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24th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Field	Value
name	24th Parliament of New Zealand
image	File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1931 New Zealand general election](1931-new-zealand-general-election)
government	United–Reform coalition Government
term_start	23 February 1932
term_end	26 October 1935
before	[23rd Parliament](23rd-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[25th Parliament](25th-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1	House of Representatives
chamber1_image	File:24th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership1	80
chamber1_leader1_type	Speaker of the House
chamber1_leader1	Charles Statham
chamber1_leader2_type	Prime Minister
chamber1_leader2	George Forbes
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	Michael Joseph Savage from [12 October 1933](1933-new-zealand-labour-party-leadership-election)
— Harry Holland until 8 October 1933 †
chamber2	Legislative Council
membership2	35 (at start)
28 (at end)
chamber2_leader1_type	Speaker of the Council
chamber2_leader1	Sir Walter Carncross
chamber2_leader2_type	Leader of the Council
chamber2_leader2	Robert Masters
chamber3	Sovereign
chamber3_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber3_leader1	HM George V
chamber3_leader2_type	Governor-General
chamber3_leader2	HE Rt. Hon. The Viscount Galway from 12 April 1935
— HE Rt. Hon. The Lord Bledisloe until 15 March 1935
session1_start	23 February 1932
session1_end	28 October 1932
session2_start	1 November 1932
session2_end	10 March 1933
session3_start	21 September 1933
session3_end	22 December 1933
session4_start	28 June 1934
session4_end	5 April 1935
session5_start	29 August 1935
session5_end	26 October 1935

— Harry Holland until 8 October 1933 † 28 (at end) — HE Rt. Hon. The Lord Bledisloe until 15 March 1935 The 24th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It opened on 23 February 1932, following the 1931 election. It was dissolved on 1 November 1935 in preparation for the 1935 election. The 24th Parliament was extended by one year because the 1935 election was held later than anticipated due to the ongoing depression, similarly the 1919, and the 1943 elections were held two years late, having been postponed during World War I and World War II respectively.

The Prime Minister during the 24th Parliament was George Forbes, leader of the United Party. Many commentators at the time, however, alleged that Gordon Coates, leader of the larger Reform Party, had the greater influence.

The 24th Parliament consisted of eighty representatives, each elected from separate geographical electorates.

Ministries

The 24th Parliament was led by a coalition of the Reform Party and the United Party; Reform had twenty-eight seats, United had nineteen, and there were four pro-coalition independents. The primary opposition was from the Labour Party, which had twenty-four seats. The small Country Party had one seat, and there were four non-aligned independents. The distribution of seats between three large parties (also a feature of the previous parliament) was relatively unusual, as New Zealand tended towards a two-party system at the time.

The coalition government had been formed on 22 September 1931 during the term of the previous Parliament. During the difficult times of the Great Depression, Forbes had wanted to form a grand coalition with the Labour Party and the Reform Party. Labour refused, but Reform went into a coalition government with United from September 1931.

Party standings

Start of Parliament

	Independents	8

End of Parliament

	Independents	7

Electoral boundaries

Members

Initial MPs

By-elections during 24th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 24th Parliament.

Electorate and by-election	Date	Incumbent	Cause	Winner

Summary of changes

Tuiti Makitanara, the United MP for Southern Maori, died on 26 June 1932. The resulting 1932 by-election was won by Eruera Tirikatene, an independent candidate associated with the Rātana religious movement.
George Black, the independent MP for Motueka, died on 7 October 1932. The resulting 1932 by-election was won by Keith Holyoake of the Reform Party.
James McCombs, the Labour MP for Lyttelton, died on 2 August 1933. The resulting 1933 by-election Labour victory by his wife, Elizabeth McCombs, made her the first woman to win election to the New Zealand Parliament.
Harry Holland, leader of the Labour Party and MP for Buller, died on 8 October 1933. The resulting 1933 by-election was won by Paddy Webb, also of the Labour Party.
Elizabeth McCombs died on 7 June 1935, twenty-two months after her husband's death, and the resulting 1935 by-election returned her son, Terry McCombs.

Notes

References

{{DNZB. Gardner. W. J.. 3f9. Forbes, George William - Biography. 11 December 2011

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