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28th New Zealand Parliament
1946–1949 term of the then bicameral legislature From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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1946 general election
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]
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Sessions
The 28th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 3 November 1949:[3]
Ministries
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]
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Initial MPs
The table below shows the results of the 1946 general election:
Key
Table footnotes:
- Harry Atmore, the previous holder of the Nelson electorate, died on 20 August 1946
- Claude Weston died suddenly on 10 November 1946 and was replaced by his wife[29][30]
By-elections during 28th Parliament
There were a number of changes during the term of the 28th Parliament.
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