<page_title> 39th New Zealand Parliament </page_title> <section_title> By-elections during 39th Parliament </section_title> <table> <cell> East Coast Bays <col_header> Electorate and by-election </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1980 <col_header> Electorate and by-election </col_header> </cell> <cell> Frank Gill <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> </cell> <cell> Appointed as Ambassador to US <col_header> Cause </col_header> </cell> </table>
The MP for East Coast Bays, Frank Gill, resigned from parliament in 1980 in order to take up a position as New Zealand's ambassador in Washington.