32nd New Zealand Parliament Last updated January 15, 2026 1957 general election The 1957 general election was held on Saturday, 30 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 a gain of one electorate for the North Island from the South Island since the 1954 election . 1,252,329 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 92.9%. [ 1]
Sessions The 32nd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1958), and was prorogued on 28 October 1960.
Session Opened Adjourned first 21 January 1958 31 January 1958 second 10 June 1958 3 October 1958 third 24 June 1959 23 October 1959 fourth 22 June 1960 28 October 1960
Overview of seats The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1957 election and at dissolution:
Notes
The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties. Initial composition of the 32nd Parliament The table below shows the results of the 1957 general election:
Key
Labour National
Electorate results for the 1957 New Zealand general election. Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up General electorates Ashburton Geoff Gerard 1,769 George Glassey Auckland Central Bill Anderton 3,856 Aileen Joyce Avon John Mathison 6,100 William Ernest Olds Awarua George Herron Gordon Grieve 1,636 J P Wyatt Bay of Plenty Percy Allen 910 Godfrey Santon Buller Jerry Skinner 2,677 Norman Leon Bensemann Christchurch Central Robert Macfarlane 4,071 Colin McLachlan Clutha James Roy 1,490 Joseph Fahey [ nb 1] Dunedin Central Phil Connolly 1,778 Marcus Anderson Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 3,408 George Terry Eden Duncan Rae 498 Ian Watkins Egmont Ernest Corbett William Sheat 2,697 Clarence Robert Parker Fendalton Sidney Holland Jack Watts 824 Lawrence White Franklin Jack Massey Alfred E. Allen 4,241 Christopher Mountford Gisborne Reginald Keeling 1,182 Arthur MacPherson Grey Lynn Fred Hackett 5,785 Bernard Griffiths Hamilton Hilda Ross 1,110 Ben Waters Hastings Ted Keating 1,070 Arthur Heafy Sievewright Hauraki Arthur Kinsella 1,161 Brevat William Dynes Hawkes Bay Cyril Harker 2,858 Leonard Thomas Fischer Heretaunga Phil Holloway 5,117 Allan McCready Hobson Sidney Smith 3,134 Colin Moyle Hurunui William Gillespie 1,749 Lyn Christie Hutt Walter Nash 4,430 Lance Adams-Schneider Invercargill Ralph Hanan 679 Thomas Francis Doyle Island Bay Arnold Nordmeyer 4,209 Saul Goldsmith Karori Jack Marshall 3,061 Keith Spry Lyttelton Harry Lake Norman Kirk 567 Harry Lake Manawatu Matthew Oram Blair Tennent 1,575 Patrick Kelliher Manukau Leon Götz 159 Cyril Douglas Stamp Marlborough Tom Shand 1,782 Roy Evans Marsden Don McKay 2,088 Mervyn Allan Hosking Miramar Bill Fox 2,077 Clevedon Costello Mornington Wally Hudson 2,817 Walter MacDougall Mt Albert Warren Freer 3,987 Geoffrey Taylor Napier Jim Edwards 2,413 Raymond Vincent Foster Nelson Edgar Neale Stan Whitehead 509 Colin Wilson Martin New Plymouth Ernest Aderman 657 Ron Barclay North Shore Dean Eyre 462 Peter Lawrence Smith Onehunga Hugh Watt 5,686 Donald Watson Onslow Henry May 2,675 Kevin O'Brien Otago Central Jack George 2,788 J H Rapson Otahuhu James Deas 3,442 Clive Haszard Otaki Jimmy Maher 1,122 Cyril Shamy Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 4,020 William Erle Rose Palmerston North Philip Skoglund 1,348 Bill Brown Patea Roy Jack 902 Benjamin R. Winchcombe Petone Mick Moohan 4,159 Dan Riddiford Piako New electorate Stan Goosman 3,812 Alistair Walker Ponsonby Ritchie Macdonald 6,592 Gordon Frederick Smith Raglan Hallyburton Johnstone Douglas Carter 161 Alan Baxter Rangitikei Norman Shelton 2,983 Stephen Malcolm Roberton Remuera Ronald Algie 4,766 Russell Gordon Penney Riccarton Mick Connelly 2,867 Deena V. Sergel Rodney Jack Scott 3,112 George Webber Roskill John Rae Arthur Faulkner 2,117 John Rae Rotorua Ray Boord 2,009 Murray Linton Selwyn John McAlpine 1,731 Stanley Marshall Cook St Albans Jack Watts Neville Pickering 501 Eric Philip Wills St Kilda Jim Barnes Bill Fraser 791 Jim Barnes Stratford Thomas Murray 3,172 J M Deegan Sydenham Mabel Howard 6,450 Oliver G. Moody Tamaki Eric Halstead Bob Tizard 589 Eric Halstead Tauranga George Walsh 3,342 Oliver Liddell Timaru Clyde Carr 2,954 Alfred Davey Waikato Geoffrey Sim 2,013 Arthur John Ingram Waipa Stan Goosman Hallyburton Johnstone 1,813 Albert Clifford Tucker Wairarapa Bert Cooksley 1,058 Bob Wilkie [ 14] Waitakere Rex Mason 3,682 Leonard Bradley Waitaki New electorate Thomas Hayman 1,618 A G Braddock Waitemata Norman King 2,191 Robert Muldoon Waitomo David Seath 2,474 Vic Haines Wallace Tom Macdonald Brian Talboys 4,319 John Reid Wanganui Joe Cotterill 1,419 Alice Kathleen Maclean Wellington Central Frank Kitts 1,685 Max Wall Westland Jim Kent 4,745 Fred Boustridge Māori electorates Eastern Maori Tiaki Omana 4,197 Wiremu Hoete Maxwell Northern Maori Tapihana Paikea 4,310 Timothy James Davis Southern Maori Eruera Tirikatene 4,383 Thomas Stratton Western Maori Iriaka Rātana 5,553 Pei Te Hurinui Jones
Table footnotes:
↑ The previous Labour candidate, Bruce Waters, died the day before the general election, so the election in Clutha was postponed to 18 January 1958 By-elections during 32nd Parliament There was one by-election during the term of the 32nd Parliament.
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