The 35th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1966 general election on 26 November of that year.
1966 general election
The 1966 general election was held on Saturday, 26 November. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 52 represented North Island electorates, 24 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was the same distribution used since the . 1,409,600 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 86.0%.
Sessions The 35th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 24 October 1969.
Session Opened Adjourned first 26 April 1967 24 November 1967 second 26 June 1968 19 December 1968 third 15 May 1969 24 October 1969
Ministries The National Party had come to power at the , and Keith Holyoake had 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 1966 election and at dissolution:
Affiliation Members At 1966 election At dissolution 4443Government total Opposition 35 36 1 1Opposition total 36 37 Total 8080 Working Government majority 8 6
Notes The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
Initial composition of the 35th Parliament
By-elections during 35th Parliament There were a number of changes during the term of the 35th Parliament.
Electorate and by-election Date Incumbent Cause Winner
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