27th Parliament of New Zealand | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||||
Term | 22 February 1944 – 12 October 1946 | ||||
Election | 1943 New Zealand general election | ||||
Government | First Labour Government | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 80 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Bill Schramm | ||||
Prime Minister | Peter Fraser | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | Sidney Holland | ||||
Legislative Council | |||||
Members | 36 (at start) 37 (at end) | ||||
Speaker of the Council | Mark Fagan | ||||
Sovereign | |||||
Monarch | HM George VI | ||||
Governor-General | HE Lt. Gen. The Lord Freyberg from 17 June 1946 — HE Rt. Hon. Sir Cyrill Newall until 19 April 1946 |
The 27th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1943 general election in September of that year.