33rd New Zealand Parliament

Term of the Parliament of New Zealand

33rd Parliament of New Zealand

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Parliament House, Wellington

Overview
Legislative body| New Zealand Parliament
Term| 20 June 1961 – 25 October 1963
Election| 1960 New Zealand general election
Government| Second National Government
House of Representatives

Members| 80
Speaker of the House| Ronald Algie
Prime Minister| Keith Holyoake
Leader of the Opposition| Arnold Nordmeyer
— Walter Nash until 31 March 1963
Sovereign
Monarch| HM Elizabeth II
Governor-General| HE Brigadier Sir Bernard Edward Fergusson from 9 November 1962
— HE The Viscount Cobham until 13 September 1962

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.

## 1960 general election[edit]

Main article: 1960 New Zealand general election

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[edit]

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

Session | Opened | Adjourned

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Affiliation  | Members

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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[edit]

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

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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 |  | John 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  |  | Ngarangi Whakaupoko 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[edit]

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

Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner

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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[edit]

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[edit]

* 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.