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Years	Female MPs	Male MPs
1931*	1	79
1935	0	80
1938	3	77
1943	2	78
1946	2	78
1949	3	77
1951	4	76
1954	4	76
1957	4	76
1960	4	76
1963	5	75
1966	6	74
1969	4	80
1972	4	83
1975	4	83
1978	4	88
1981	8	84
1984	12	83
1987	14	83
1990	16	81
1993	21	78
1996	35	85
1999 	37	83
2002	35	85
2005	40	81
2008	41	81
2011	39	82

* First female MP elected in a by-election in 1933.


Source: NZ Parliamentary debates		

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