| 32nd Parliament of New Zealand | |
| Body: | New Zealand Parliament |
| Election: | 1957 New Zealand general election |
| Government: | Second Labour Government |
| Term Start: | 21 January 1958 |
| Term End: | 28 October 1960 |
| Before: | 31st Parliament |
| After: | 33rd Parliament |
| Chamber1: | House of Representatives |
| Chamber1 Image: | File:32nd New Zealand Parliament Seating.png |
| Membership1: | 80 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker of the House |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Robert Macfarlane |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Prime Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Walter Nash |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Keith Holyoake |
| Chamber2: | Sovereign |
| Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Monarch |
| Chamber2 Leader1: | HM Elizabeth II |
| Chamber2 Leader2 Type: | Governor-General |
| Chamber2 Leader2: | HE The Viscount Cobham |
The 32nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1957 general election on 30 November of that year.
See main article: 1957 New Zealand general election. The 1957 general election was held on Saturday, 30 November.[1] A total of 80 MPs were elected; 51 represented North Island electorates, 25 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 . 1,252,329 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 92.9%.
The 32nd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1958), and was prorogued on 28 October 1960.
| Session | Opened | Adjourned | |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | 21 January 1958 | 31 January 1958 | |
| second | 10 June 1958 | 3 October 1958 | |
| third | 24 June 1959 | 23 October 1959 | |
| fourth | 22 June 1960 | 28 October 1960 |
The National Party under Sidney Holland had been in power since the as the first National Government, and Holland remained in charge until he stepped down due to ill health in September 1957 some two months prior to the . Holland was succeeded by Keith Holyoake, but the Labour Party narrowly defeated National at the 1957 election, and the government changed in mid-December of that year. Walter Nash formed the Nash Ministry, which was in power from 12 December 1957 until the defeat of the second Labour Government at the next election in .
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1957 election and at dissolution:
| Affiliation | Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 1957 election | At dissolution | |||
| Government | 41 | 41 | ||
| Opposition | 39 | 39 | ||
| Total | 80 | 80 | ||
| Working Government majority | 2 | 2 | ||
Notes
There was one by-election during the term of the 32nd Parliament.