28th New Zealand Parliament
# 28th New Zealand Parliament

The 28th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1946 general election in November of that year.

## 1946 general election

The 1946 general election was held on Tuesday, 26 November in the Māori electorates and on Wednesday, 27 November in the general electorates, respectively. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 49 represented North Island electorates, 27 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates. 1,081,898 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 93.5%.

## Sessions

The 28th Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 3 November 1949:

| Session | Opened | Adjourned |
| - | - | - |
| first | 24 June 1947 | 27 November 1947 |
| second | 22 June 1948 | 3 December 1948 |
| third | 28 June 1949 | 21 October 1949 |

## Ministries

Peter Fraser of the Labour Party had been Prime Minister since 27 March 1940. He had formed the first Fraser Ministry on 1 April 1940 and the second Fraser Ministry on 30 April 1940. The second Fraser Ministry remained in power until its defeat by the National Party at the 1949 election.

## Party standings

| Party | Party | Leader(s) | Seats |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Labour Party | Peter Fraser | 42 |
| | National Party | Sidney Holland | 38 |

## Members

### Initial MPs

The table below shows the results of the 1946 general election:

Key

Labour  National  Independent

Electorate results for the 1946 New Zealand general election :

| Electorate | Incumbent | Incumbent | Winner | Winner | Majority | Runner up |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| General electorates ||||||||
| Arch Hill | New electorate | New electorate | | Bill Parry | 6,585 | Edward James Clark |
| Ashburton | New electorate | New electorate | | Geoff Gerard | 1,453 | Mabel Newlands |
| Auckland Central | | Bill Parry | | Bill Anderton | 3,478 | Leon Götz |
| Avon | | Dan Sullivan | Dan Sullivan | Dan Sullivan | 5,180 | Robert Alexander McDowell |
| Awarua | | George Richard Herron | George Richard Herron | George Richard Herron | 2,588 | Gilbert Gregory Mitchell |
| Bay of Plenty | | Bill Sullivan | Bill Sullivan | Bill Sullivan | 1,634 | Ray Boord |
| Brooklyn | New electorate | New electorate | | Peter Fraser | 3,935 | Stewart Hardy |
| Buller | | Paddy Webb | | Jerry Skinner | 2,912 | Phil McDonald |
| Central Otago | | William Bodkin | William Bodkin | William Bodkin | 2,909 | Claude Charles Capell |
| Christchurch Central | New electorate | New electorate | | Robert Macfarlane | 4,420 | Alan J. Wills |
| Clutha | | James Roy | James Roy | James Roy | 2,140 | John Patrick Thompson |
| Dunedin Central | | Peter Neilson | | Phil Connolly | 2,000 | Stuart Sidey |
| Dunedin North | | Robert Walls | Robert Walls | Robert Walls | 1,630 | Norman Jones |
| Eden | | Bill Anderton | | Wilfred Fortune | 1,281 | Warren Freer |
| Egmont | | Ernest Corbett | Ernest Corbett | Ernest Corbett | 3,398 | Clarence Robert Parker |
| Fendalton | New electorate | New electorate | | Sidney Holland | 3,004 | Alan Williams |
| Franklin | | Jack Massey | Jack Massey | Jack Massey | 4,023 | Alex Gunn |
| Gisborne | | David Coleman | David Coleman | David Coleman | 2,015 | Harry Barker |
| Grey Lynn | | Fred Hackett | Fred Hackett | Fred Hackett | 5,910 | Harold Stapleton Barry |
| Hamilton | | Hilda Ross | Hilda Ross | Hilda Ross | 327 | Jack Granville |
| Hastings | New electorate | New electorate | | Ted Cullen | 483 | Eric Pryor |
| Hauraki | | Andy Sutherland | Andy Sutherland | Andy Sutherland | 2,891 | John William Neate |
| Hawke's Bay | | Ted Cullen | | Cyril Harker | 2,014 | Henry Edward Beattie |
| Hobson | New electorate | New electorate | | Sidney Walter Smith | 3,580 | Hubert Knox Hatrick |
| Hurunui | | William Gillespie | William Gillespie | William Gillespie | 1,440 | John Mathison |
| Hutt | | Walter Nash | Walter Nash | Walter Nash | 2,587 | Jim Vogel |
| Invercargill | | William Denham | | Ralph Hanan | 224 | William Denham |
| Island Bay | New electorate | New electorate | | Robert McKeen | 3,958 | Herbert Edward Childs |
| Karori | New electorate | New electorate | | Charles Bowden | 2,042 | Patrick Connolly McGavin |
| Lyttelton | | Terry McCombs | Terry McCombs | Terry McCombs | 1,543 | Ted Taylor |
| Manawatu | | Matthew Oram | Matthew Oram | Matthew Oram | 2,467 | Phil Holloway |
| Marlborough | | Ted Meachen | | Tom Shand | 179 | Ted Meachen |
| Marsden | | Alfred Murdoch | Alfred Murdoch | Alfred Murdoch | 2,149 | John Stewart |
| Miramar | New electorate | New electorate | | Bob Semple | 2,482 | Leonard Theodor Jacobsen |
