Member of Parliament
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
| 1987–1990 | 42nd | Matamata | National | |
| 1990–1993 | 43rd | Matamata | National | |
| 1993–1996 | 44th | Matamata | National | |
| 1996–1999 | 45th | Karapiro | 33 | National |
| 1999–2002 | 46th | List | 14 | National |
Luxton was first elected to Parliament in the 1987 elections as the MP for Matamata. He replaced his father Jack Luxton, who held the seat of Piako then Matamata for 21 years from 1966, and had been Chairman of Committees in Parliament.
Luxton held Matamata until the 1996 elections, when a boundary change caused him to stand in the seat of Karapiro. In the 1999 elections, he opted to become a list MP, leaving the Karapiro seat to newcomer Lindsay Tisch.
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