| 26th Parliament of New Zealand | |||||||||||
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| Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||||||||||
| Term | 27 June 1939 – 26 August 1943 | ||||||||||
| Election | 1938 New Zealand general election | ||||||||||
| Government | First Labour Government | ||||||||||
| House of Representatives | |||||||||||
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| Members | 80 | ||||||||||
| Speaker of the House | Bill Barnard | ||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Peter Fraser from 1 April 1940 — Michael Joseph Savage until 27 March 1940 † | ||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Sidney Holland — Adam Hamilton until 26 November 1940 | ||||||||||
| Legislative Council | |||||||||||
| Speaker of the Council | Mark Fagan — Sir Walter Carncross until 18 July 1939 | ||||||||||
| Leader of the Council | David Wilson | ||||||||||
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| Members | 34 (at start) 36 (at end) | ||||||||||
| Monarch | HM George VI | ||||||||||
| Governor-General | HE Rt. Hon. Sir Cyrill Newall from 22 February 1941 — HE Rt. Hon. The Viscount Galway until 3 February 1941 | ||||||||||
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The 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.