35th New Zealand Parliament

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35th Parliament of New Zealand
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Parliament House, Wellington
Overview
Legislative body New Zealand Parliament
Term26 April 1967 – 24 October 1969
Election 1966 New Zealand general election
Government Second National Government
House of Representatives
35th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
Members80
Speaker of the House Roy Jack
Prime Minister Keith Holyoake
Leader of the Opposition Norman Kirk
Sovereign
Monarch HM Elizabeth II
Governor-General Sir Arthur Porritt from 1 December 1967
— HE Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson until 20 October 1967

The 35th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1966 general election on 26 November of that year.

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1966 general election

The 1966 general election was held on Saturday, 26 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 the same distribution used since the 1963 election. [2] 1,409,600 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 86.0%. [1]

Sessions

The 35th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 24 October 1969. [3]

SessionOpenedAdjourned
first26 April 196724 November 1967
second26 June 196819 December 1968
third15 May 196924 October 1969

Ministries

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

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1966 election and at dissolution:

AffiliationMembers
At 1966 election At dissolution
National 4443
Government total
Labour Opposition3536
Social Credit 11
Opposition total3637
Total
8080
Working Government majority86

Notes

Initial composition of the 35th Parliament

The table below shows the results of the 1966 general election:

Key

   National      Labour      Social Credit   

Electorate results for the 1966 New Zealand general election [5]
ElectorateIncumbentWinnerMajorityRunner up
General electorates
Ashburton Geoff Gerard Rob Talbot 983John Srhoy
Auckland Central Norman Douglas 2,562Marie Quinn
Avon John Mathison 5,232Dick Dawson
Awarua Gordon Grieve 3,222M E Booker
Bay of Plenty Percy Allen 3,596Leonard Thomas Fischer
Buller Bill Rowling 1,822Ernie King
Christchurch Central Robert Macfarlane 1,409Fred Francis
Clutha Peter Gordon 3,312Les McKay
Dunedin Central Brian MacDonell 1,245J E Farry
Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 2,833G B Gerard
Eden John Rae 2,548John William Stewart
Egmont William Sheat Venn Young 3,262H N Johnston
Fendalton Harry Lake 2,271 Bruce Barclay
Franklin Alfred E. Allen 5,083Ron Ng-Waishing
Gisborne Esme Tombleson 1,432Bob MacDonald
Grey Lynn Ritchie Macdonald 4,399Horace Alexander Nash
Hamilton Lance Adams-Schneider 2,225Bob Reese
Hastings Duncan MacIntyre 2,129 Sonja Davies
Hauraki Arthur Kinsella 2,336Henry Uttinger
Hawkes Bay Richard Harrison 3,915L K Evans
Heretaunga Ron Bailey 2,647Ian Ross
Hobson Logan Sloane Vernon Cracknell 490 Logan Sloane
Hutt Sir Walter Nash 1,949 John Kennedy-Good
Invercargill Ralph Hanan 2,396Noel Valentine
Island Bay Arnold Nordmeyer 2,806 Saul Goldsmith [6]
Karori Jack Marshall 5,270Peter Blizard
Lyttelton Norman Kirk 2,121Peter de Latour
Manawatu Blair Tennent Les Gandar 2,298E J Hemmingsen
Manukau Colin Moyle 2,728Max Louis Peers
Manurewa Phil Amos 2,389B F Kimpton
Marlborough Tom Shand 732 Gerry Wall
Marsden Don McKay 4,077O J Lewis
Miramar Bill Fox Bill Young 146Bill Fox
Mt Albert Warren Freer 2,654Tom Hibbert
Napier Jim Edwards Gordon Christie 393M Kidson
Nelson Stanley Whitehead 2,045E B Slack
New Lynn Rex Mason Jonathan Hunt 3,727Kevin Patrick Lynch
New Plymouth Ernest Aderman Ron Barclay 78Brian Clark
North Shore Dean Eyre George Gair 1,108 Michael Bassett
Onehunga Hugh Watt 4,265Daphne Double
Otago Central John George 2,305B O Griffiths
Otaki Allan McCready 3,575Glen Herbert
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 5,291F M O'Brien
Pakuranga Bob Tizard 2,259Victor David Thompson
Palmerston North Bill Brown 259 Joe Walding
Petone Mick Moohan 2,607Joe Miller
Piako Geoffrey Sim Jack Luxton 3,884Myles Edward Barroclough
Porirua Henry May 1,928C R B Stevenson
Raglan Douglas Carter 1,659Ronald Nelson Little
Rangiora Lorrie Pickering 957 Whetu Tirikatene
Rangitikei Norman Shelton 4,005Russell Wiseman
Remuera Ronald Algie Allan Highet 6,660Bill Nairn
Riccarton Mick Connelly 2,725Ian Wilson
Rodney Jack Scott 2,722Nevern McConachy
Roskill Arthur Faulkner 3,822A W G Cook
Rotorua Harry Lapwood 2,298Frank Knipe
St Albans Bert Walker 2,575Ted Adcock
St Kilda Bill Fraser 2,809R M Hall
Selwyn John McAlpine Colin McLachlan 2,597Thomas Kelvin Campbell
Stratford David Thomson 4,115David Butler
Sydenham Mabel Howard 3,947Helen Garrett
Tamaki Robert Muldoon 2,827Kevin Ryan
Taupo Rona Stevenson 258 Barry Gustafson
Tauranga George Walsh 2,299 Olive Smuts-Kennedy
Timaru Sir Basil Arthur 3,108N S Brown
Waimarino Roy Jack 2,491Shaun Alex Cameron
Waipa Leslie Munro 3,081N R D Shewan
Wairarapa Haddon Donald 533 Jack Williams
Waitakere Martyn Finlay 3,813 Peter Wilkinson
Waitaki Allan Dick 2,009 Stan Rodger
Waitemata Norman King 3,832Terry Power
Waitomo David Seath 4,442Arthur John Ingram
Wallace Brian Talboys 3,965 Aubrey Begg
Wanganui George Spooner 908John Grace
Wellington Central Dan Riddiford 1,713 Rolland O'Regan
Westland Paddy Blanchfield 4,041George Kenneth Aitken Ferguson
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori Puti Tipene Watene 3,121 Arnold Reedy [7]
Northern Maori Matiu Rata 4,297F R Wilcox
Southern Maori Eruera Tirikatene 3,832Baden Pere
Western Maori Iriaka Rātana 5,580T M Te Heuheu

By-elections during 35th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 35th Parliament.

Electorate and by-electionDateIncumbentCauseWinner
Southern Maori 1967 11 March Eruera Tirikatene Death Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
Fendalton 1967 15 April Harry Lake Death Eric Holland
Petone 1967 15 April Michael Moohan Death Fraser Colman
Eastern Maori 1967 12 August Puti Tipene Watene Death Paraone Reweti
Palmerston North 1967 2 December Bill Brown Death Joe Walding
Hutt 1968 3 August Walter Nash Death Trevor Young

Notes

  1. 1 2 "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 173.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 142.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–92.
  5. ↑ Norton 1988.
  6. ↑ Gustafson 1986, pp. 364f.
  7. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 383.

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