# 36th New Zealand Parliament

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. 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. 1,519,889 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 88.9%.

## Sessions

The 36th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 20 October 1972.
| Session | Opened | Adjourned |
| 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.

## Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1969 election and at dissolution:
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | At 1969 election | At dissolution |
| | National Government | 45 | 44 |
| | Labour Opposition | 39 | 40 |
| Total | Total | 84 | 84 |
| Working Government majority | Working Government majority | 6 | 4 |
Notes
* The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

## 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 1969 New Zealand general election :
| Electorate | Incumbent | Incumbent | Winner | Winner | Majority | Runner up |
| General electorates ||||||||
| Ashburton | | Colin McLachlan | Colin McLachlan | Colin McLachlan | 2,590 | John Srhoy |
| Auckland Central | | Norman Douglas | Norman Douglas | Norman Douglas | 1,124 | Clive Edwards |
| Avon | | John Mathison | John Mathison | John Mathison | 5,600 | Alistair Ansell |
| Awarua | | Gordon Grieve | | Hugh Templeton | 906 | Aubrey Begg |
| Bay of Plenty | | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | 3,440 | Barry Kelly |
| Birkenhead | New electorate | New electorate | | Norman King | 1,701 | Don McKinnon |
| Buller | | Bill Rowling | Bill Rowling | Bill Rowling | 2,822 | Ernie King |
| Christchurch Central | | Robert Macfarlane | | Bruce Barclay | 3,406 | Colin Knight |
| Clutha | | Peter Gordon | Peter Gordon | Peter Gordon | 3,618 | Les McKay |
| Dunedin Central | | Brian MacDonell | Brian MacDonell | Brian MacDonell | 3,949 | Margaret Mary Reichwein |
| Dunedin North | | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | 2,929 | Iona Williams |
| Eden | | John Rae | John Rae | John Rae | 67 | Keith Sinclair |
| Egmont | | Venn Young | Venn Young | Venn Young | 4,280 | Tom McGreevy |
| Franklin | | Alfred E. Allen | Alfred E. Allen | Alfred E. Allen | 5,495 | Tai Tuhimata |
| Gisborne | | Esme Tombleson | Esme Tombleson | Esme Tombleson | 781 | Trevor Davey |
| Grey Lynn | | Ritchie Macdonald | | Eddie Isbey | 2,915 | Jens Meder |
| Hamilton West | New electorate | New electorate | | Leslie Munro | 1,878 | Bob Reese |
| Hastings | | Duncan MacIntyre | Duncan MacIntyre | Duncan MacIntyre | 706 | Richard Mayson |
| Hauraki | | Arthur Kinsella | | Leo Schultz | 2,121 | Dorothy Jelicich |
| Hawkes Bay | | Richard Harrison | Richard Harrison | Richard Harrison | 3,416 | David Butcher |
| Henderson | New electorate | New electorate | | Martyn Finlay | 3,295 | Adrian Clarke |
| Heretaunga | | Ron Bailey | Ron Bailey | Ron Bailey | 1,375 | Ralph Miller |
| Hobson | | Vernon Cracknell | | Logan Sloane | 1,252 | Vernon Cracknell |
| Hutt | | Trevor Young | Trevor Young | Trevor Young | 1,775 | Don Lee |
| Invercargill | | Ralph Hanan | | John Chewings | 1,031 | Trevor Young |
| Island Bay | | Arnold Nordmeyer | | Gerald O'Brien | 1,348 | Fairlie Curry |
| Karori | | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | 6,226 | Roy Tombs |
| Lyttelton | | Norman Kirk | | Tom McGuigan | 292 | Peter de Latour |
| Manawatu | | Les Gandar | Les Gandar | Les Gandar | 1,323 | Ernie Hemmingsen |
| Mangere | New electorate | New electorate | | Colin Moyle | 4,588 | Neville Charles Slater |
| Manukau | | Colin Moyle | | Roger Douglas | 875 | Ronald Alfred Walden |
| Manurewa | | Phil Amos | Phil Amos | Phil Amos | 1,371 | Pat Baker |
| Marlborough | | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | 2,460 | Ian Brooks |
| Marsden | | Don McKay | Don McKay | Don McKay | 1,101 | Murray Smith |
| Miramar | | Bill Young | Bill Young | Bill Young | 1,789 | Charles Troughton |
| Mt Albert | | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | 2,837 | Gavin Downie |
| Napier | | Gordon Christie | Gordon Christie | Gordon Christie | 1,970 | Terry Dunleavy |
| Nelson | | Stan Whitehead | Stan Whitehead | Stan Whitehead | 1,248 | Roy McLennan |
| New Lynn | | Jonathan Hunt | Jonathan Hunt | Jonathan Hunt | 3,600 | Vic Watson |
