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.
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1966 general election 1
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Sessions 2
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Ministries 3
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By-elections during 35th Parliament 4
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Notes 5
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References 6
1966 general election
The 1966 general election was held on Saturday, 26 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 the same distribution used since the 1963 election. 1,409,600 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 86.0%.[1]
Sessions
The 35th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 24 October 1969.
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Session
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Opened
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Adjouned
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first
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26 April 1967
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24 November 1967
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second
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26 June 1968
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19 December 1968
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third
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15 May 1969
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24 October 1969
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Ministries
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.
By-elections during 35th Parliament
There were a number of changes during the term of the 35th Parliament.
Notes
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^ a b "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
References
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Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer.
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