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29th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Field	Value
name	29th Parliament of New Zealand
image	File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1949 New Zealand general election](1949-new-zealand-general-election)
government	First National Government
term_start	27 June 1950
term_end	31 July 1951
before	[28th Parliament](28th-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[30th Parliament](30th-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1	House of Representatives
chamber1_image	File:33rd & 29th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership1	80
chamber1_leader1_type	Speaker of the House
chamber1_leader1	Matthew Oram
chamber1_leader2_type	Prime Minister
chamber1_leader2	Sidney Holland
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	Walter Nash from [17 January 1951](1951-new-zealand-labour-party-leadership-election)
— Peter Fraser until 12 December 1950 †
chamber2	Legislative Council
Abolished: 1 December 1950
membership2	54
chamber2_leader1_type	Speaker of the Council
chamber2_leader1	Thomas Bishop
chamber2_leader2_type	Leader of the Council
chamber2_leader2	William Polson
chamber3	Sovereign
chamber3_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber3_leader1	HM George VI
chamber3_leader2_type	Governor-General
chamber3_leader2	HE Lt. Gen. The Lord Freyberg

— Peter Fraser until 12 December 1950 † Abolished: 1 December 1950

The 29th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened in 1950, following the 1949 general election. It was dissolved in 1951 in preparation for the 1951 general election. The governing Labour Party had been defeated in the election by the National Party. This marked the end of the First Labour government and the beginning of the First National government.

Additionally, this Parliament saw the final meeting of the Upper House; the Legislative Council, which was abolished on 1 December 1950, making the New Zealand Parliament a unicameral legislative body.

1949 general election

Main article: 1949 New Zealand general election

The 1949 general election was held on Tuesday, 29 November in the Māori electorates and on Wednesday, 30 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; this was the same distribution used since the . 1,113,852 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 93.5%.

Sessions

The 29th Parliament sat for two sessions, and was prorogued on 18 July 1951.

Session	Opened	Adjourned
first	27 June 1950	1 December 1950
second	26 June 1951	13 July 1951

Ministries

The National Party under Sidney Holland won the 1949 election, defeating Labour's second Fraser Ministry. Holland remained in power until 1957, when he stepped down due to ill health.

Historical context

The National Government appointed 25 new members to the New Zealand Legislative Council (the so-called Suicide Squad), so that the Legislative Council Abolition Bill could be passed. With that legislation, the Legislative Council voted itself out of existence, and New Zealand has been unicameral since the last meeting of the Upper House on 1 December 1950.

Members

Overview

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1949 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation	Members	At [1949 election](1949-new-zealand-general-election)
*Government*	46	46
*Opposition*	34	34
Total
80	80
Working Government majority	12	12

Notes

The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

Initial MPs

By-elections during 29th Parliament

There was one by-election during the term of the 29th Parliament.

Electorate and by-election	Date	Incumbent	Cause	Winner

Notes

References

"General elections 1853–2005 – dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand.
(28 January 2011). "Sound: the end of the Legislative Council". Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

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