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Kōrero: National Party

Parties in Parliament, 1949–57

  • 1949

  • 1951

  • 1954

  • 1957

Click on the buttons to see which party gained the most seats, and hence became the government, in the general elections between 1949 and 1957.

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Colin James, National Party – Formation and rise, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/33863/parties-in-parliament-1949-57 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Colin James, i tāngia i te 21 March 2012, updated 1 July 2020.