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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.

Contents [hide] 1 1957 general election 2 Sessions 3 Ministries 4 By-elections during 32nd Parliament 5 Notes 6 References

[edit]1957 general election

The 1957 general election was held on Saturday, 30 November.^[1] 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 the1954 election.^[2] 1,252,329 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 92.9%.^[1]

[edit]Sessions

The 32nd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1958), and was prorogued on 28 October 1960.^[3]

Session	Opened	Adjouned
first	21 January 1958	31 January 1958
second	10 June 1958	3 October 1958
third	24 June 1959	23 October 1959
fourth	22 June 1960	28 October 1960

[edit]Ministries

The National Party under Sidney Holland had been in power since the 1949 election 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 1957 election. 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 1960.^[4]

[edit]By-elections during 32nd Parliament

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

Electorate and by-election		Date	Incumbent		Cause	Winner
Hamilton	1959	2 May		Hilda Ross	Death		Lance Adams-Schneider