25th New Zealand Parliament

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Overview
Legislative body New Zealand Parliament
Term25 March 1936 – 26 August 1938
Election 1935 New Zealand general election
Government First Labour Government
House of Representatives
25th New Zealand Parliament Seating.png
Members80
Speaker of the House Bill Barnard
Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage
Leader of the Opposition Adam Hamilton
— George Forbes until 2 November 1936
Legislative Council
Members39 (at start)
38 (at end)
Speaker of the Council Sir Walter Carncross
Leader of the Council Mark Fagan
Sovereign
Monarch HM George VI
— HM Edward VIII until 11 December 1936
Governor-General HE Rt. Hon. The Viscount Galway
Sessions
1st25 March 1936 – 31 October 1936
2nd9 September 1937 – 15 March 1938
3rd28 June 1938 – 16 September 1938

The 25th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It opened on 25 March 1936, following the 1935 election. It was dissolved on 16 September 1938 in preparation for the 1938 election.

Contents

The 25th Parliament was notable in that it was the first time the Labour Party had a parliamentary majority and formed a government, the First Labour Government. The new Prime Minister was Michael Joseph Savage. The opposition consisted of the United Party and the Reform Party, which merged to form the National Party in 1936.

The 25th Parliament consisted of eighty representatives, each elected from separate geographical electorates. As the 1935 elections had been a landslide victory for the Labour Party, the 25th Parliament was dominated by Labour MPs — 53 of the 80 were members of the Labour Party. The main opposition consisted of a coalition of the Reform Party, the United Party, and three independents, having a total of 19 MPs. Part way through the 25th Parliament, Reform and United took their coalition to the next step, and merged into a single group. This was called the National Party. The smaller Country Party and Rātana movement had two MPs each, and there were four independents not aligned with the coalition. The Democrat Party, despite winning a significant portion of the vote, did not hold any seats.

Electoral boundaries

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Ministries

The 24th Parliament had been led by a coalition of the Reform Party and the United Party, formed in September 1931 during the term of the 23rd Parliament and led by George Forbes. [1] The primary opposition had been the Labour Party.

At the 1935 election, the Labour Party obtained a parliamentary majority and formed a government, the First Labour Government. The leader of the Labour Party, Michael Joseph Savage, became Prime Minister. [2] The opposition consisted of the United Party and the Reform Party, which merged in 1936 during the term of the 25th Parliament to form the National Party. The Savage Ministry was in power until Savage's death on 27 March 1940. [3]

Party standings

1935-36

PartyLeader(s)Seats at start
Labour Party Michael Joseph Savage 53
Reform Party Gordon Coates 9
United Party George Forbes 7
Country Party Harold Rushworth 2
Ratana Eruera Tirikatene 2
Independents 7

1936-38

PartyLeader(s)Seats at start
Labour Party Michael Joseph Savage 55
National Party Adam Hamilton 19
Country Party Harold Rushworth 2
Independents 4

Members

Members of the 25th New Zealand Parliament, the Sergeant-at-arms and the Clerk of the House. 1935 NZ MPs.jpg
Members of the 25th New Zealand Parliament, the Sergeant-at-arms and the Clerk of the House.

Initial MPs

The following table shows the detailed results:

Key

  Labour     Independent     United     Reform     United/Reform     Democrat     Ratana     Country Party   

