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    The 1938 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 26th term. It resulted in the governing...
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    The 2020 New Zealand general election was held on Saturday 17 October 2020 to determine the composition of the 53rd New Zealand Parliament. Voters elected...
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    The 1943 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 27th term. With the onset of World War...
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    1987 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 42nd sitting of the New Zealand Parliament. The governing New Zealand...
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    The 1963 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of New Zealand Parliament's 34th term. The results were almost identical...
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    The 1935 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 25th term. It resulted in the Labour...
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    The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008 to determine the composition of the 49th New Zealand Parliament. The liberal-conservative...
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    New Zealand is a representative democracy in which members of the unicameral New Zealand Parliament gain their seats through elections. General elections...
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    The 1928 New Zealand general election was held on 13 and 14 November in the Māori and European electorates, respectively, to elect 80 MPs to the 23rd session...
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    1871 New Zealand general election was held between 14 January and 23 February to elect 78 MPs across 72 electorates to the fifth session of the New Zealand...
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    each election since 1938; they are the only two New Zealand political parties to have won the popular vote in four consecutive elections twice. Labour won...
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    26th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1938 general election in October of that year. The 1938 general...
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  • has spent more time in government than any other New Zealand party. After the 1949 general election, Sidney Holland became the first prime minister from...
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    Taurekareka Hēnare (category Unsuccessful candidates in the 1938 New Zealand general election)
    Hēnare (1878 – 12 January 1940) was a Māori member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1914 to 1938, sitting for the Reform Party for most of that time, until...
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    Keith Holyoake (category Unsuccessful candidates in the 1938 New Zealand general election)
    National's first election victory, Holyoake entered Cabinet in 1949. In 1954, he was appointed the first deputy prime minister of New Zealand, under Sidney...
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    The New Zealand parliamentary electoral system has been based on the principle of mixed-member proportional (MMP) since the 1996 election. MMP was introduced...
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    postal voting. Elections for the city, district and regional councils of New Zealand have a fixed election date, unlike general elections. Under section...
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  • The New Zealand Liberal Party was a liberal party that was formed to stand candidates in the 1938 general election to oppose the then Labour Party government...
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    the New Zealand House of Representatives. The King is usually represented by his governor-general. Before 1951, there was an upper chamber, the New Zealand...
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    Ossie Mazengarb (category Unsuccessful candidates in the 1938 New Zealand general election)
    no. 136. 5 December 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2013. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 8 February 2012. "King's...
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    in 1938. Prime was later defeated in the 2023 election by National's Grant McCallum Northland is the northernmost general electorate of New Zealand. The...
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  • By-elections in New Zealand occur to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives. The death, resignation, or expulsion of a sitting electorate MP...
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  • election in South Carolina, 1938 1938 Los Angeles mayoral recall election 1938 New Zealand general election 1938 New South Wales state election 1938 Queensland...
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  • coalition government with New Zealand First, with confidence and supply from the Green Party. In the 2020 general election, Labour won in a landslide...
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    Michael Joseph Savage (category Unsuccessful candidates in the 1911 New Zealand general election)
    supported the formation of the New Zealand Labour Party in July 1916. He was active in local politics before his election to the House of Representatives...
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    Elizabeth Gilmer (category Unsuccessful candidates in the 1938 New Zealand general election)
    Hospital Board from 1938 to 1953. As a result of her advocacy, the hospital developed the most up-to-date maternity service in New Zealand. Her perpetual interest...
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    elections. Because the New Zealand system of government is relatively centralised, today most electoral and political attention is focused on general...
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  • Governor-General – The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC The 25th New Zealand Parliament continues with the Labour Party in government. The general election in...
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    The 25th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It opened on 25 March 1936, following the 1935 election. It was dissolved on...
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    John Ormond (farmer) (category Unsuccessful candidates in the 1938 New Zealand general election)
    no. 40. 15 August 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2013. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2012. "Official...
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