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.
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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. 1,310,742 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.8%.[1]
The 33rd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1963), and was prorogued on 25 October 1963.
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| 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 |
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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.
The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1960 election and at dissolution:
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| Affiliation |
Members |
| At 1960 election |
At dissolution |
| National Government |
46 |
46 |
| Labour Opposition |
34 |
34 |
Total
|
80 |
80 |
| Working Government majority |
12 |
12 |
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Notes
- The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
The table below shows the results of the 1960 general election:
Key
National
Labour
Social Credit
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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 Alex 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 |
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Table footnotes:
Skoglund was first on election night, but lost after special votes were counted
There were a number of changes during the term of the 33rd Parliament.
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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.
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