# 35th New Zealand Parliament

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 1963 election. 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 1960 election, 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 1972 election 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 | Affiliation | Members | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | At 1966 election | At dissolution |
| | National | 44 | 43 |
| 43 ||
| | Labour Opposition | 35 | 36 |
| | Social Credit | 1 | 1 |
| Opposition total | Opposition total | 36 | 37 |
| Total | Total | 80 | 80 |
| Working Government majority | 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

The table below shows the results of the 1966 general election:
Key
National  Labour  Social Credit
Electorate results for the 1966 New Zealand general election :
| Electorate | Incumbent | Winner | Winner | Majority | Runner up |
| General electorates ||||||||
| Ashburton | Geoff Gerard | | Rob Talbot | 983 | John Srhoy |
| Auckland Central | Norman Douglas | Norman Douglas | Norman Douglas | 2,562 | Marie Quinn |
| Avon | John Mathison | John Mathison | John Mathison | 5,232 | Dick Dawson |
| Awarua | Gordon Grieve | Gordon Grieve | Gordon Grieve | 3,222 | M E Booker |
| Bay of Plenty | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | 3,596 | Leonard Thomas Fischer |
| Buller | Bill Rowling | Bill Rowling | Bill Rowling | 1,822 | Ernie King |
| Christchurch Central | Robert Macfarlane | Robert Macfarlane | Robert Macfarlane | 1,409 | Fred Francis |
| Clutha | Peter Gordon | Peter Gordon | Peter Gordon | 3,312 | Les McKay |
| Dunedin Central | Brian MacDonell | Brian MacDonell | Brian MacDonell | 1,245 | John Farry |
| Dunedin North | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | 2,833 | George Barry Gerard |
| Eden | John Rae | John Rae | John Rae | 2,548 | John William Stewart |
| Egmont | William Sheat | | Venn Young | 3,262 | H N Johnston |
| Fendalton | Harry Lake | Harry Lake | Harry Lake | 2,271 | Bruce Barclay |
| Franklin | Alfred E. Allen | Alfred E. Allen | Alfred E. Allen | 5,083 | Ron Ng-Waishing |
| Gisborne | Esme Tombleson | Esme Tombleson | Esme Tombleson | 1,432 | Bob MacDonald |
| Grey Lynn | Ritchie Macdonald | Ritchie Macdonald | Ritchie Macdonald | 4,399 | Horace Alexander Nash |
| Hamilton | Lance Adams-Schneider | Lance Adams-Schneider | Lance Adams-Schneider | 2,225 | Bob Reese |
| Hastings | Duncan MacIntyre | Duncan MacIntyre | Duncan MacIntyre | 2,129 | Sonja Davies |
| Hauraki | Arthur Kinsella | Arthur Kinsella | Arthur Kinsella | 2,336 | Henry Uttinger |
| Hawkes Bay | Richard Harrison | Richard Harrison | Richard Harrison | 3,915 | L K Evans |
| Heretaunga | Ron Bailey | Ron Bailey | Ron Bailey | 2,647 | Ian Ross |
| Hobson | Logan Sloane | | Vernon Cracknell | 490 | Logan Sloane |
| Hutt | Sir Walter Nash | Sir Walter Nash | Sir Walter Nash | 1,949 | John Kennedy-Good |
| Invercargill | Ralph Hanan | Ralph Hanan | Ralph Hanan | 2,396 | Noel Valentine |
| Island Bay | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | 2,806 | Saul Goldsmith |
| Karori | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | 5,270 | Peter Blizard |
| Lyttelton | Norman Kirk | Norman Kirk | Norman Kirk | 2,121 | Peter de Latour |
| Manawatu | Blair Tennent | | Les Gandar | 2,298 | Ernie Hemmingsen |
| Manukau | Colin Moyle | Colin Moyle | Colin Moyle | 2,728 | Max Louis Peers |
| Manurewa | Phil Amos | Phil Amos | Phil Amos | 2,389 | B F Kimpton |
| Marlborough | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | 732 | Gerry Wall |
| Marsden | Don McKay | Don McKay | Don McKay | 4,077 | O J Lewis |
| Miramar | Bill Fox | | Bill Young | 146 | Bill Fox |
| Mt Albert | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | 2,654 | Tom Hibbert |
| Napier | Jim Edwards | | Gordon Christie | 393 | Maurice Kidson |
| Nelson | Stan Whitehead | Stan Whitehead | Stan Whitehead | 2,045 | Edwin Slack |
| New Lynn | Rex Mason | | Jonathan Hunt | 3,727 | Kevin Patrick Lynch |
| New Plymouth | Ernest Aderman | | Ron Barclay | 78 | Brian Clark |
| North Shore | Dean Eyre | | George Gair | 1,108 | Michael Bassett |
