The 34th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the
New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the
1963 general election on 30 November of that year.
1963 general election
The 1963 general election was held on Saturday, 30 November.
A total of 80
MPs
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were elected; 52 represented
North Island
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electorates, 24 represented
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
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 . 1,345,836 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.6%.
Sessions
The 34th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 21 October 1966.
Ministries
The
National Party had come to power at the , 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 towards the end of that year.
Overview of seats
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1963 election and at dissolution:
Notes
*The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
Initial composition of the 34th Parliament
The 34th Parliament was the first term of parliament during which there were no by-elections held.
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