33rd New Zealand Parliament Last updated January 15, 2026 1960 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 . 1,310,742 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.8%. [ 1]
Sessions The 33rd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1963), and was prorogued on 25 October 1963.
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
Overview of seats 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 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 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 Cameron Remuera Ronald Algie 6,109 Barry Gustafson Riccarton Mick Connelly 2,022 Deena V. Sergel 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 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:
↑ Skoglund was first on election night, but lost after special votes were counted By-elections during 33rd Parliament There were a number of changes during the term of the 33rd Parliament.
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