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27th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Field	Value
name	27th Parliament of New Zealand
image	File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1943 New Zealand general election](1943-new-zealand-general-election)
government	First Labour Government
term_start	22 February 1944
term_end	12 October 1946
before	[26th Parliament](26th-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[28th Parliament](28th-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1	House of Representatives
chamber1_image	File:27th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership1	80
chamber1_leader1_type	Speaker of the House
chamber1_leader1	Bill Schramm
chamber1_leader2_type	Prime Minister
chamber1_leader2	Peter Fraser
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	Sidney Holland
chamber2	Legislative Council
membership2	36 (at start)
37 (at end)
chamber2_leader1_type	Speaker of the Council
chamber2_leader1	Mark Fagan
chamber3	Sovereign
chamber3_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber3_leader1	HM George VI
chamber3_leader2_type	Governor-General
chamber3_leader2	HE Lt. Gen. The Lord Freyberg from 17 June 1946
— HE Rt. Hon. Sir Cyrill Newall until 19 April 1946

37 (at end) — HE Rt. Hon. Sir Cyrill Newall until 19 April 1946 The 27th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1943 general election in September of that year.

1943 general election

Main article: 1943 New Zealand general election

The 1943 general election was held on Friday, 24 September in the Māori electorates and on Saturday, 25 September in the general electorates, respectively. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 48 represented North Island electorates, 28 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates. 1,021,034 civilian voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 82.8%. In addition, 92,934 military votes were cast.

Sessions

The 27th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 4 November 1946. The twenty-seventh parliament absent-mindedly increased its own life in 1946 when it was forgotten that because of the 24 to 25 September election in 1943 its three years of life ended on 11 October. The House convened to conclude the session on the subsequent day, but no business was conducted. It remained undissolved until 4 November 1946. for election on 26 and 27 November.

Session	Opened	Adjourned
first	22 February 1944	15 December 1944
second	27 June 1945	7 December 1945
third	26 June 1946	12 October 1946

Ministries

Peter Fraser of the Labour Party had been Prime Minister since 27 March 1940. He had formed the first Fraser Ministry on 1 April 1940 and the second Fraser Ministry on 30 April 1940. The second Fraser Ministry remained in power until its defeat by the National Party at the .

A War Cabinet had been formed on 16 July 1940, which held the responsibility for all decisions relating to New Zealand's involvement in World War II. The War Cabinet was dissolved on 21 August 1945.

Party standings

Start of Parliament

	Independents	1

End of Parliament

Party	Leader(s)	Seats at end
	Labour Party	Peter Fraser
	National Party	Sidney Holland
	Independents	1

Members

Initial MPs

By-elections during 27th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 27th Parliament.

Electorate and by-election	Date	Incumbent	Cause	Winner

Notes

References

"General elections 1853–2005 – dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand.
{{DNZB. Beaglehole. Tim. 4f22. Fraser, Peter. 11 December 2011. Tim Beaglehole
"1890–1993 general elections {{!}} Elections".

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