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The 36th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1969 general election on 29 November of that year.

1969 general election

The 1969 general election was held on Saturday, 29 November.[1] A total of 84 MPs were elected; 55 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 four since the 1966 election.[2] 1,519,889 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 88.9%.[1]

Sessions

The 36th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 20 October 1972.[3]

Session Opened Adjouned
first 12 March 1970 3 December 1970
second 25 February 1971 17 December 1971
third 7 June 1972 20 October 1972

Ministries

The National Party had come to power at the 1960 election, and Keith Holyoake had formed the second Holyoake Ministry on 12 December 1960, which stayed in power until Holyoake stepped down in early 1972. He was succeeded by Jack Marshall, who formed the Marshall Ministry on 7 February of that year. The second National Government was defeated at the 25 November 1972 election.[4]

Initial composition of the 36th Parliament

The table below shows the results of the 1969 general election:

Key

  National     Labour     Social Credit     Independent  

Electorate results for the New Zealand general election, 1969[5]
Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up
General electorates
Ashburton Colin McLachlan 2,590 A J Srhoy
Auckland Central Norman Douglas 1,124 W C Edwards
Avon John Mathison 5,600 A E Ansell
Awarua Gordon Grieve Hugh Templeton 906 Aubrey Begg
Bay of Plenty Percy Allen 3,440 B R Kelly
Birkenhead New electorate Norman King 1,701 Don McKinnon
Buller Bill Rowling 2,822 Ernie King
Christchurch Central Robert Macfarlane Bruce Barclay 3,406 Colin Knight
Clutha Peter Gordon 3,618 L J McKay
Dunedin Central Brian MacDonell 3,949 Mrs M M Reichwein
Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 2,929 Mrs J W Williams
Eden John Rae 67 Keith Sinclair[nb 1]
Egmont Venn Young 4,280 T McGreevy
Franklin Alfred E. Allen 5,495 T N Tuhimata
Gisborne Esme Tombleson 781 T Davey
Grey Lynn Ritchie Macdonald Eddie Isbey 2,915 J Meder
Hamilton West New electorate Leslie Munro 1,878 R D Reese
Hastings Duncan MacIntyre 706 Richard Mayson
Hauraki Arthur Kinsella Leo Schultz 2,121 Dorothy Jelicich
Hawkes Bay Richard Harrison 3,416 David Butcher
Henderson New electorate Martyn Finlay 5,340 A H Clark
Heretaunga Ron Bailey 1,375 R M Miller
Hobson Vernon Cracknell Logan Sloane 1,252 Vernon Cracknell
Hutt Trevor Young 1,775 D Lee
Invercargill Ralph Hanan John Chewings 1,031 T D Young
Island Bay Arnold Nordmeyer Gerald O'Brien 1,348 F F Curry
Karori Jack Marshall 6,226 R C Tombs
Lyttelton Norman Kirk Tom McGuigan 292 G P A de Latour
Manawatu Les Gandar 1,323 E J Hemmingsen
Mangere New electorate Colin Moyle 4,588 N C Slater
Manukau Colin Moyle Roger Douglas 875 R A Walden
Manurewa Phil Amos 1,371 Patrick Norman Baker[6]
Marlborough Tom Shand 2,460 Ian Brooks
Marsden Donald McKay 1,101 Murray Smith
Miramar Bill Young 1,789 C T Troughton
Mt Albert Warren Freer 2,837 Gavin Downie
Napier Gordon Christie 1,970 T J Dunleavy
Nelson Stanley Whitehead 1,248 Roy McLennan
New Lynn Jonathan Hunt 3,600 V J Watson
New Plymouth Ron Barclay 1,000 B E Clark
North Shore George Gair 3,964 D F Dugdale
Oamaru New electorate Allan Dick 497 N Agnew
Onehunga Hugh Watt 4,539 Mrs D T L Double
Otago Central John George Murray Rose 1,086 B O Griffiths
Otaki Allan McCready 2,037 John Scott
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 4,920 Trevor de Cleene
Pakuranga Bob Tizard 1,253 N W Holmes
Palmerston North Joe Walding 161 G N Cruden
Papanui New electorate Bert Walker 2,096 M P Hobbs
Petone Fraser Colman 3,450 F J Handy
Piako Jack Luxton 4,426 George Bryant
Porirua Henry May Gerard Wall 2,744 P W Mitchell
Raglan Douglas Carter 593 D I Sinclair
Rangiora Herbert Pickering 1,143 Paul Piesse
Rangitikei Norman Shelton 4,214 D J Duggan
Remuera Allan Highet 7,097 Hamish Keith
Riccarton Mick Connelly Eric Holland 2,939 A C McEwen
Rodney Jack Scott Peter Wilkinson 2,832 Nevern McConachy
Roskill Arthur Faulkner 3,296 A W G Cook
Rotorua Harry Lapwood 1,198 Charles Bennett
St Albans Bert Walker Roger Drayton 909 I G B Wilson
St Kilda William Fraser 3,795 L G Anderson
South Canterbury New electorate Rob Talbot 1,215 M A Cameron
Stratford David Thomson 4,158 L H Stockbridge
Sydenham Mabel Howard Norman Kirk 6,026 P J Morrissey
Tamaki Robert Muldoon 6,088 A D Bolton
Taupo Rona Stevenson 107 A J Ingram
Tauranga George Walsh 2,704 R F Dillon
Timaru Basil Arthur 3,101 D A J Walker
Waikato New electorate Lance Adams-Schneider 3,408 A E George
Waimarino Roy Jack 2,213 S A Cameron
Wairarapa Haddon Donald Jack Williams 467 Haddon Donald
Waitemata Norman King Frank Gill 1,052 Michael Bassett
Waitomo David Seath 5,674 N R D Shewan
Wallace Brian Talboys 4,532 J Robson
Wanganui George Spooner William Tolhurst 959 G A Spooner
Wellington Central Dan Riddiford 2,200 Mrs O E Smuts-Kennedy
Western Hutt New electorate Henry May 1,421 Egan E Ogier[7]
Westland Paddy Blanchfield 1,879 Barry Dallas[8]
Wigram New electorate Mick Connelly 3,200 J R Dawson
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori Paraone Reweti 3,487 Henare Kohere Ngata[9]
Northern Maori Matiu Rata 4,758 Graham Latimer
Southern Maori Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan 6,630 N W Pomare
Western Maori Iriaka Matiu Ratana Koro Wētere 7,530 P J Hura

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ Sinclair was first on election night for Eden (by 35 votes), but lost when special votes were included

By-elections during 36th Parliament

There was one by-election held during the term of the 36th Parliament.

Electorate and by-election Date Incumbent Cause Winner
Marlborough 1970 21 February Tom Shand Death Ian Brooks

Notes

  1. 1 2 "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 173.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 142.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–92.
  5. ↑ Norton 1988.
  6. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 354.
  7. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 381.
  8. ↑ Templeton & Eunson 1972, p. 21.
  9. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 380.

References

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