| Onehunga | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | 4,265 | Daphne Double |
| Otago Central | Jack George | Jack George | Jack George | 2,305 | Brian Griffiths |
| Otaki | Allan McCready | Allan McCready | Allan McCready | 3,575 | Glen Herbert |
| Pahiatua | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | 5,291 | F M O'Brien |
| Pakuranga | Bob Tizard | Bob Tizard | Bob Tizard | 2,259 | Victor David Thompson |
| Palmerston North | Bill Brown | Bill Brown | Bill Brown | 259 | Joe Walding |
| Petone | Mick Moohan | Mick Moohan | Mick Moohan | 2,607 | Joe Miller |
| Piako | Geoffrey Sim | | Jack Luxton | 3,884 | Myles Edward Barroclough |
| Porirua | Henry May | Henry May | Henry May | 1,928 | Rick Stevenson |
| Raglan | Douglas Carter | Douglas Carter | Douglas Carter | 1,659 | Ronald Nelson Little |
| Rangiora | Lorrie Pickering | Lorrie Pickering | Lorrie Pickering | 957 | Te Rino Tirikatene |
| Rangitikei | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | 4,005 | Russell Wiseman |
| Remuera | Ronald Algie | | Allan Highet | 6,660 | Bill Nairn |
| Riccarton | Mick Connelly | Mick Connelly | Mick Connelly | 2,725 | Ian Wilson |
| Rodney | Jack Scott | Jack Scott | Jack Scott | 2,722 | Nevern McConachy |
| Roskill | Arthur Faulkner | Arthur Faulkner | Arthur Faulkner | 3,822 | Anthony Cook |
| Rotorua | Harry Lapwood | Harry Lapwood | Harry Lapwood | 2,298 | Frank Knipe |
| St Albans | Bert Walker | Bert Walker | Bert Walker | 2,575 | Ted Adcock |
| St Kilda | Bill Fraser | Bill Fraser | Bill Fraser | 2,809 | R M Hall |
| Selwyn | John McAlpine | | Colin McLachlan | 2,597 | Thomas Kelvin Campbell |
| Stratford | David Thomson | David Thomson | David Thomson | 4,115 | David Butler |
| Sydenham | Mabel Howard | Mabel Howard | Mabel Howard | 3,947 | Helen Garrett |
| Tamaki | Robert Muldoon | Robert Muldoon | Robert Muldoon | 2,827 | Kevin Ryan |
| Taupo | Rona Stevenson | Rona Stevenson | Rona Stevenson | 258 | Barry Gustafson |
| Tauranga | George Walsh | George Walsh | George Walsh | 2,299 | Olive Smuts-Kennedy |
| Timaru | Sir Basil Arthur | Sir Basil Arthur | Sir Basil Arthur | 3,108 | Norman Stanley Brown |
| Waimarino | Roy Jack | Roy Jack | Roy Jack | 2,491 | Shaun Alex Cameron |
| Waipa | Leslie Munro | Leslie Munro | Leslie Munro | 3,081 | Neil Roger David Shewan |
| Wairarapa | Haddon Donald | Haddon Donald | Haddon Donald | 533 | Jack Williams |
| Waitakere | Martyn Finlay | Martyn Finlay | Martyn Finlay | 3,813 | Peter Wilkinson |
| Waitaki | Allan Dick | Allan Dick | Allan Dick | 2,009 | Stan Rodger |
| Waitemata | Norman King | Norman King | Norman King | 3,832 | Terry Power |
| Waitomo | David Seath | David Seath | David Seath | 4,442 | Arthur John Ingram |
| Wallace | Brian Talboys | Brian Talboys | Brian Talboys | 3,965 | Aubrey Begg |
| Wanganui | George Spooner | George Spooner | George Spooner | 908 | John Grace |
| Wellington Central | Dan Riddiford | Dan Riddiford | Dan Riddiford | 1,713 | Rolland O'Regan |
| Westland | Paddy Blanchfield | Paddy Blanchfield | Paddy Blanchfield | 4,041 | George Ferguson |
| Māori electorates ||||||||
| Eastern Maori | Puti Tipene Watene | Puti Tipene Watene | Puti Tipene Watene | 3,121 | Arnold Reedy |
| Northern Maori | Matiu Rata | Matiu Rata | Matiu Rata | 4,297 | F R Wilcox |
| Southern Maori | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | 3,832 | Baden Pere |
| Western Maori | Iriaka Rātana | Iriaka Rātana | Iriaka Rātana | 5,580 | Timi Te Heuheu |

## By-elections during 35th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 35th Parliament.
| Electorate and by-election | Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner |
| Southern Maori | 1967 | 11 March | Sir Eruera Tirikatene | Death | Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan |
| Fendalton | 1967 | 15 April | Harry Lake | Death | Eric Holland |
| Petone | 1967 | 15 April | Michael Moohan | Death | Fraser Colman |
| Eastern Maori | 1967 | 12 August | Puti Tipene Watene | Death | Paraone Reweti |
| Palmerston North | 1967 | 2 December | Bill Brown | Death | Joe Walding |
| Hutt | 1968 | 3 August | Sir Walter Nash | Death | Trevor Young |