32nd New Zealand Parliament


The 32nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1957 general election on 30 November of that year.

1957 general election

The 1957 general election was held on Saturday, 30 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 a gain of one electorate for the North Island from the South Island since the. 1,252,329 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 92.9%.

Sessions

The 32nd Parliament sat for four sessions, and was prorogued on 28 October 1960.
SessionOpenedAdjouned
first21 January 195831 January 1958
second10 June 19583 October 1958
third24 June 195923 October 1959
fourth22 June 196028 October 1960

Ministries

The National Party under Sidney Holland had been in power since the as the first National Government, and Holland remained in charge until he stepped down due to ill health in September 1957 some two months prior to the. Holland was succeeded by Keith Holyoake, but the Labour Party narrowly defeated National at the 1957 election, and the government changed in mid-December of that year. Walter Nash formed the Nash Ministry, which was in power from 12 December 1957 until the defeat of the second Labour Government at the next election in.

Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1957 election and at dissolution:
Notes

By-elections during 32nd Parliament

There was one by-election during the term of the 32nd Parliament.