32nd New Zealand Parliament
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The 32nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1957 general election on 30 November of that year.
1957 general election
The 1957 general election was held on Saturday, 30 November.[1] A total of 80 MPs were elected; 51 represented North Island electorates, 25 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 1954 election.[2] 1,252,329 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 92.9%.[1]
Sessions
The 32nd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1958), and was prorogued on 28 October 1960.[3]
| Session | Opened | Adjouned |
|---|---|---|
| first | 21 January 1958 | 31 January 1958 |
| second | 10 June 1958 | 3 October 1958 |
| third | 24 June 1959 | 23 October 1959 |
| fourth | 22 June 1960 | 28 October 1960 |
Ministries
The National Party under Sidney Holland had been in power since the 1949 election as the first National Government, and Holland remained in charge until he stepped down due to ill health in September 1957 some two months prior to the 1957 election. Holland was succeeded by Keith Holyoake, but the Labour Party narrowly defeated National at the 1957 election, and the government changed in mid-December of that year. Walter Nash formed the Nash Ministry, which was in power from 12 December 1957 until the defeat of the second Labour Government at the next election in 1960.[4]
Initial composition of the 32nd Parliament
Template:New Zealand general election, 1957
By-elections during 32nd Parliament
There was one by-election during the term of the 32nd Parliament.
| Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 1959 | 2 May | Dame Hilda Ross | Death | Lance Adams-Schneider | ||
Notes
- ^ a b "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 142.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 86–88.
References
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - 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.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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