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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 Adjouned
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]

Initial composition of the 37th Parliament

The table below shows the results of the 1972 general election:

Key

  National     Labour     Social Credit     Independent  

Electorate results for the New Zealand general election, 1972
Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up
General electorates
Auckland Central Norman Douglas 2,009 W C Edwards
Avon John Mathison Mary Batchelor 6,055 G V 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 Mrs B J Beaven
Clutha Peter Gordon 2,131 L. J. McKay[5]
Coromandel New electorate Leo Schultz 2,181 Mrs A Murphy
Dunedin Central Brian MacDonell 3,771 F. A. O'Neill[6]
Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 4,020 J. H. Wallis[7]
East Coast Bays New electorate Frank Gill 979 B T Pauling
Eden John Rae Mike Moore 788 Mary Kidd[8]
Egmont Venn Young 2,928 R L 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 J. Meder
Hamilton East New electorate Rufus Rogers 397 R M Jansen
Hamilton West Leslie Munro Dorothy Jelicich 544 G. S. D. Heather
Hastings Duncan MacIntyre Richard Mayson 1,148 Duncan MacIntyre
Hawkes Bay Richard Harrison 600 David Butcher [10]
Henderson Martyn Finlay 4,221 R. C. MacFarlane[11]
Heretaunga Ron Bailey 2,964 J W Schnellenberg
Hobson Logan Sloane 1,148 Howard Manning
Hutt Trevor Young 3,397 Michael Fowler
Invercargill John Chewings J. B. Munro 765 J G Chewings
Island Bay Gerald O'Brien 3,495 B H Farland
Kapiti New electorate Frank O'Flynn 706 Barry Brill
Karori Jack Marshall 4,408 A Floyd
King Country New electorate Jim Bolger 1,240 B C Sakey
Lyttelton Tom McGuigan 3,235 John Blumsky
Manawatu Les Gandar Allan McCready 427 Mervyn Hancock
Mangere Colin Moyle 3,939 S A Lawson
Manukau Roger Douglas 2,844 R O Price
Manurewa Phil Amos 2,397 Patrick Norman Baker[12]
Marlborough Ian Brooks 1,290 B J Dalliessi
Miramar Bill Young 434 Brian Edwards
Mt Albert Warren Freer 3,980 J H Malcolm
Napier Gordon Christie 3,725 Mrs M A Bell
Nelson Stanley Whitehead 1,933 Ian McWhannell
New Lynn Jonathan Hunt 4,312 G D McDermott
New Plymouth Ron Barclay 1,296 T W Boon
North Shore George Gair 2,821 C A Chiles
Oamaru Allan Dick Bill Laney 390 Allan Dick
Onehunga Hugh Watt 4,835 P A 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 P W Mitchell
Papanui Bert Walker 1,734 Mrs M McG Clark
Petone Fraser Colman 5,340 N G Ursin
Piako Jack Luxton 4,472 I L Howell
Porirua Gerard Wall 4,399 R A Doughty
Raglan Douglas Carter 1,350 A J Smith
Rakaia New electorate Colin McLachlan 2,133 H A Clark
Rangiora Herbert Pickering Kerry Burke 866 A E Hartt
Rangitikei Norman Shelton Roy Jack 3,037 N R Pearce [nb 1]
Remuera Allan Highet 6,118 L R Stanton
Riccarton Eric Holland 2,164 D I Jackson
Rodney Peter Wilkinson 4,507 P W Trim
Roskill Arthur Faulkner 4,439 John Maurice Priestley[13]
Rotorua Harry Lapwood 786 N F Pachoud
Ruahine New electorate Les Gandar 552 T S Mihaere
St Albans Roger Drayton 3,066 R T Doak
St Kilda William Fraser 5,615 C La S Kirby
South Canterbury Rob Talbot 2,035 N. D. Braithwaite
Stratford David Thomson 3,068 D G Turney
Sydenham Norman Kirk 6,986 J F Burn
Tamaki Robert Muldoon 4,590 A H Hedger
Tasman New electorate Bill Rowling 1,834 Gerald Hunt
Taupo Rona Stevenson Jack Ridley 783 J. F. Higgins
Tauranga George Walsh Keith Allen 2,215 H. J. Uttinger[14]
Timaru Basil Arthur 3,954 D A J Walker
Waikato Lance Adams-Schneider 4,208 R D Reese
Wairarapa Jack Williams 1,086 Ben Couch
Waitemata Frank Gill Michael Bassett 2,544 Ray La Varis
Wallace Brian Talboys 2,904 I D Lamont
Wanganui William Tolhurst Russell Marshall 2,879 William Tolhurst
Wellington Central Dan Riddiford Ken Comber 27 D. A. Shand [nb 2]
West Coast New electorate Paddy Blanchfield 4,242 Barry Dallas
Western Hutt Henry May 2,392 Julian Watts [nb 3][15]
Whangarei New electorate Murray Smith 1,180 L. G. Carr
Wigram Mick Connelly 5,255 D. G. Cox
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori Paraone Reweti 6,190 K. M. Dewes
Northern Maori Matiu Rata 5,260 Graham Latimer
Southern Maori Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan 8,251 K. Parahi
Western Maori Koro Wētere 8,686 R. Te A. H. Rawiri

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ Bruce Beetham came third for Social Credit in Rangitikei
  2. ↑ Shand was first on election night, but lost when special votes were included
  3. ↑ Julian Watts was a son of Jack Watts

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
Sydenham 1974 2 November Norman Kirk Death John Kirk

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. 89–94.
  5. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 210.
  6. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 213.
  7. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 215.
  8. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 371.
  9. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 229.
  10. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 241.
  11. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 243.
  12. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 354.
  13. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 382.
  14. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 360.
  15. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 388.

References

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