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20th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Field	Value
name	20th Parliament of New Zealand
image	Corner of Bowen Street and Lambton Quay, circa 1929 (cropped).jpg
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1919 New Zealand general election](1919-new-zealand-general-election)
government	Reform Government
term_start	14 June 1920
term_end	31 October 1922
before	[19th Parliament](19th-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[21st Parliament](21st-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1	House of Representatives
chamber1_image	File:20th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership1	80
chamber1_leader1_type	Speaker of the House
chamber1_leader1	Frederic Lang
chamber1_leader2_type	Prime Minister
chamber1_leader2	William Massey
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	Thomas Wilford from 8 September 1920
— William MacDonald until 31 August 1920 †
chamber2	Legislative Council
membership2	43 (at start)
38 (at end)
chamber2_leader1_type	Speaker of the Council
chamber2_leader1	Sir Walter Carncross
chamber2_leader2_type	Leader of the Council
chamber2_leader2	Sir Francis Bell
chamber3	Sovereign
chamber3_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber3_leader1	HM George V
chamber3_leader2_type	Governor-General
chamber3_leader2	HE Rt. Hon. The Viscount Jellicoe from 27 September 1920
— HE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Liverpool until 8 July 1920

| chamber1_alt– = — William MacDonald until 31 August 1920 † 38 (at end) — HE Rt. Hon. The Earl of Liverpool until 8 July 1920 The 20th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1919 general election in December of that year.

1919 general election

Main article: 1919 New Zealand general election

The 1919 general election was held on Tuesday, 16 December in the Māori electorates and on Wednesday, 17 December in the general electorates, respectively. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 45 represented North Island electorates, 31 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates. 683,420 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 80.5%.

Sessions

The 20th Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1921), and was prorogued on 30 November 1922.

Session	Opened	Adjourned
first	24 June 1920	11 November 1920
second	10 March 1921	22 March 1921
third	22 September 1921	11 February 1922
fourth	28 June 1922	31 October 1922

Party standings

Start of Parliament

	Independent	4

End of Parliament

	Independents	7

Ministries

The wartime coalition between the Reform Party and the Liberal Party had come to an end by August 1919. William Massey of the Reform Party had been the leader of the coalition, with Joseph Ward of the Liberal Party as the deputy. Ward left the coalition because it had become deeply unpopular with the population. Massey then formed the second Massey Ministry on 25 August 1919 and remained in power during the term of the 20th Parliament and beyond until his death on 10 May 1925.

Initial composition of the 20th Parliament

By-elections during 20th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 20th Parliament.

Electorate and by-election	Date	Incumbent	Cause	Winner

Notes

References

"General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand.
"1890–1993 general elections {{!}} Elections".
{{DNZB. Gustafson. Barry. 2m39. Massey, William Ferguson - Biography. 10 December 2011

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