The 28th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1946 general election in November of that year.
28th Parliament of New Zealand | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||||
Term | 24 June 1947 – 21 October 1949 | ||||
Election | 1946 New Zealand general election | ||||
Government | First Labour Government | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 80 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Robert McKeen | ||||
Prime Minister | Peter Fraser | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | Sidney Holland | ||||
Legislative Council | |||||
Members | 36 (at start) 33 (at end) | ||||
Speaker of the Council | Bernard Martin from 29 June 1948 — Mark Fagan until 31 December 1947 † | ||||
Leader of the Council | David Wilson | ||||
Sovereign | |||||
Monarch | HM George VI | ||||
Governor-General | HE Lt. Gen. The Lord Freyberg |
The 1946 general election was held on Tuesday, 26 November in the Māori electorates and on Wednesday, 27 November in the general electorates, respectively.[1] A total of 80 MPs were elected; 49 represented North Island electorates, 27 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates.[2] 1,081,898 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 93.5%.[1]
The 28th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 3 November 1949:[3]
Session | Opened | Adjourned |
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first | 24 June 1947 | 27 November 1947 |
second | 22 June 1948 | 3 December 1948 |
third | 28 June 1949 | 21 October 1949 |
Peter Fraser of the Labour Party had been Prime Minister since 27 March 1940. He had formed the first Fraser Ministry on 1 April 1940 and the second Fraser Ministry on 30 April 1940.[4] The second Fraser Ministry remained in power until its defeat by the National Party at the 1949 election.[5][6]
Party | Leader(s) | Seats | |
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Labour Party | Peter Fraser | 42 | |
National Party | Sidney Holland | 38 |
The table below shows the results of the 1946 general election:
Key
Table footnotes:
There were a number of changes during the term of the 28th Parliament.
Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | |||
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Avon | 1947 | 28 May | Dan Sullivan | Death | Jock Mathison | ||
Mount Albert | 1947 | 24 September | Arthur Richards | Death | Warren Freer | ||
Westland | 1947 | 3 December | James O'Brien | Death | Jim Kent |