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31st New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Field	Value
name	31st Parliament of New Zealand
image	File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1954 New Zealand general election](1954-new-zealand-general-election)
government	First National Government
term_start	22 March 1955
term_end	25 October 1957
before	[30th Parliament](30th-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[32nd Parliament](32nd-new-zealand-parliament)
website
chamber1	House of Representatives
chamber1_image	File:31st & 34th 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	Keith Holyoake
— Sidney Holland until [20 September 1957](1957-new-zealand-national-party-leadership-election)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	Walter Nash
chamber2	Sovereign
chamber2_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber2_leader1	HM Elizabeth II
chamber2_leader2_type	Governor-General
chamber2_leader2	HE Lt. Gen. The Lord Norrie

— Sidney Holland until 20 September 1957 The 31st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1954 general election on 13 November of that year.

1954 general election

Main article: 1954 New Zealand general election

The 1954 general election was held on Saturday, 13 November. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 50 represented North Island electorates, 26 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was a gain of one electorate for the North Island from the South Island since the . 1,209,670 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 91.4%.

Sessions

The 31st Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 25 October 1957.

Session	Opened	Adjourned
first	22 March 1955	28 October 1955
second	4 April 1956	26 October 1956
third	11 June 1957	25 October 1957

Ministries

The National Party under Sidney Holland had been in power since the , and Holland remained in charge until 1957, when he stepped down due to ill health in September 1957 some two months prior to the . Holland was succeeded by Keith Holyoake, but the Labour Party narrowly defeated National at the 1957 election, and the government changed in mid-December of that year.

Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1954 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation	Members	At [1954 election](1954-new-zealand-general-election)
*Government*	45	45
*Opposition*	35	35
Total
80	80
Working Government majority	10	10

Notes

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

Initial composition of the 31st Parliament

By-elections during 31st Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 31st Parliament.

Electorate and by-election	Date	Incumbent	Cause	Winner

Notes

References

"General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand.

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