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 were elected; 52 represented North Island electorates, 24 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 1960 election. 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 1960 election, 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 1972 election 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 table below shows the results of the 1963 general election:
Key
National Labour Social Credit
The 34th Parliament was the first term of parliament during which there were no by-elections held.
Notes
References
- Sources
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- 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.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
