# 34th New Zealand Parliament

The 34th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1963 general election on 30 November of that year.

## 1963 general election

The 1963 general election was held on Saturday, 30 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 a gain of one electorate for the North Island from the South Island since the 1960 election. 1,345,836 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.6%.

## Sessions

The 34th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 21 October 1966.
| Session | Opened | Adjourned |
| first | 10 June 1964 | 4 December 1964 |
| second | 27 May 1965 | 1 November 1965 |
| third | 26 May 1966 | 21 October 1966 |

## 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 1963 election and at dissolution:
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | At 1963 election | At dissolution |
| | National Government | 45 | 45 |
| | Labour Opposition | 35 | 35 |
| Total | Total | 80 | 80 |
| Working Government majority | Working Government majority | 10 | 10 |
Notes
* The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

## Initial composition of the 34th Parliament

The table below shows the results of the 1963 general election:
Key
National  Labour  Social Credit
Electorate results for the 1963 New Zealand general election :
| Electorate | Incumbent | Incumbent | Winner | Winner | Majority | Runner up |
| General electorates ||||||||
| Ashburton | | Geoff Gerard | Geoff Gerard | Geoff Gerard | 3,419 | Albert George Braddick |
| Auckland Central | | Norman Douglas | Norman Douglas | Norman Douglas | 3,227 | John Strevens |
| Avon | | John Mathison | John Mathison | John Mathison | 5,117 | Stan Dodwell |
| Awarua | | Gordon Grieve | Gordon Grieve | Gordon Grieve | 3,373 | Noel Valentine |
| Bay of Plenty | | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | 3,025 | Peter Riden |
| Buller | | Bill Rowling | Bill Rowling | Bill Rowling | 1,671 | Ernie King |
| Christchurch Central | | Robert Macfarlane | Robert Macfarlane | Robert Macfarlane | 1,915 | Dave Patchett |
| Clutha | | Peter Gordon | Peter Gordon | Peter Gordon | 3,595 | Les McKay |
| Dunedin Central | | Phil Connolly | | Brian MacDonell | 1,170 | George Robert Thorn |
| Dunedin North | | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | 2,524 | Edgar Whittleston |
| Eden | | John Rae | John Rae | John Rae | 3,335 | Frank Knipe |
| Egmont | | William Sheat | William Sheat | William Sheat | 3,047 | John Seddon |
| Fendalton | | Harry Lake | Harry Lake | Harry Lake | 2,740 | Bruce Barclay |
| Franklin | | Alfred E. Allen | Alfred E. Allen | Alfred E. Allen | 5,848 | Ron Ng-Waishing |
| Gisborne | | Esme Tombleson | Esme Tombleson | Esme Tombleson | 902 | Bob MacDonald |
| Grey Lynn | | Reginald Keeling | | Ritchie Macdonald | 5,240 | Jolyon Firth |
| Hamilton | | Lance Adams-Schneider | Lance Adams-Schneider | Lance Adams-Schneider | 2,642 | J M Cairns |
| Hastings | | Duncan MacIntyre | Duncan MacIntyre | Duncan MacIntyre | 1,944 | Ted Keating |
| Hauraki | | Arthur Kinsella | Arthur Kinsella | Arthur Kinsella | 2,873 | George Broad |
| Hawkes Bay | | Cyril Harker | | Richard Harrison | 3,518 | John Woolf |
| Heretaunga | | Ron Bailey | Ron Bailey | Ron Bailey | 2,135 | Bob Kimmins |
| Hobson | | Logan Sloane | Logan Sloane | Logan Sloane | 31 | Vernon Cracknell |
| Hutt | | Walter Nash | Walter Nash | Walter Nash | 3,648 | Vere Hampson-Tindale |
| Invercargill | | Ralph Hanan | Ralph Hanan | Ralph Hanan | 1,934 | Oliver James Henderson |
| Island Bay | | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | 2,388 | Fairlie Curry |
| Karori | | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | 4,020 | Keith Spry |
| Lyttelton | | Norman Kirk | Norman Kirk | Norman Kirk | 2,677 | Tom Flint |
| Manawatu | | Blair Tennent | Blair Tennent | Blair Tennent | 2,513 | Leonard Thomas Fischer |
| Manukau | | Leon Götz | | Colin Moyle | 759 | Henry Christopher Pryor |
| Manurewa | New electorate | New electorate | | Phil Amos | 1,524 | Leon Götz |
| Marlborough | | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | 2,111 | Bill Kenyon |
| Marsden | | Don McKay | Don McKay | Don McKay | 3,942 | O J Lewis |
