28th New Zealand Parliament (original) (raw)
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1946–1949 term of the then bicameral legislature
| 28th Parliament of New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| ←27th Parliament 29th Parliament→ | |
 Parliament House, Wellington |
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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 | |
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| 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 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.
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]
The 28th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 3 November 1949:[3]
| Session | Opened | Adjourned |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Peter Fraser | |
| National Party | Sidney Holland |
The table below shows the results of the 1946 general election:
Key
Electorate results for the 1946 New Zealand general election[8][9]
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
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There were a number of changes during the term of the 28th Parliament.
| Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 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 |
- ^ a b "General elections 1853–2005 – dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 90.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 70.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 50.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, pp. 50–51.
- ^ Beaglehole, Tim. "Fraser, Peter". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "1890–1993 general elections | Elections". elections.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "The Lists Close". No. 25951. Evening Star. 16 November 1946. p. 9.
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 225.
- ^ a b Wilson 1985, p. 180.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 315.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 237.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 200.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 198.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 212.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, pp. 323f.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 197.
- ^ Norton 1988, p. 220.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 190.
- ^ Milton-Tee, Ann. "Harry Heaton Barker". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 382.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 387.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 334.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, pp. 360f.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 375.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 245.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 179.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 389.
- ^ "Claude Horace Weston". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 9 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph.
- ^ "General Election". Auckland Star. Vol. LXXIV, no. 203. 27 August 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Chivers, E Frank, DSM, MID". Torpedo Bay Navy Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 367.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 377.
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.