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The 36th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1969 general election on 29 November of that year.
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1969 general election
The 1969 general election was held on Saturday, 29 November. A total of 84 MPs were elected; 55 represented North Island electorates, 25 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was an increase in the number of MPs by four since the 1966 election. 1,519,889 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 88.9%.
Sessions
The 36th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 20 October 1972.
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. He was succeeded by Jack Marshall, who formed the Marshall Ministry on 7 February of that year. The second National Government was defeated at the 25 November 1972 election.
Initial composition of the 36th Parliament
The table below shows the results of the 1969 general election:
Key
National Labour Social Credit Independent
Table footnotes:
By-elections during 36th Parliament
There was one by-election held during the term of the 36th Parliament.