The 42nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the

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. 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,

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, would found the NewLabour Party in 1989. Due to internal disputes within the Labour Party, there were three

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during the 42nd Parliament:

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, and

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. 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

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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: 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

, the Labour MP for Sydenham, quit the Labour Party in protest in 1989 over the economic reforms, known as Rogernomics, of Roger Douglas, the

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. He established the NewLabour Party.

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References

*{{cite book , last = Gustafson , first = Barry , author-link = Barry Gustafson , title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party , year = 1986 , publisher = Reed Methuen , location = Auckland , isbn = 0-474-00177-6 New Zealand parliaments