Member of Parliament
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1969–1972 | 36th | Awarua | National | |
| 1975–1978 | 38th | Karori | National | |
| 1978–1981 | 39th | Ohariu | National | |
| 1981–1984 | 40th | Ohariu | National | |
Templeton was elected as MP for Awarua in Southland in 1969. However, he lost the electorate in the 1972 election to Labour's Aubrey Begg. From 1972–1975, he was executive assistant to the Leaders of the Opposition, Jack Marshall and then Robert Muldoon. Templeton was re-elected to Parliament in 1975 for the Wellington electorate of Karori. The electorate was renamed Ohariu and was represented by Templeton until 1984, when he was defeated by Peter Dunne, then a member of the Labour Party.
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