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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
2014	38	83
2017	46	74
2020	58	62
2023	56	67

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


Source: NZ Parliamentary debates		

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