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35th New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

Field	Value
name	35th Parliament of New Zealand
image	File:Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand (50).JPG
caption	Parliament House, Wellington
body	New Zealand Parliament
election	1966 New Zealand general election
government	Second National Government
term_start	26 April 1967
term_end	24 October 1969
before	34th Parliament
after	36th Parliament
website
chamber1	House of Representatives
chamber1_image	File:35th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
membership1	80
chamber1_leader1_type	Speaker of the House
chamber1_leader1	Roy Jack
chamber1_leader2_type	Prime Minister
chamber1_leader2	Keith Holyoake
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader3	Norman Kirk
chamber2	Sovereign
chamber2_leader1_type	Monarch
chamber2_leader1	HM Elizabeth II
chamber2_leader2_type	Governor-General
chamber2_leader2	Sir Arthur Porritt from 1 December 1967
— HE Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson until 20 October 1967

— HE Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson until 20 October 1967 The 35th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1966 general election on 26 November of that year.

1966 general election

Main article: 1966 New Zealand general election

The 1966 general election was held on Saturday, 26 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 the same distribution used since the . 1,409,600 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 86.0%.

Sessions

The 35th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 24 October 1969.

Session	Opened	Adjourned
first	26 April 1967	24 November 1967
second	26 June 1968	19 December 1968
third	15 May 1969	24 October 1969

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 1966 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation	Members	At 1966 election
	44	43
Government total
Opposition	35	36
	1	1
Opposition total	36	37
Total
80	80
Working Government majority	8	6

Notes

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

Initial composition of the 35th Parliament

By-elections during 35th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 35th Parliament.

Electorate and by-election	Date	Incumbent	Cause	Winner

Notes

References

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

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