39th New Zealand Parliament

The 39th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand which began with the general election held on 25 November 1978, and finished with the general election held on 28 November 1981. The dates of the Muldoon Ministry were from 13 December 1978 to 11 December 1981.

The Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon of the National Party, led the Third National Government from 1975 to 1984.

MPs at start of term

Name	Party	Electorate
Adams-Schneider, Lance	National	Waikato
Allen, Keith	National	Tauranga
Arthur, Basil	Labour	Timaru
Austin, Neill	National	Bay of Islands
Austin, Rex	National	Awarua
Bailey, Ron	Labour	Heretaunga
Barclay, Bruce	Labour	Christchurch Central
Bassett, Michael	Labour	Te Atatu
Batchelor, Mary	Labour	Avon
Beetham, Bruce	Social Credit	Rangitikei
Bell, Bob	National	Gisborne
Birch, Bill	National	Rangiriri
Bolger, Jim	National	King Country
Brill, Barry	National	Kapiti
Burke, Kerry	Labour	West Coast
Butcher, David	Labour	Hastings
Caygill, David	Labour	St Albans
Christie, Gordon	Labour	Napier
Colman, Fraser	Labour	Pencarrow
Comber, Ken	National	Wellington Central
Connelly, Mick	Labour	Yaldhurst
Cooper, Warren	National	Otago
Couch, Ben	National	Wairarapa
Courtney, Mel	Labour	Nelson
Cox, Michael	National	Manawatu
Douglas, Roger	Labour	Manurewa
East, Paul	National	Rotorua
Elliot, John	National	Whangarei
Elworthy, Jonathan	National	Waitaki
Falloon, John	National	Pahiatua
Faulkner, Arthur	Labour	Roskill
Fraser, Bill	Labour	St Kilda
Freer, Warren	Labour	Mount Albert
Friedlander, Tony	National	New Plymouth
Gair, George	National	North Shore
Gill, Frank	National	East Coast Bays
Harrison, Richard	National	Hawkes Bay
Hercus, Ann	Labour	Lyttelton
Highet, Allan	National	Remuera
Holland, Eric	National	Fendalton
Hunt, Jonathan	Labour	New Lynn
Hunt, Pat	National	Pakuranga
Isbey, Eddie	Labour	Papatoetoe
Jones, Dail	National	Helensville
Jones, Norm	National	Invercargill
Kidd, Doug	National	Marlborough
Kirk, John	Labour	Sydenham
Lange, David	Labour	Mangere
Luxton, John	National	Matamata
Gray, Robin	National	Clutha
McKinnon, Don	National	Albany
MacDonell, Brian	Labour	Dunedin Central
MacIntyre, Duncan	National	East Cape
Malcolm, Anthony George (Aussie)	National	Eden
Marshall, Russell	Labour	Wanganui
Maxwell, Ralph	Labour	Waitakere
McLachlan, Colin	National	Selwyn
McLay, Jim	National	Birkenhead
McLean, Ian	National	Tarawera
Minogue, Mike	National	Hamilton West
Moore, Mike	Labour	Papanui
Muldoon, Robert	National	Tamaki
O'Flynn, Frank	Labour	Island Bay
Peters, Winston	National	Hunua
Quigley, Derek	National	Rangiora
Rata, Matiu	Labour	Northern Maori
Prebble, Richard	Labour	Auckland Central
Reweti, Paraone	Labour	Eastern Maori
Ridley, J. W.	Labour	Taupo
Rodger, Stan	Labour	Dunedin North
Rogers, Frank	Labour	Onehunga
Rowling, Bill	Labour	Tasman
Schultz, Leo	National	Hauraki
Shearer, Ian	National	Hamilton East
Talbot, Rob	National	Ashburton
Talboys, Brian	National	Wallace
Templeton, Hugh	National	Ohariu
Terris, John	Labour	Western Hutt
Thompson, Geoff	National	Horowhenua
Thomson, David	National	Taranaki
Tirikatene-Sullivan, Whetu	Labour	Southern Maori
Tizard, Bob	Labour	Otahuhu
Townshend, Bruce	National	Kaimai
Walding, Joe	Labour	Palmerston North
Wall, Gerard	Labour	Porirua
Waring, Marilyn	National	Waipa
Wellington, Merv	National	Papakura
Wetere, Koro	Labour	Western Maori
Wilkinson, Peter Ian	National	Kaipara
Young, Bill	National	Miramar
Young, Trevor	Labour	Eastern Hutt
Young, Venn	National	Waitotara

Changes during term

• Bruce Barclay, the Labour MP for Christchurch Central, died in 1979. The ensuing by-election was won by Geoffrey Palmer, also of the Labour Party.
• Matiu Rata, a Labour cabinet minister, resigned from his party in 1979 due to disagreements with its policy towards Māori. In 1980, Rata quit parliament and founded the Mana Motuhake party. Rata then contested the ensuing by-election, but came second. He was replaced by Bruce Gregory of the Labour Party.
• Frank Rogers, the Labour MP for Onehunga, died in 1980. The ensuing by-election was won by Fred Gerbic, also of the Labour Party.
• Frank Gill, the National MP for East Coast Bays, resigned from parliament in 1980 in order to take up a position as New Zealand's ambassador in Washington. The ensuing by-election was won, much to the National Party's surprise, by Gary Knapp of the Social Credit Party.