Summary
The 34th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1963 general election on 30 November of that year.
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||||
| Term | 10 June 1964 – 29 October 1966 | ||||
| Election | 1963 New Zealand general election | ||||
| Government | Second National Government | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
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| Members | 80 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | Ronald Algie | ||||
| Prime Minister | Keith Holyoake | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Norman Kirk — Arnold Nordmeyer until 16 December 1965 | ||||
| Sovereign | |||||
| Monarch | HM Elizabeth II | ||||
| Governor-General | HE Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson | ||||
1963 general election edit
The 1963 general election was held on Saturday, 30 November.[1] A total of 80 MPs were elected; 52 represented North Island electorates, 24 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was a gain of one electorate for the North Island from the South Island since the 1960 election.[2] 1,345,836 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.6%.[1]
Sessions edit
The 34th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 21 October 1966.[3]
| Session | Opened | Adjourned |
|---|---|---|
| first | 10 June 1964 | 4 December 1964 |
| second | 27 May 1965 | 1 November 1965 |
| third | 26 May 1966 | 21 October 1966 |
Ministries edit
The National Party had come to power at the 1960 election, and Keith Holyoake had formed the second Holyoake Ministry on 12 December 1960, which stayed in power until Holyoake stepped down in early 1972. The second National Government remained in place until its defeat at the 1972 election towards the end of that year.[4]
Overview of seats edit
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1963 election and at dissolution:
| Affiliation | Members | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At 1963 election | At dissolution | ||
| National Government | 45 | 45 | |
| Labour Opposition | 35 | 35 | |
| Total |
80 | 80 | |
| Working Government majority | 10 | 10 | |
Notes
- The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
Initial composition of the 34th Parliament edit
The table below shows the results of the 1963 general election:
Key
The 34th Parliament was the first term of parliament during which there were no by-elections held.
Notes edit
- ^ Vernon Cracknell was first on election night, but lost when special votes were included
References edit
- ^ a b "General elections 1853–2005 – dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 173.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 142.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–92.
- ^ Norton 1988, pp. ?.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 212.
- ^ "Interview with Ron Ng-Waishing". National Library of New Zealand. 1994. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 228.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 383.
- Sources
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.