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28th New Zealand Parliament

1946–1949 term of the then bicameral legislature

Field	Value
name	28th Parliament of New Zealand
image	File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1946 New Zealand general election](1946-new-zealand-general-election)
government	First Labour Government
term_start	24 June 1947
term_end	21 October 1949
before	[27th Parliament](27th-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[29th Parliament](29th-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1	House of Representatives
chamber1_image	File:28th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership1	80
chamber1_leader1_type	Speaker of the House
chamber1_leader1	Robert McKeen
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)
33 (at end)
chamber2_leader1_type	Speaker of the Council
chamber2_leader1	Bernard Martin from 29 June 1948
— Mark Fagan until 31 December 1947 †
chamber2_leader2_type	Leader of the Council
chamber2_leader2	David Wilson
chamber3	Sovereign
chamber3_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber3_leader1	HM George VI
chamber3_leader2_type	Governor-General
chamber3_leader2	HE Lt. Gen. The Lord Freyberg

33 (at end) — Mark Fagan until 31 December 1947 † The 28th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1946 general election in November of that year.

1946 general election

Main article: 1946 New Zealand general election

The 1946 general election was held on Tuesday, 26 November in the Māori electorates and on Wednesday, 27 November in the general electorates, respectively. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 49 represented North Island electorates, 27 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates. 1,081,898 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 93.5%.

Sessions

The 28th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 3 November 1949:

Session	Opened	Adjourned
first	24 June 1947	27 November 1947
second	22 June 1948	3 December 1948
third	28 June 1949	21 October 1949

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 .

Party standings

Party	Leader(s)	Seats
	Labour Party	Peter Fraser
	National Party	Sidney Holland

Members

Initial MPs

By-elections during 28th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 28th 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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