| Mornington | New electorate | New electorate | | Wally Hudson | 4,681 | Lewis Donald McIver |
| Mount Albert | New electorate | New electorate | | Arthur Shapton Richards | 1,857 | Frederick Ashley Hosking |
| Mount Victoria | New electorate | New electorate | | Jack Marshall | 911 | Eugene Casey |
| Napier | | Tommy Armstrong | Tommy Armstrong | Tommy Armstrong | 1,845 | Alan John Price |
| Nelson | | vacant | | Edgar Neale | 585 | Cyril Harold Goodman |
| New Plymouth | | Ernest Aderman | Ernest Aderman | Ernest Aderman | 405 | George Nimmo |
| North Shore | New electorate | New electorate | | Martyn Finlay | 249 | Henry Thorne Morton |
| Oamaru | | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | 232 | Thomas Ross Beatty |
| Onehunga | | Arthur Osborne | Arthur Osborne | Arthur Osborne | 3,424 | William Kenneth King |
| Onslow | New electorate | New electorate | | Harry Combs | 1,578 | Philip Patrick Lynch |
| Otahuhu | | Charles Robert Petrie | Charles Robert Petrie | Charles Robert Petrie | 220 | Albert Murdoch |
| Otaki | | Leonard Lowry | | Jimmy Maher | 44 | Jim Thorn |
| Pahiatua | | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | 3,697 | Otto Ernest Niederer |
| Palmerston North | | Joe Hodgens | | Ormond Wilson | 928 | Gus Mansford |
| Parnell | New electorate | New electorate | | Duncan Rae | 206 | Bill Schramm |
| Patea | | William Sheat | William Sheat | William Sheat | 870 | Richard John O'Dea |
| Petone | New electorate | New electorate | | Mick Moohan | 4,019 | George London |
| Piako | New electorate | New electorate | | Stan Goosman | 5,101 | Ben Waters |
| Ponsonby | New electorate | New electorate | | Ritchie Macdonald | 3,431 | Peter E Dempsey |
| Raglan | | Hallyburton Johnstone | | Alan Baxter | 13 | Hallyburton Johnstone |
| Rangitikei | | Edward Gordon | Edward Gordon | Edward Gordon | 2,307 | John Capstick |
| Remuera | | Ronald Algie | Ronald Algie | Ronald Algie | 4,410 | James Freeman |
| Riccarton | | Jack Watts | | Angus McLagan | 3,875 | Vic Wilson |
| Rodney | New electorate | New electorate | | Clifton Webb | 2,850 | Alex Dixon |
| Roskill | | Arthur Shapton Richards | | Frank Langstone | 155 | Roy McElroy |
| St Albans | New electorate | New electorate | | Jack Watts | 86 | Morgan Williams |
| St Kilda | New electorate | New electorate | | Fred Jones | 1,248 | Leonard James Ireland |
| Selwyn | New electorate | New electorate | | John McAlpine | 472 | Alan Sharp |
| Sydenham | New electorate | New electorate | | Mabel Howard | 6,746 | Ruric Hunter |
| Tamaki | New electorate | New electorate | | Tom Skinner | 231 | John George Concanon Wales |
| Tauranga | | Frederick Doidge | Frederick Doidge | Frederick Doidge | 2,704 | Dudley A. Hill |
| Timaru | | Clyde Carr | Clyde Carr | Clyde Carr | 520 | Jack Acland |
| Waikato | | Stan Goosman | | Geoffrey Sim | 4,385 | John Dwyer |
| Waimarino | | Frank Langstone | | Paddy Kearins | 681 | Norman Robert Hill |
| Waimate | New electorate | New electorate | | David Campbell Kidd | 789 | William Roy Davison |
| Wairarapa | | Ben Roberts | | Garnet Mackley | 235 | George Anders Hansen |
| Waitakere | New electorate | New electorate | | Rex Mason | 2,797 | Archibald Morrison Laing |
| Waitomo | | Walter Broadfoot | Walter Broadfoot | Walter Broadfoot | 3,951 | Alan George Goldsmith |
| Wallace | | Adam Hamilton | | Tom Macdonald | 3,716 | David Munro |
| Wanganui | | Joe Cotterill | Joe Cotterill | Joe Cotterill | 1,934 | Eric Merewether |
| Wellington Central | | Peter Fraser | | Charles Chapman | 1,680 | Agnes Weston |
| Westland | | James O'Brien | James O'Brien | James O'Brien | 4,716 | E Frank Chivers |
| Māori electorates ||||||||
| Eastern Maori | | Tiaki Omana | Tiaki Omana | Tiaki Omana | 1,517 | Āpirana Ngata |
| Northern Maori | | Tapihana Paraire Paikea | Tapihana Paraire Paikea | Tapihana Paraire Paikea | 2,555 | James Henare |
| Southern Maori | | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | 581 | Vernon Ohaia Mason Thomas |
| Western Maori | | Matiu Ratana | Matiu Ratana | Matiu Ratana | 6,491 | Hoeroa Marumaru |

Table footnotes:

* ↑ Harry Atmore, the previous holder of the Nelson electorate, died on 20 August 1946
* ↑ Claude Weston died suddenly on 10 November 1946 and was replaced by his wife

### By-elections during 28th Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 28th Parliament.

| Electorate and by-election | Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Avon | 1947 | 28 May | Dan Sullivan | Death | Jock Mathison |
| Mount Albert | 1947 | 24 September | Arthur Richards | Death | Warren Freer |
| Westland | 1947 | 3 December | James O'Brien | Death | Jim Kent |
