Английская Википедия:32nd New Zealand Parliament
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Infobox legislative term 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
Шаблон:Main 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 Шаблон:NZ election link.Шаблон:Sfn 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.Шаблон:Sfn
Session | Opened | Adjourned |
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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 Шаблон:NZ election link 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 Шаблон:NZ election link. 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 Шаблон:NZ election link year.Шаблон:Sfn
Overview of seats
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1957 election and at dissolution:
Affiliation | Members | ||
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At 1957 election | At dissolution | ||
Шаблон:Party name with color Government | 41 | 41 | |
Шаблон:Party name with color Opposition | 39 | 39 | |
Total |
80 | 80 | |
Working Government majority | 2 | 2 |
Notes
- The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
Initial composition of the 32nd Parliament
{{#section:1957 New Zealand general election|Electorate results}}
By-elections during 32nd Parliament
There was one by-election during the term of the 32nd Parliament.
Шаблон:New Zealand by-elections during the 32nd ParliamentElectorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner |
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Notes
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