The 36th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the
New Zealand Parliament
The New Zealand Parliament ( mi, Pāremata Aotearoa) is the unicameral legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the King of New Zealand (King-in-Parliament) and the New Zealand House of Representatives. The King is usually represented by hi ...
. It was elected at the
1969 general election on 29 November of that year.
1969 general election
The 1969 general election was held on Saturday, 29 November.
A total of 84
MPs were elected; 55 represented
North Island electorates, 25 represented
South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented
Māori electorates
In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, colloquially known as the Māori seats, are a special category of electorate that give reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament. Every area in New Zealand is ...
; this was an increase in the number of MPs by four since the . 1,519,889 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 88.9%.
Sessions
The 36th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 20 October 1972.
Ministries
The
National Party had come to power at the , and
Keith Holyoake
Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, (; 11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was the 26th prime minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also the 13th governor-general of New Zealand, serving from 1977 ...
had formed the second Holyoake Ministry on 12 December 1960, which stayed in power until Holyoake stepped down in early 1972. He was succeeded by
Jack Marshall
Sir John Ross Marshall New Zealand Army Orders 1952/405 (5 March 1912 – 30 August 1988) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He entered Parliament in 1946 and was first promoted to Cabinet in 1951. After spending twelve years ...
, who formed the Marshall Ministry on 7 February of that year. The
second National Government was defeated at the 25 November .
Overview of seats
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1969 election and at dissolution:
Notes
*The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
Initial composition of the 36th Parliament
By-elections during 36th Parliament
There was one by-election held during the term of the 36th Parliament.
Notes
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