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The 28th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It was elected at the 1946 general election in November of that year.
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1946 general election
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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]
Sessions
The 28th Parliament sat for five sessions, and was prorogued on 3 November 1949:[3]
Session | Opened | Adjouned |
---|---|---|
first | 24 June 1947 | 27 November 1947 |
second | 22 June 1948 | 3 December 1948 |
third | 28 June 1949 | 21 October 1949 |
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]
Members
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[28][29]
By-elections during 28th Parliament
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 | James Kent |
Notes
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- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 90.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 70.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 50.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, pp. 50–51.
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wilson 1985, p. 225.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Wilson 1985, p. 180.
- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 315.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 237.
- ↑ Norton 1988, p. 200.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 198.
- ↑ Norton 1988, p. 212.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 197.
- ↑ Norton 1988, p. 220.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 190.
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- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 382.
- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 387.
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- ↑ Gustafson 1986, pp. 323f.
- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 334.
- ↑ Gustafson 1986, pp. 360f.
- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 375.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 245.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 179.
- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 389.
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- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 367.
- ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 377.
References
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