34th New Zealand Parliament

Parliament elected 30 November 1963

34th Parliament of New Zealand

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Parliament House, Wellington

Overview
Legislative body| New Zealand Parliament
Term| 10 June 1964 – 29 October 1966
Election| 1963 New Zealand general election
Government| Second National Government
House of Representatives

Members| 80
Speaker of the House| Ronald Algie
Prime Minister| Keith Holyoake
Leader of the Opposition| Norman Kirk
— Arnold Nordmeyer until 16 December 1965
Sovereign
Monarch| HM Elizabeth II
Governor-General| HE Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson

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[edit]

Main article: 1963 New Zealand general election

The 1963 general election was held on Saturday, 30 November.[1] 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 1960 election.[2] 1,345,836 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.6%.[1]

## Sessions[edit]

The 34th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 21 October 1966.[3]

Session | Opened | Adjourned

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

## Ministries[edit]

The National Party had come to power at the 1960 election, 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 1972 election towards the end of that year.[4]

## Overview of seats[edit]

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1963 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation  | Members

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At 1963 election | At dissolution
| National Government | 45  | 45
| Labour 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[edit]

The table below shows the results of the 1963 general election:

Key

National Labour Social Credit

Electorate results for the 1963 New Zealand general election[5] Electorate  | Incumbent  | Winner  | Majority  | Runner up

