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34th New Zealand Parliament

Parliament elected 30 November 1963

Field	Value
name	34th Parliament of New Zealand
image	File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	[1963 New Zealand general election](1963-new-zealand-general-election)
government	Second National Government
term_start	10 June 1964
term_end	29 October 1966
before	[33rd Parliament](33rd-new-zealand-parliament)
after	[35th Parliament](35th-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	Ronald Algie
chamber1_leader2_type	Prime Minister
chamber1_leader2	Keith Holyoake
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	Norman Kirk
— Arnold Nordmeyer until [16 December 1965](1965-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

— Arnold Nordmeyer until 16 December 1965 The 34th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1963 general election on 30 November of that year.

1963 general election

Main article: 1963 New Zealand general election

The 1963 general election was held on Saturday, 30 November. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 52 represented North Island electorates, 24 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 . 1,345,836 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.6%.

Sessions

The 34th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 21 October 1966.

Session	Opened	Adjourned
first	10 June 1964	4 December 1964
second	27 May 1965	1 November 1965
third	26 May 1966	21 October 1966

Ministries

The National Party had come to power at the , and Keith Holyoake had 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 1963 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation	Members	At [1963 election](1963-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 34th Parliament

The 34th Parliament was the first term of parliament during which there were no by-elections held.

Notes

References

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References

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

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