List of members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 1945–1946
| Provisional House of Representatives | |||||
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Opening of the States-General on 20 November 1945 by Queen Wilhelmina in the Ridderzaal | |||||
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| Legislative body | House of Representatives | ||||
| Meeting place | Binnenhof | ||||
| Term | 20 November 1945 – 3 June 1946 | ||||
| Members | 100 | ||||
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | Josef van Schaik | ||||
Between 20 November 1945 and 3 June 1946, 105 individuals served as representatives in the House of Representatives, the 100-seat lower house of the States-General of the Netherlands. This legislative session was known as the Provisional House of Representatives (Dutch: Voorlopige Tweede Kamer) and the last of two sessions collectively known as the emergency parliament.
76 representatives had been elected in the 1937 general election and had remained member during the Second World War and the Temporary House of Representatives. 24 representatives were selected by the National Advice Committee (NAC) to fill the remaining seats. These were mostly people who had distinguished themselves positively during the war. They were recommended by their political party. The seat distribution between parties was kept the same as after the 1937 election, except for the National Socialist Movement (NSB), whose representatives were replaced by prominent members of the Dutch resistance. 5 representatives were later appointed as replacements.
The House consisted of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP, 31 seats), Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP, 23 seats), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP, 17 seats), Christian Historical Union (CHU, 8 seats), Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB, 6 seats), Liberal State Party (LSP, 4 seats), Communist Party (CPN, 3 seats), Christian Democratic Union (CDU, 2 seats), Reformed Political Party (SGP, 2 seats) and 4 independents. The RKSP was succeeded by the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the LSP was succeeded by the Freedom Party (PvdV). The SDAP, CDU and VDB merged into the Labour Party (PvdA) and were joined by two independents.
Henk van Randwijk and Hilda Verwey-Jonker (SDAP) were appointed by the NAC, but declined.