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General electorates
Ashburton |  | Geoff Gerard | 3,419  |  | Albert George Braddick
Auckland Central |  | Norman Douglas | 3,227  |  | John Strevens
Avon |  | John Mathison | 5,117  |  | Stan Dodwell
Awarua |  | Gordon Grieve | 3,373  |  | Noel Valentine
Bay of Plenty |  | Percy Allen | 3,025  |  | Peter Riden
Buller |  | Bill Rowling | 1,671  |  | Ernie King
Christchurch Central |  | Robert Macfarlane | 1,915  |  | Dave Patchett
Clutha |  | Peter Gordon | 3,595  |  | Les McKay
Dunedin Central |  | Phil Connolly |  | Brian MacDonell | 1,170  |  | George Robert Thorn[6]
Dunedin North |  | Ethel McMillan | 2,524  |  | Edgar Whittleston
Eden |  | John Rae | 3,335  |  | Frank Knipe
Egmont |  | William Sheat | 3,047  |  | John Seddon
Fendalton |  | Harry Lake | 2,740  |  | Bruce Barclay
Franklin |  | Alfred E. Allen | 5,848  |  | Ron Ng-Waishing[7]
Gisborne |  | Esme Tombleson | 902  |  | Bob MacDonald[8]
Grey Lynn |  | Reginald Keeling |  | Ritchie Macdonald | 5,240  |  | Jolyon Firth
Hamilton |  | Lance Adams-Schneider | 2,642  |  | J M Cairns
Hastings |  | Duncan MacIntyre | 1,944  |  | Ted Keating
Hauraki |  | Arthur Kinsella | 2,873  |  | George Broad
Hawkes Bay |  | Cyril Harker |  | Richard Harrison | 3,518  |  | John Woolf
Heretaunga |  | Ron Bailey | 2,135  |  | Bob Kimmins
Hobson |  | Logan Sloane | 31  |  | Vernon Cracknell[nb 1]
Hutt |  | Walter Nash | 3,648  |  | Vere Hampson-Tindale
Invercargill |  | Ralph Hanan | 1,934  |  | Oliver James Henderson
Island Bay |  | Arnold Nordmeyer | 2,388  |  | Fairlie Curry
Karori |  | Jack Marshall | 4,020  |  | Keith Spry
Lyttelton |  | Norman Kirk | 2,677  |  | Tom Flint
Manawatu |  | Blair Tennent | 2,513  |  | Leonard Thomas Fischer
Manukau |  | Leon Götz |  | Colin Moyle | 759  |  | Henry Christopher Pryor
Manurewa | New electorate  |  | Phil Amos | 1,524  |  | Leon Götz
Marlborough |  | Tom Shand | 2,111  |  | Bill Kenyon
Marsden |  | Don McKay | 3,942  |  | O J Lewis
Miramar |  | Bill Fox | 416  |  | Bill Young
Mt Albert |  | Warren Freer | 3,018  |  | Jeffrey Lloyd Reid
Napier |  | Jim Edwards | 785  |  | D'Arcy Ormonde Haskell
Nelson |  | Stan Whitehead | 2,610  |  | Peter Malone
New Lynn | New electorate  |  | Rex Mason | 3,052  |  | Charles Alexander McLeod
New Plymouth |  | Ernest Aderman | 474  |  | Ron Barclay
North Shore |  | Dean Eyre | 2,757  |  | Reginald Keeling
Onehunga |  | Hugh Watt | 5,127  |  | J P Mason
Otago Central |  | John George | 2,675  |  | Stan Rodger
Otaki |  | Allan McCready | 3,014  |  | George McDonald
Pahiatua |  | Keith Holyoake | 5,733  |  | Ernie Hemmingsen
Pakuranga | New electorate  |  | Bob Tizard | 2,015  |  | Roland Neville-White
Palmerston North |  | Bill Brown | 772  |  | Philip Skoglund
Petone |  | Mick Moohan | 2,448  |  | Peter Love
Piako |  | Stan Goosman |  | Geoffrey Sim | 5,526  |  | N R D Shewan
Porirua | New electorate  |  | Henry May | 3,161  |  | Joseph W. Miller
Raglan |  | Douglas Carter | 1,850  |  | Henry Uttinger
Rangiora | New electorate  |  | Lorrie Pickering | 1,425  |  | Te Rino Tirikatene
Rangitikei |  | Norman Shelton | 4,307  |  | Russell Wiseman
Remuera |  | Ronald Algie | 7,001  |  | Frederick Nelson Goodall
Riccarton |  | Mick Connelly | 2,550  |  | Ian Wilson
Rodney |  | Jack Scott | 4,320  |  | Chris Pickett
Roskill |  | Arthur Faulkner | 3,216  |  | Thomas Tucker
Rotorua |  | Harry Lapwood | 2,217  |  | James Phillip Cranston
Selwyn |  | John McAlpine | 3,371  |  | Francis Edward Smith
St Albans |  | Bert Walker | 2,501  |  | John Palmer
St Kilda |  | Bill Fraser | 2,597  |  | Kevin John Marlow
Stratford |  | Thomas Murray |  | David Thomson | 4,590  |  | J McLafferty
Sydenham |  | Mabel Howard | 5,399  |  | Derek Quigley
Tamaki |  | Robert Muldoon | 3,754  |  | Norman Finch
Taupo | New electorate  |  | Rona Stevenson | 275  |  | Arthur John Ingram
Tauranga |  | George Walsh | 4,545  |  | Gordon Hardaker
Timaru |  | Sir Basil Arthur | 2,831  |  | Maurice John O'Reilly
Waimarino | New electorate  |  | Roy Jack | 1,785  |  | Olive Smuts-Kennedy
Waipa |  | Hallyburton Johnstone |  | Leslie Munro | 3,165  |  | Ronald Nelson Little
Wairarapa |  | Bert Cooksley |  | Haddon Donald | 501  |  | Jack Williams
Waitaki |  | Allan Dick | 2,019  |  | K S Lysaght
Waitakere |  | Rex Mason |  | Martyn Finlay | 2,895  |  | Horace Alexander Nash
Waitemata |  | Norman King | 2,919  |  | Butch Pugh
Waitomo |  | David Seath | 4,655  |  | H C Brown
Wallace |  | Brian Talboys | 5,740  |  | John Reid
Wanganui |  | George Spooner | 1,397  |  | John Grace
Wellington Central |  | Dan Riddiford | 1,508  |  | Frank Kitts
Westland |  | Paddy Blanchfield | 4,925  |  | Winston Reynolds
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori |  | Tiaki Omana |  | Puti Tipene Watene | 2,566  |  | Arnold Reedy[9]
Northern Maori |  | Matiu Rata | 2,123  |  | James Henare
Southern Maori |  | Eruera Tirikatene | 4,978  |  | Ben Couch
Western Maori |  | Iriaka Rātana | 5,096  |  | Pei Te Hurinui Jones

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

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Vernon Cracknell was first on election night, but lost when special votes were included

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "General elections 1853–2005 – dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
2. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 173.
3. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 142.
4. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 89–92.
5. ^ Norton 1988, pp. ?.
6. ^ Norton 1988, p. 212.
7. ^ "Interview with Ron Ng-Waishing". National Library of New Zealand. 1994. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
8. ^ Norton 1988, p. 228.
9. ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 383.

Sources

* Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
* Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
* Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.