33rd New Zealand Parliament

The 33rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1960 general election on 26 November of that year.

33rd Parliament of New Zealand
32nd Parliament 34th Parliament
Overview
Legislative bodyNew Zealand Parliament
Term20 June 1961 – 25 October 1963
Election1960 New Zealand general election
GovernmentSecond National Government
House of Representatives
Members80
Speaker of the HouseRonald Algie
Prime MinisterKeith Holyoake
Leader of the OppositionArnold Nordmeyer
Walter Nash until 31 March 1963
Sovereign
MonarchHM Elizabeth II
Governor-GeneralHE Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson from 9 November 1962
— HE The Viscount Cobham until 13 September 1962

1960 general election

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The 1960 general election was held on Saturday, 26 November.[1] A total of 80 MPs were elected; 51 represented North Island electorates, 25 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was the same distribution used since the 1957 election.[2] 1,310,742 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.8%.[1]

Sessions

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The 33rd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1963), and was prorogued on 25 October 1963.[3]

Session Opened Adjourned
first 20 June 1961 1 December 1961
second 7 June 1962 14 December 1962
third 12 February 1963 12 February 1963
fourth 20 June 1963 25 October 1963

Ministries

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The Labour Party under Walter Nash had been in power since the 1957 election as the second Labour Government, but was defeated by the National Party at the 1960 election by a twelve-seat margin. Keith Holyoake formed the second Holyoake Ministry on 12 December 1960, which stayed in power until Holyoake stepped down in early 1972. The second National Government remained in place until its defeat at the 1972 election towards the end of that year.[4]

Overview of seats

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The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1960 election and at dissolution:

Affiliation Members
At 1960 election At dissolution
National Government 46 46
Labour Opposition 34 34
Total
80 80
Working Government majority 12 12

Notes

  • The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

Initial composition of the 33rd Parliament

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The table below shows the results of the 1960 general election:

Key

  National   Labour   Social Credit

Electorate results for the 1960 New Zealand general election[5]
Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up
General electorates
Ashburton Geoff Gerard 2,558 George Glassey
Auckland Central Bill Anderton Norman Douglas 1,846 Ray Presland
Avon John Mathison 4,216 Lorrie Pickering
Awarua Gordon Grieve 3,000 J P Wyatt
Bay of Plenty Percy Allen 2,411 Thomas Godfrey Santon
Buller Jerry Skinner 1,546 Ernie King
Christchurch Central Robert Macfarlane 1,935 Tom Flint
Clutha James Roy Peter Gordon 3,863 Joseph Fahey
Dunedin Central Phil Connolly 842 Norman Scurr
Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 2,475 Brenda Bell
Eden Duncan Rae John Rae 1,902 Russell Gordon Penney
Egmont William Sheat 3,933 J W Watson
Fendalton Jack Watts Harry Lake 2,722 Bill Rowling
Franklin Alfred E. Allen 5,197 Howard Preston
Gisborne Reginald Keeling Esme Tombleson 291 Reginald Keeling
Grey Lynn Fred Hackett 4,596 Brian Zouch
Hamilton Lance Adams-Schneider 2,583 Sir Basil Arthur
Hastings Ted Keating Duncan MacIntyre 300 Ted Keating
Hauraki Arthur Kinsella 2,635 Albert Clifford Tucker
Hawkes Bay Cyril Harker 3,682 John Woolf
Heretaunga Phil Holloway Ron Bailey 2,576 Vere Hampson-Tindale
Hobson Sidney Walter Smith Logan Sloane 1,401 Vernon Cracknell
Hurunui William Gillespie 2,731 Arthur Adcock
Hutt Walter Nash 2,349 George Barker
Invercargill Ralph Hanan 1,926 Oliver James Henderson
Island Bay Arnold Nordmeyer 1,791 Fairlie Curry
Karori Jack Marshall 4,313 Olive Smuts-Kennedy
Lyttelton Norman Kirk 260 Jim Hay
Manawatu Blair Tennent 3,120 Leonard Thomas Fischer
Manukau Leon Götz 245 Cyril Stamp
Marlborough Tom Shand 1,747 Robert William Hope
Marsden Don McKay 4,351 John Swanson Reid
Miramar Bill Fox 467 Bernard Lyons
Mornington Wally Hudson 2,246 George Robert Thorn
Mount Albert Warren Freer 1,676 Clarice Anderson
Napier Jim Edwards 1,405 William John Gunn
Nelson Stan Whitehead 1,767 Colin Wilson Martin
New Plymouth Ernest Aderman 1,693 Ron Barclay
North Shore Dean Eyre 1,817 Peter Lawrence Smith
Onehunga Hugh Watt 4,705 Paul Brian Phillips
Onslow Henry May 790 Maida Clark
Otago Central Jack George 4,344 Brian MacDonell
Otahuhu James Deas 2,774 Thomas Tucker
Otaki Jimmy Maher Allan McCready 2,044 Thomas William Cameron
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 4,934 Kingsley McKane
Palmerston North Philip Skoglund Bill Brown 133 Philip Skoglund[nb 1]
Patea Roy Jack 2,304 David Costello Valley
Petone Mick Moohan 2,918 Dick Martin
Piako Stan Goosman 5,376 Henry Uttinger
Ponsonby Ritchie Macdonald 4,744 Neil McLaughlan
Raglan Douglas Carter 1,371 Alan Baxter
Rangitikei Norman Shelton 3,889 Shaun Alex Cameron
Remuera Ronald Algie 6,109 Barry Gustafson
Riccarton Mick Connelly 2,022 Deena V. Sergel [6]
Rodney Jack Scott 4,157 Phil Amos
Roskill Arthur Faulkner 1,374 Geoffrey Taylor
Rotorua Ray Boord Harry Lapwood 358 Ray Boord
Selwyn John McAlpine 2,839 John Palmer
St Albans Neville Pickering Bert Walker 298 Neville Pickering
St Kilda Bill Fraser 835 Jim Barnes
Stratford Thomas Murray 4,388 H M St George
Sydenham Mabel Howard 4,793 Derek Quigley
Tamaki Bob Tizard Robert Muldoon 1,148 Bob Tizard
Tauranga George Walsh 5,239 D C Goodfellow
Timaru Clyde Carr 357 Ronald Erle White
Waikato Geoffrey Sim 3,041 Arthur John Ingram
Waipa Hallyburton Johnstone 3,241 Bob Reese
Wairarapa Bert Cooksley 2,088 Allan Goldsmith
Waitakere Rex Mason 3,709 John Herbert Wilkinson
Waitaki Thomas Hayman 1,972 Les McKay
Waitemata Norman King 1,249 Jolyon Firth
Waitomo David Seath 3,951 Duncan Barclay McLaren
Wallace Brian Talboys 5,736 E Harris
Wanganui Joe Cotterill George Spooner 160 E J Crotty
Wellington Central Frank Kitts Dan Riddiford 381 Frank Kitts
Westland Jim Kent Paddy Blanchfield 3,844 D A Hogg
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori Tiaki Omana 3,025 Arnold Reedy[7]
Northern Maori Tapihana Paikea 3,372 George Russell Harrison
Southern Maori Eruera Tirikatene 3,947 Rangi Tutaki
Western Maori Iriaka Rātana 4,666 Pei Te Hurinui Jones

Table footnotes:

  1. ^ Skoglund was first on election night, but lost after special votes were counted

By-elections during 33rd Parliament

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There were a number of changes during the term of the 33rd Parliament.

Electorate and by-election Date Incumbent Cause Winner
Hurunui 1961 10 June William Gillespie Death Lorrie Pickering
Waitaki 1962 10 March Thomas Hayman Death Allan Dick
Buller 1962 7 July Jerry Skinner Death Bill Rowling
Timaru 1962 21 July Clyde Carr Resignation Sir Basil Arthur
Otahuhu 1963 16 March James Deas Death Bob Tizard
Northern Maori 1963 16 March Tapihana Paikea Death Matiu Rata
Grey Lynn 1963 18 May Fred Hackett Death Reginald Keeling

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 173.
  3. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 142.
  4. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 88–92.
  5. ^ Norton 1988.
  6. ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 386.
  7. ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 383.

References

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  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.