The 33rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1960 general election on 26 November of that year.
1960 general election
The 1960 general election was held on Saturday, 26 November. 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 the same distribution used since the . 1,310,742 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.8%.
Sessions The 33rd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1963), and was prorogued on 25 October 1963.
Session Opened Adjourned first 20 June 1961 1 December 1961 second 7 June 1962 14 December 1962 third 12 February 1963 12 February 1963 fourth 20 June 1963 25 October 1963
Ministries The Labour Party under Walter Nash had been in power since the as the second Labour Government, but was defeated by the National Party at the by a twelve-seat margin. Keith Holyoake formed the second Holyoake Ministry on 12 December 1960, which stayed in power until Holyoake stepped down in early 1972. The second National Government remained in place until its defeat at the towards the end of that year.
Overview of seats The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1960 election and at dissolution:
Affiliation Members At 1960 election At dissolution Government 46 46 Opposition 34 34 Total 8080 Working Government majority 12 12
Notes The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
Initial composition of the 33rd Parliament
By-elections during 33rd Parliament There were a number of changes during the term of the 33rd Parliament.
Electorate and by-election Date Incumbent Cause Winner
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