34th New Zealand Parliament Last updated January 15, 2026 1963 general election 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 . 1,345,836 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.6%. [ 1]
Sessions The 34th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 21 October 1966.
Session Opened Adjourned first 10 June 1964 4 December 1964 second 27 May 1965 1 November 1965 third 26 May 1966 21 October 1966
Overview of seats 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 The table below shows the results of the 1963 general election:
Key
National Labour Social Credit
Electorate results for the 1963 New Zealand general election Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up General electorates Ashburton Geoff Gerard 3,419 Albert George Braddick Auckland Central Norman Douglas 3,227 John Strevens Avon John Mathison 5,117 Stan Dodwell Awarua Gordon Grieve 3,373 Noel Valentine Bay of Plenty Percy Allen 3,025 Peter Riden Buller Bill Rowling 1,671 Ernie King Christchurch Central Robert Macfarlane 1,915 Dave Patchett Clutha Peter Gordon 3,595 Les McKay Dunedin Central Phil Connolly Brian MacDonell 1,170 George Robert Thorn Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 2,524 Edgar Whittleston Eden John Rae 3,335 Frank Knipe Egmont William Sheat 3,047 John Seddon Fendalton Harry Lake 2,740 Bruce Barclay Franklin Alfred E. Allen 5,848 Ron Ng-Waishing [ 7] Gisborne Esme Tombleson 902 Bob MacDonald Grey Lynn Reginald Keeling Ritchie Macdonald 5,240 Jolyon Firth Hamilton Lance Adams-Schneider 2,642 J M Cairns Hastings Duncan MacIntyre 1,944 Ted Keating Hauraki Arthur Kinsella 2,873 George Broad Hawkes Bay Cyril Harker Richard Harrison 3,518 John Woolf Heretaunga Ron Bailey 2,135 Bob Kimmins Hobson Logan Sloane 31 Vernon Cracknell [ nb 1] Hutt Walter Nash 3,648 Vere Hampson-Tindale Invercargill Ralph Hanan 1,934 Oliver James Henderson Island Bay Arnold Nordmeyer 2,388 Fairlie Curry Karori Jack Marshall 4,020 Keith Spry Lyttelton Norman Kirk 2,677 Tom Flint Manawatu Blair Tennent 2,513 Leonard Thomas Fischer Manukau Leon Götz Colin Moyle 759 Henry Christopher Pryor Manurewa New electorate Phil Amos 1,524 Leon Götz Marlborough Tom Shand 2,111 Bill Kenyon Marsden Don McKay 3,942 O J Lewis Miramar Bill Fox 416 Bill Young Mt Albert Warren Freer 3,018 Jeffrey Lloyd Reid Napier Jim Edwards 785 D'Arcy Ormonde Haskell Nelson Stan Whitehead 2,610 Peter Malone New Lynn New electorate Rex Mason 3,052 Charles Alexander McLeod New Plymouth Ernest Aderman 474 Ron Barclay North Shore Dean Eyre 2,757 Reginald Keeling Onehunga Hugh Watt 5,127 J P Mason Otago Central Jack George 2,675 Stan Rodger Otaki Allan McCready 3,014 George McDonald Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 5,733 Ernie Hemmingsen Pakuranga New electorate Bob Tizard 2,015 Roland Neville-White Palmerston North Bill Brown 772 Philip Skoglund Petone Mick Moohan 2,448 Peter Love Piako Stan Goosman Geoffrey Sim 5,526 N R D Shewan Porirua New electorate Henry May 3,161 Joseph W. Miller Raglan Douglas Carter 1,850 Henry Uttinger Rangiora New electorate Lorrie Pickering 1,425 Te Rino Tirikatene Rangitikei Norman Shelton 4,307 Russell Wiseman Remuera Ronald Algie 7,001 Frederick Nelson Goodall Riccarton Mick Connelly 2,550 Ian Wilson Rodney Jack Scott 4,320 Chris Pickett Roskill Arthur Faulkner 3,216 Thomas Tucker Rotorua Harry Lapwood 2,217 James Phillip Cranston Selwyn John McAlpine 3,371 Francis Edward Smith St Albans Bert Walker 2,501 John Palmer St Kilda Bill Fraser 2,597 Kevin John Marlow Stratford Thomas Murray David Thomson 4,590 J McLafferty Sydenham Mabel Howard 5,399 Derek Quigley Tamaki Robert Muldoon 3,754 Norman Finch Taupo New electorate Rona Stevenson 275 Jack Ingram Tauranga George Walsh 4,545 Gordon Hardaker Timaru Sir Basil Arthur 2,831 Maurice John O'Reilly Waimarino New electorate Roy Jack 1,785 Olive Smuts-Kennedy Waipa Hallyburton Johnstone Leslie Munro 3,165 Ronald Nelson Little Wairarapa Bert Cooksley Haddon Donald 501 Jack Williams Waitaki Allan Dick 2,019 K S Lysaght Waitakere Rex Mason Martyn Finlay 2,895 Horace Alexander Nash Waitemata Norman King 2,919 Butch Pugh Waitomo David Seath 4,655 H C Brown Wallace Brian Talboys 5,740 John Reid Wanganui George Spooner 1,397 John Grace Wellington Central Dan Riddiford 1,508 Frank Kitts Westland Paddy Blanchfield 4,925 Winston Reynolds Māori electorates Eastern Maori Tiaki Omana Puti Tipene Watene 2,566 Arnold Reedy Northern Maori Matiu Rata 2,123 James Henare Southern Maori Eruera Tirikatene 4,978 Ben Couch Western Maori Iriaka Rātana 5,096 Pei Te Hurinui Jones
The 34th Parliament was the first term of parliament during which there were no by-elections held.
Notes ↑ Vernon Cracknell was first on election night, but lost when special votes were included References 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, Jim (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103 . This page is based on this
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