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33rd New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Field	Value
name	33rd Parliament of New Zealand
image	File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1960 New Zealand general election](1960-new-zealand-general-election)
government	Second National Government
term_start	20 June 1961
term_end	25 October 1963
before	[32nd Parliament](32nd-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[34th Parliament](34th-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	Ronald Algie
chamber1_leader2_type	Prime Minister
chamber1_leader2	Keith Holyoake
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	Arnold Nordmeyer
— Walter Nash until [31 March 1963](1963-new-zealand-labour-party-leadership-election)
chamber2	Sovereign
chamber2_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber2_leader1	HM Elizabeth II
chamber2_leader2_type	Governor-General
chamber2_leader2	HE Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson from 9 November 1962
— HE The Viscount Cobham until 13 September 1962

— Walter Nash until 31 March 1963 — HE The Viscount Cobham until 13 September 1962}} The 33rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1960 general election on 26 November of that year.

1960 general election

Main article: 1960 New Zealand general election

The 1960 general election was held on Saturday, 26 November. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 51 represented North Island electorates, 25 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was the same distribution used since the . 1,310,742 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.8%.

Sessions

The 33rd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1963), and was prorogued on 25 October 1963.

Session	Opened	Adjourned
first	20 June 1961	1 December 1961
second	7 June 1962	14 December 1962
third	12 February 1963	12 February 1963
fourth	20 June 1963	25 October 1963

Ministries

The Labour Party under Walter Nash had been in power since the as the second Labour Government, but was defeated by the National Party at the by a twelve-seat margin. Keith Holyoake formed the second Holyoake Ministry on 12 December 1960, which stayed in power until Holyoake stepped down in early 1972. The second National Government remained in place until its defeat at the towards the end of that year.

Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1960 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation	Members	At [1960 election](1960-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 composition of the 33rd Parliament

By-elections during 33rd Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 33rd Parliament.

Electorate and by-election	Date	Incumbent	Cause	Winner

Notes

References

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

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