October 1975
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 .
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1972 election and at dissolution:
Affiliation Members 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 [ edit ] The table below shows the results of the 1972 general election:
Key
National Labour Social Credit Independent
Electorate results for the 1972 New Zealand general election Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up 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 Coromandel New electorate Leo Schultz 2,181 Alyson Murphy Dunedin Central Brian MacDonell 3,771 Fred O'Neill Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 4,020 John Wallis East Coast Bays New electorate Frank Gill 979 Brian Pauling Eden John Rae Mike Moore 788 Mary Kidd 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 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 Henderson Martyn Finlay 4,221 Ross C. MacFarlane 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 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 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 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] 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 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]
Select committees in the 37th New Zealand Parliament Select committee Portfolios/Jurisdictions Members Defence Military affairs, defence matters, disarmament and arms control Aubrey Begg Arthur Faulkner Richard Harrison Allan McCready Ian Quigley David Thomson Jack Williams Education Education, education review, industry training, research Phil Amos Jim Bolger Ian Brooks George Gair Les Gandar Bill Laney Russell Marshall Foreign Affairs International relations, immigration, overseas trade Ron Bailey Roger Drayton Arthur Faulkner Frank Gill Sir Keith Holyoake Norman Kirk Harry Lapwood Allan McCready Mike Moore Joe Walding Peter Wilkinson House Ron Bailey Roger Douglas Richard Harrison Jonathan Hunt Colin McLachlan J. B. Munro Bert Walker Island Affairs Pacific Islands affairs Phil Amos Gavin Downie Eddie Isbey Leo Schultz Gerry Wall Venn Young Koro Wētere Labour Industrial relations and employment Norman Douglas Eric Holland Eddie Isbey Dorothy Jelicich Jack Luxton Frank O'Flynn Paraone Reweti David Thomson Bill Young Hugh Watt Lands and Agriculture Agriculture, biosecurity, fisheries, forestry, lands, and land information Bruce Barclay Aubrey Begg Jim Bolger Ian Brooks Kerry Burke Douglas Carter Colin Moyle Rob Talbot Jack Williams Venn Young Library Parliamentary library Lance Adams-Schneider Keith Allen Kerry Burke Norman Douglas Sir Roy Jack Ethel McMillan Stanley Whitehead Local Bills Keith Allen Ron Barclay Mary Batchelor Allan Highet Bill Laney Colin McLachlan Ethel McMillan Henry May Mike Moore Gerald O'Brien Logan Sloane Māori Affairs Māori affairs Percy Allen Bill Birch Jack Luxton Russell Marshall Allan McCready Matiu Rata Paraone Reweti Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan Leo Schultz Gerry Wall Koro Wētere Petitions Public submissions Bill Birch Kerry Burke Gordon Christie Ken Comber Bill Fraser Richard Mayson Bert Walker Privileges Parliamentary privilege Martyn Finlay Norman Kirk Jack Marshall Robert Muldoon Hugh Watt Public expenditure Finance, revenue, taxation, audit Roger Drayton George Gair Frank Gill Peter Gordon Jonathan Hunt Brian MacDonell Robert Muldoon Jack Ridley Bill Rowling Murray Smith Road safety Percy Allen Sir Basil Arthur Ron Bailey Ron Barclay Douglas Carter Trevor Davey Les Gandar Peter Gordon Richard Mayson Ian Quigley Selection Ron Bailey Norman Kirk Jack Marshall Robert Muldoon Hugh Watt Statutes Revision Michael Bassett Martyn Finlay Eric Holland Sir Roy Jack J. B. Munro Frank O'Flynn Rufus Rogers Rob Talbot Peter Wilkinson Trevor Young Trade and Industry Paddy Blanchfield Ken Comber Trevor Davey Warren Freer Brian MacDonell Brian Talboys Bill Young
By-elections during 37th Parliament [ edit ] There was one by-election held during the term of the 37th Parliament.
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