| New Plymouth | | Ron Barclay | Ron Barclay | Ron Barclay | 1,000 | Brian Clark |
| North Shore | | George Gair | George Gair | George Gair | 3,964 | Donald Frederick Dugdale |
| Oamaru | New electorate | New electorate | | Allan Dick | 497 | N Agnew |
| Onehunga | | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | 4,539 | Daphne Double |
| Otago Central | | Jack George | | Murray Rose | 1,086 | Brian Griffiths |
| Otaki | | Allan McCready | Allan McCready | Allan McCready | 2,037 | John Scott |
| Pahiatua | | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | 4,920 | Trevor de Cleene |
| Pakuranga | | Bob Tizard | Bob Tizard | Bob Tizard | 1,253 | Noel Holmes |
| Palmerston North | | Joe Walding | Joe Walding | Joe Walding | 161 | Gordon Cruden |
| Papanui | New electorate | New electorate | | Bert Walker | 2,096 | Martin Hobby |
| Petone | | Fraser Colman | Fraser Colman | Fraser Colman | 3,450 | Francis Joshua Handy |
| Piako | | Jack Luxton | Jack Luxton | Jack Luxton | 4,426 | George Bryant |
| Porirua | | Henry May | | Gerry Wall | 2,744 | Paul William Mitchell |
| Raglan | | Douglas Carter | Douglas Carter | Douglas Carter | 593 | Dudley Sinclair |
| Rangiora | | Lorrie Pickering | Lorrie Pickering | Lorrie Pickering | 1,143 | Paul Piesse |
| Rangitikei | | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | 4,214 | Dan Duggan |
| Remuera | | Allan Highet | Allan Highet | Allan Highet | 7,097 | Hamish Keith |
| Riccarton | | Mick Connelly | | Eric Holland | 2,939 | Alan C. McEwen |
| Rodney | | Jack Scott | | Peter Wilkinson | 2,832 | Nevern McConachy |
| Roskill | | Arthur Faulkner | Arthur Faulkner | Arthur Faulkner | 3,296 | Anthony Cook |
| Rotorua | | Harry Lapwood | Harry Lapwood | Harry Lapwood | 1,198 | Charles Bennett |
| St Albans | | Bert Walker | | Roger Drayton | 909 | Ian Wilson |
| St Kilda | | Bill Fraser | Bill Fraser | Bill Fraser | 3,795 | Lloyd George Anderson |
| South Canterbury | New electorate | New electorate | | Rob Talbot | 1,215 | Maurice Austin Cameron |
| Stratford | | David Thomson | David Thomson | David Thomson | 4,158 | Lindsay Hugh Stockbridge |
| Sydenham | | Mabel Howard | | Norman Kirk | 6,026 | Peter Morrissey |
| Tamaki | | Robert Muldoon | Robert Muldoon | Robert Muldoon | 6,088 | Alfred David Bolton |
| Taupo | | Rona Stevenson | Rona Stevenson | Rona Stevenson | 107 | Arthur John Ingram |
| Tauranga | | George Walsh | George Walsh | George Walsh | 2,704 | Ray Dillon |
| Timaru | | Sir Basil Arthur | Sir Basil Arthur | Sir Basil Arthur | 3,101 | Dave Walker |
| Waikato | New electorate | New electorate | | Lance Adams-Schneider | 3,408 | Alfred Ernest George |
| Waimarino | | Roy Jack | Roy Jack | Roy Jack | 2,213 | Shaun Alex Cameron |
| Wairarapa | | Haddon Donald | | Jack Williams | 467 | Haddon Donald |
| Waitemata | | Norman King | | Frank Gill | 1,052 | Michael Bassett |
| Waitomo | | David Seath | David Seath | David Seath | 5,674 | Neil Roger David Shewan |
| Wallace | | Brian Talboys | Brian Talboys | Brian Talboys | 4,532 | J Robson |
| Wanganui | | George Spooner | | Bill Tolhurst | 959 | George Spooner |
| Wellington Central | | Dan Riddiford | Dan Riddiford | Dan Riddiford | 2,200 | Olive Smuts-Kennedy |
| Western Hutt | New electorate | New electorate | | Henry May | 1,421 | Egan E Ogier |
| Westland | | Paddy Blanchfield | Paddy Blanchfield | Paddy Blanchfield | 1,879 | Barry Dallas |
| Wigram | New electorate | New electorate | | Mick Connelly | 3,200 | Dick Dawson |
| Māori electorates ||||||||
| Eastern Maori | | Paraone Reweti | Paraone Reweti | Paraone Reweti | 3,487 | Henare Ngata |
| Northern Maori | | Matiu Rata | Matiu Rata | Matiu Rata | 4,758 | Graham Latimer |
| Southern Maori | | Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan | Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan | Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan | 6,630 | Norra Woodbane Pomare |
| Western Maori | | Iriaka Rātana | | Koro Wētere | 7,530 | P J Hura |
Table footnotes:
* ↑ 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 | Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | Winner |
| Marlborough | 1970 | 21 February | | Tom Shand | Death | | Ian Brooks |