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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Infobox legislative term The 31st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1954 general election on 13 November of that year.

1954 general election

Шаблон:Main The 1954 general election was held on Saturday, 13 November.[1] A total of 80 MPs were elected; 50 represented North Island electorates, 26 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 1,209,670 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 91.4%.[1]

Sessions

The 31st Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 25 October 1957.Шаблон:Sfn

Session Opened Adjourned
first 22 March 1955 28 October 1955
second 4 April 1956 26 October 1956
third 11 June 1957 25 October 1957

Ministries

The National Party under Sidney Holland had been in power since the Шаблон:NZ election link, and Holland remained in charge until 1957, when 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.Шаблон:Sfn

Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1954 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation Members
At 1954 election At dissolution
Шаблон:Party name with color Government 45 45
Шаблон:Party name with color 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 31st Parliament

{{#section:1954 New Zealand general election|Electorate results}}

By-elections during 31st Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 31st Parliament.

Шаблон:New Zealand by-elections during the 31st Parliament
Electorate and by-election Date Incumbent Cause Winner

Notes

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References