| Miramar | | Bill Fox | Bill Fox | Bill Fox | 416 | Bill Young |
| Mt Albert | | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | 3,018 | Jeffrey Lloyd Reid |
| Napier | | Jim Edwards | Jim Edwards | Jim Edwards | 785 | D'Arcy Ormonde Haskell |
| Nelson | | Stan Whitehead | Stan Whitehead | Stan Whitehead | 2,610 | Peter Malone |
| New Lynn | New electorate | New electorate | | Rex Mason | 3,052 | Charles Alexander McLeod |
| New Plymouth | | Ernest Aderman | Ernest Aderman | Ernest Aderman | 474 | Ron Barclay |
| North Shore | | Dean Eyre | Dean Eyre | Dean Eyre | 2,757 | Reginald Keeling |
| Onehunga | | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | 5,127 | J P Mason |
| Otago Central | | Jack George | Jack George | Jack George | 2,675 | Stan Rodger |
| Otaki | | Allan McCready | Allan McCready | Allan McCready | 3,014 | George McDonald |
| Pahiatua | | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | 5,733 | Ernie Hemmingsen |
| Pakuranga | New electorate | New electorate | | Bob Tizard | 2,015 | Roland Neville-White |
| Palmerston North | | Bill Brown | Bill Brown | Bill Brown | 772 | Philip Skoglund |
| Petone | | Mick Moohan | Mick Moohan | Mick Moohan | 2,448 | Peter Love |
| Piako | | Stan Goosman | | Geoffrey Sim | 5,526 | N R D Shewan |
| Porirua | New electorate | New electorate | | Henry May | 3,161 | Joseph W. Miller |
| Raglan | | Douglas Carter | Douglas Carter | Douglas Carter | 1,850 | Henry Uttinger |
| Rangiora | New electorate | New electorate | | Lorrie Pickering | 1,425 | Te Rino Tirikatene |
| Rangitikei | | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | 4,307 | Russell Wiseman |
| Remuera | | Ronald Algie | Ronald Algie | Ronald Algie | 7,001 | Frederick Nelson Goodall |
| Riccarton | | Mick Connelly | Mick Connelly | Mick Connelly | 2,550 | Ian Wilson |
| Rodney | | Jack Scott | Jack Scott | Jack Scott | 4,320 | Chris Pickett |
| Roskill | | Arthur Faulkner | Arthur Faulkner | Arthur Faulkner | 3,216 | Thomas Tucker |
| Rotorua | | Harry Lapwood | Harry Lapwood | Harry Lapwood | 2,217 | James Phillip Cranston |
| Selwyn | | John McAlpine | John McAlpine | John McAlpine | 3,371 | Francis Edward Smith |
| St Albans | | Bert Walker | Bert Walker | Bert Walker | 2,501 | John Palmer |
| St Kilda | | Bill Fraser | Bill Fraser | Bill Fraser | 2,597 | Kevin John Marlow |
| Stratford | | Thomas Murray | | David Thomson | 4,590 | J McLafferty |
| Sydenham | | Mabel Howard | Mabel Howard | Mabel Howard | 5,399 | Derek Quigley |
| Tamaki | | Robert Muldoon | Robert Muldoon | Robert Muldoon | 3,754 | Norman Finch |
| Taupo | New electorate | New electorate | | Rona Stevenson | 275 | Arthur John Ingram |
| Tauranga | | George Walsh | George Walsh | George Walsh | 4,545 | Gordon Hardaker |
| Timaru | | Sir Basil Arthur | Sir Basil Arthur | Sir Basil Arthur | 2,831 | Maurice John O'Reilly |
| Waimarino | New electorate | New electorate | | Roy Jack | 1,785 | Olive Smuts-Kennedy |
| Waipa | | Hallyburton Johnstone | | Leslie Munro | 3,165 | Ronald Nelson Little |
| Wairarapa | | Bert Cooksley | | Haddon Donald | 501 | Jack Williams |
| Waitaki | | Allan Dick | Allan Dick | Allan Dick | 2,019 | K S Lysaght |
| Waitakere | | Rex Mason | | Martyn Finlay | 2,895 | Horace Alexander Nash |
| Waitemata | | Norman King | Norman King | Norman King | 2,919 | Butch Pugh |
| Waitomo | | David Seath | David Seath | David Seath | 4,655 | H C Brown |
| Wallace | | Brian Talboys | Brian Talboys | Brian Talboys | 5,740 | John Reid |
| Wanganui | | George Spooner | George Spooner | George Spooner | 1,397 | John Grace |
| Wellington Central | | Dan Riddiford | Dan Riddiford | Dan Riddiford | 1,508 | Frank Kitts |
| Westland | | Paddy Blanchfield | Paddy Blanchfield | Paddy Blanchfield | 4,925 | Winston Reynolds |
| Māori electorates ||||||||
| Eastern Maori | | Tiaki Omana | | Puti Tipene Watene | 2,566 | Arnold Reedy |
| Northern Maori | | Matiu Rata | Matiu Rata | Matiu Rata | 2,123 | James Henare |
| Southern Maori | | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | 4,978 | Ben Couch |
| Western Maori | | Iriaka Rātana | Iriaka Rātana | Iriaka Rātana | 5,096 | Pei Te Hurinui Jones |
The 34th Parliament was the first term of parliament during which there were no by-elections held.