Electorate results for the 1935 New Zealand general election [4]
ElectorateIncumbentWinnerMajorityRunner up
General electorates
Auckland Central Bill Parry 5,301 [5] Clifford Reid Dodd [6]
Auckland East Bill Schramm 2,337 [7] Harold Percy Burton [8]
Auckland Suburbs Rex Mason 4,896 [5] William Alexander Bishop [9]
Auckland West Michael Joseph Savage 6,180 [10] Ernest David Stallworthy [11]
Avon Dan Sullivan 5,410 [12] Lancelot Charles Walker
Awarua Philip De La Perrelle James Hargest [nb 1] 950 [14] Thomas Francis Doyle
Bay of Islands Harold Rushworth 2,121 [15] Clive Cameron
Bay of Plenty vacant [nb 2] Gordon Hultquist 555 [17] John Tom Merry [18]
Buller Paddy Webb 4,499 [19] John H Powell [20]
Central Otago William Bodkin 1,819 [19] Herbert Kerr Edie [21]
Chalmers Alfred Ansell Archie Campbell 1,071 [14] Alfred Ansell
Christchurch East Tim Armstrong 5,728 [5] Sydney Richardson [22] [23]
Christchurch North Henry Holland Sidney Holland 971 [5] Robert Macfarlane
Christchurch South Ted Howard 5,585 [5] Tom Milliken [24] [25]
Clutha Peter McSkimming James Roy [nb 3] 1,930 [15] Rev. Edwin Thoms Cox [26]
Dunedin Central Charles Statham Peter Neilson 1,729 [14] Donald Cameron [27]
Dunedin North Jim Munro 1,668 [15] Alexander Smith Falconer [28] [29] [30] [31]
Dunedin South Fred Jones 3,378 [17] Stuart Sidey
Dunedin West William Downie Stewart Gervan McMillan 945 [32] William Downie Stewart [33]
Eden Arthur Stallworthy Bill Anderton 2,465 [32] Arthur Stallworthy
Egmont Charles Wilkinson 3,172 [5] James Ross [34]
Franklin Jack Massey Arthur Sexton 685 [15] Jack Massey
Gisborne David Coleman 1,817 [7] Douglas Lysnar
Grey Lynn John A. Lee 8,012 [32] George Wildish [35]
Hamilton Alexander Young Charles Barrell 1,391 [15] Alexander Young
Hauraki Walter William Massey Charles Robert Petrie 544 [36] Walter William Massey
Hawke's Bay Hugh Campbell Ted Cullen 1,010 [14] Hugh Campbell
Hurunui George Forbes 1,203 [5] Donald Cyrus Davie [37]
Hutt Walter Nash 7,757 [7] Victor Emmanuel Jacobson [38]
Invercargill James Hargest William Denham 346 [14] Gordon Reed [39]
Kaiapoi Richard Hawke Morgan Williams 1,424 [14] Richard Hawke
Kaipara Gordon Coates 302 [15] William Grounds
Lyttelton Terry McCombs 2,775 [7] Seton Fulton Marshall [40] [41]
Manawatu Joseph Linklater Lorrie Hunter 60 [19] Joseph Linklater
Manukau Bill Jordan 6,402 [32] Herbert Jenner Wily [42]
Marsden Alfred Murdoch Jim Barclay 347 [5] Alfred Murdoch
Masterton George Sykes John Robertson 325 [17] George Sykes
Mataura David McDougall 1,658 [5] Thomas Golden [43]
Mid-Canterbury vacant [nb 4] Horace Herring 462 [5] James Carr [45]
Motueka Keith Holyoake 280 [14] Rubert York [46] [47]
Napier Bill Barnard 4,057 [48] F B Logan
Nelson Harry Atmore 2,610 [15] Herbert Everett [49]
New Plymouth Sydney George Smith 831 [14] Fred Frost
Oamaru John Andrew MacPherson Arnold Nordmeyer 1,142 [14] John Andrew MacPherson
Oroua John Cobbe 2,333 [15] William Henry Oliver [nb 5]
Otaki William Hughes Field Leonard Lowry 1,720 [19] G. A. Monk [51]
Pahiatua Alfred Ransom 1,175 [5] R A Gower
Palmerston Jimmy Nash Joe Hodgens 115 [52] Gus Mansford
Parnell Bill Endean 731 [36] Arthur Osborne
Patea Harold Dickie 649 [14] W G Simpson
Raglan Lee Martin 1,695 [14] Stewart Reid [53]
Rangitikei Alexander Stuart Ormond Wilson 907 [54] Alexander Stuart
Riccarton Bert Kyle 1,139 [5] G T Thurston
Roskill Arthur Shapton Richards 4,023 [36] Thomas James Fleming [11]
Rotorua Cecil Clinkard Alexander Moncur 1,452 [15] Frederick Doidge
Stratford William Polson [nb 6] 339 [15] Philip Skoglund
Tauranga Charles MacMillan Charles Burnett 41 [19] Charles MacMillan
Temuka Thomas Burnett 605 [15] Thomas Herbert Langford
Thames Albert Samuel Jim Thorn 1,262 [36] Albert Samuel
Timaru Clyde Carr 1,059 [14] W Thomas
Waimarino Frank Langstone 1,863 [15] Cecil Boles
Waipawa Albert Jull Max Christie 259 [14] Albert Jull
Waikato Frederick Lye Robert Coulter 784 [54] Frederick Lye
Wairarapa Alexander McLeod Ben Roberts 33 [14] John Wiltshire Card [55] [56]
Wairau Edward Healy Ted Meachen 352 [5] Edward Healy
Waitaki John Bitchener David Barnes 479 [33] John Bitchener
Waitemata Alexander Harris Jack Lyon 2,684 [5] Alexander Harris
Waitomo Walter Broadfoot 1,526 [15] Jack Jones [57]
Wallace Adam Hamilton 2,034 [5] Lawrence Edmond [58]
Wanganui Bill Veitch Joe Cotterill 1,569 [5] Bill Veitch
Wellington Central Peter Fraser 4,479 [15] Will Mason [59]
Wellington East Bob Semple 3,323 [5] Ossie Mazengarb
Wellington North Charles Chapman 794 [7] Elizabeth Gilmer [60]
Wellington South Robert McKeen 6,059 [5] Henry Featherston Toogood [38] [56]
Wellington Suburbs Robert Wright 1,856 [5] Peter Butler [38]
Westland James O'Brien 3,677 [15] H R Young [61]
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori Āpirana Ngata 3,224 [15] Tiaki Omana
Northern Maori Taurekareka Henare 983 [15] Paraire Karaka Paikea
Southern Maori Eruera Tirikatene 43 [15] Thomas Kaiporohu Bragg
Western Maori Taite Te Tomo Toko Ratana 47 [62] Taite Te Tomo

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ James Hargest ran as an Independent, but was aligned to the Reform Party [13]
  2. ↑ Kenneth Williams, the previous representative, died two days prior to the election [16]
  3. ↑ James Roy ran as an Independent, but was aligned to the United–Reform Coalition
  4. ↑ Jeremiah Connolly, the previous representative, died just prior to the election [44]
  5. ↑ Father of the historian W. H. Oliver [50]
  6. ↑ William Polson ran as an Independent, but was aligned to the United–Reform Coalition

By-elections during 25th Parliament

There was one by-election during the term of the 25th Parliament.

Electorate and by-electionDateIncumbentCauseWinner
Manukau 1936 30 September [63] Bill Jordan Appointed High Commissioner, UK Arthur Osborne

Summary of changes

Notes

  1. ↑ Scholefield 1950, pp. 48–49.
  2. ↑ Gustafson, Barry. "Savage, Michael Joseph - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Scholefield 1950, pp. 47, 48, 137.
  4. ↑ The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
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