35th New Zealand Parliament Last updated January 15, 2026 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 . 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.
Session Opened Adjourned first 26 April 1967 24 November 1967 second 26 June 1968 19 December 1968 third 15 May 1969 24 October 1969
Overview of seats The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1966 election and at dissolution:
Notes
The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties. 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 Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up General electorates Ashburton Geoff Gerard Rob Talbot 983 John Srhoy Auckland Central Norman Douglas 2,562 Marie Quinn Avon John Mathison 5,232 Dick Dawson Awarua Gordon Grieve 3,222 M E Booker Bay of Plenty Percy Allen 3,596 Leonard Thomas Fischer Buller Bill Rowling 1,822 Ernie King Christchurch Central Robert Macfarlane 1,409 Fred Francis Clutha Peter Gordon 3,312 Les McKay Dunedin Central Brian MacDonell 1,245 John Farry Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 2,833 George Barry Gerard Eden John Rae 2,548 John William Stewart Egmont William Sheat Venn Young 3,262 H N Johnston Fendalton Harry Lake 2,271 Bruce Barclay Franklin Alfred E. Allen 5,083 Ron Ng-Waishing Gisborne Esme Tombleson 1,432 Bob MacDonald Grey Lynn Ritchie Macdonald 4,399 Horace Alexander Nash Hamilton Lance Adams-Schneider 2,225 Bob Reese Hastings Duncan MacIntyre 2,129 Sonja Davies Hauraki Arthur Kinsella 2,336 Henry Uttinger Hawkes Bay Richard Harrison 3,915 L K Evans Heretaunga Ron Bailey 2,647 Ian Ross Hobson Logan Sloane Vernon Cracknell 490 Logan Sloane Hutt Sir Walter Nash 1,949 John Kennedy-Good Invercargill Ralph Hanan 2,396 Noel Valentine Island Bay Arnold Nordmeyer 2,806 Saul Goldsmith Karori Jack Marshall 5,270 Peter Blizard Lyttelton Norman Kirk 2,121 Peter de Latour Manawatu Blair Tennent Les Gandar 2,298 Ernie Hemmingsen Manukau Colin Moyle 2,728 Max Louis Peers Manurewa Phil Amos 2,389 B F Kimpton Marlborough Tom Shand 732 Gerry Wall Marsden Don McKay 4,077 O J Lewis Miramar Bill Fox Bill Young 146 Bill Fox Mt Albert Warren Freer 2,654 Tom Hibbert Napier Jim Edwards Gordon Christie 393 Maurice Kidson Nelson Stan Whitehead 2,045 Edwin Slack New Lynn Rex Mason Jonathan Hunt 3,727 Kevin Patrick Lynch New Plymouth Ernest Aderman Ron Barclay 78 Brian Clark North Shore Dean Eyre George Gair 1,108 Michael Bassett Onehunga Hugh Watt 4,265 Daphne Double Otago Central Jack George 2,305 Brian Griffiths Otaki Allan McCready 3,575 Glen Herbert Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 5,291 F M O'Brien Pakuranga Bob Tizard 2,259 Victor David Thompson Palmerston North Bill Brown 259 Joe Walding Petone Mick Moohan 2,607 Joe Miller Piako Geoffrey Sim Jack Luxton 3,884 Myles Edward Barroclough Porirua Henry May 1,928 Rick Stevenson Raglan Douglas Carter 1,659 Ronald Nelson Little Rangiora Lorrie Pickering 957 Te Rino Tirikatene Rangitikei Norman Shelton 4,005 Russell Wiseman Remuera Ronald Algie Allan Highet 6,660 Bill Nairn Riccarton Mick Connelly 2,725 Ian Wilson Rodney Jack Scott 2,722 Nevern McConachy Roskill Arthur Faulkner 3,822 Anthony Cook Rotorua Harry Lapwood 2,298 Frank Knipe St Albans Bert Walker 2,575 Ted Adcock St Kilda Bill Fraser 2,809 R M Hall Selwyn John McAlpine Colin McLachlan 2,597 Thomas Kelvin Campbell Stratford David Thomson 4,115 David Butler Sydenham Mabel Howard 3,947 Helen Garrett Tamaki Robert Muldoon 2,827 Kevin Ryan Taupo Rona Stevenson 258 Barry Gustafson Tauranga George Walsh 2,299 Olive Smuts-Kennedy Timaru Sir Basil Arthur 3,108 Norman Stanley Brown Waimarino Roy Jack 2,491 Shaun Alex Cameron Waipa Leslie Munro 3,081 Neil Roger David Shewan Wairarapa Haddon Donald 533 Jack Williams Waitakere Martyn Finlay 3,813 Peter Wilkinson Waitaki Allan Dick 2,009 Stan Rodger Waitemata Norman King 3,832 Terry Power Waitomo David Seath 4,442 Arthur John Ingram Wallace Brian Talboys 3,965 Aubrey Begg Wanganui George Spooner 908 John Grace Wellington Central Dan Riddiford 1,713 Rolland O'Regan Westland Paddy Blanchfield 4,041 George Ferguson Māori electorates Eastern Maori Puti Tipene Watene 3,121 Arnold Reedy Northern Maori Matiu Rata 4,297 F R Wilcox Southern Maori Eruera Tirikatene 3,832 Baden Pere Western Maori Iriaka Rātana 5,580 Timi Te Heuheu
By-elections during 35th Parliament There were a number of changes during the term of the 35th Parliament.
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