Term of the Parliament of New Zealand
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 .
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
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 . 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 . 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.
Party standings
1935-36
1936-38
Members
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
Electorate
Incumbent
Winner
Majority
Runner up
General electorates
Auckland Central
Bill Parry
5,301
Clifford Reid Dodd
Auckland East
Bill Schramm
2,337
Harold Percy Burton
Auckland Suburbs
Rex Mason
4,896
William Alexander Bishop
Auckland West
Michael Joseph Savage
6,180
Ernest David Stallworthy
Avon
Dan Sullivan
5,410
Lancelot Charles Walker
Awarua
Philip De La Perrelle
James Hargest [nb 1]
950
Thomas Francis Doyle
Bay of Islands
Harold Rushworth
2,121
Clive Cameron
Bay of Plenty
vacant[nb 2]
Gordon Hultquist
555
John Tom Merry
Buller
Paddy Webb
4,499
John H Powell
Central Otago
William Bodkin
1,819
Herbert Kerr Edie
Chalmers
Alfred Ansell
Archie Campbell
1,071
Alfred Ansell
Christchurch East
Tim Armstrong
5,728
Sydney Richardson
Christchurch North
Henry Holland
Sidney Holland
971
Robert Macfarlane
Christchurch South
Ted Howard
5,585
Tom Milliken
Clutha
Peter McSkimming
James Roy [nb 3]
1,930
Rev. Edwin Thoms Cox
Dunedin Central
Charles Statham
Peter Neilson
1,729
Donald Cameron
Dunedin North
Jim Munro
1,668
Alexander Smith Falconer
Dunedin South
Fred Jones
3,378
Stuart Sidey
Dunedin West
William Downie Stewart
Gervan McMillan
945
William Downie Stewart
Eden
Arthur Stallworthy
Bill Anderton
2,465
Arthur Stallworthy
Egmont
Charles Wilkinson
3,172
James Ross
Franklin
Jack Massey
Arthur Sexton
685
Jack Massey
Gisborne
David Coleman
1,817
Douglas Lysnar
Grey Lynn
John A. Lee
8,012
George Wildish
Hamilton
Alexander Young
Charles Barrell
1,391
Alexander Young
Hauraki
Walter William Massey
Charles Robert Petrie
544
Walter William Massey
Hawke's Bay
Hugh Campbell
Ted Cullen
1,010
Hugh Campbell
Hurunui
George Forbes
1,203
Donald Cyrus Davie
Hutt
Walter Nash
7,757
Victor Emmanuel Jacobson
Invercargill
James Hargest
William Denham
346
Gordon Reed
Kaiapoi
Richard Hawke
Morgan Williams
1,424
Richard Hawke
Kaipara
Gordon Coates
302
William Grounds
Lyttelton
Terry McCombs
2,775
Seton Fulton Marshall
Manawatu
Joseph Linklater
Lorrie Hunter
60
Joseph Linklater
Manukau
Bill Jordan
6,402
Herbert Jenner Wily
Marsden
Alfred Murdoch
Jim Barclay
347
Alfred Murdoch
Masterton
George Sykes
John Robertson
325
George Sykes
Mataura
David McDougall
1,658
Thomas Golden
Mid-Canterbury
vacant[nb 4]
Horace Herring
462
James Carr
Motueka
Keith Holyoake
280
Rubert York
Napier
Bill Barnard
4,057
Frank Bannerman Logan
Nelson
Harry Atmore
2,610
Herbert Everett
New Plymouth
Sydney George Smith
831
Fred Frost
Oamaru
John Andrew MacPherson
Arnold Nordmeyer
1,142
John Andrew MacPherson
Oroua
John Cobbe
2,333
William Henry Oliver[nb 5]
Otaki
William Hughes Field
Leonard Lowry
1,720
G. A. Monk
Pahiatua
Alfred Ransom
1,175
R A Gower
Palmerston
Jimmy Nash
Joe Hodgens
115
Gus Mansford
Parnell
Bill Endean
731
Arthur Osborne
Patea
Harold Dickie
649
W G Simpson
Raglan
Lee Martin
1,695
Stewart Reid
Rangitikei
Alexander Stuart
Ormond Wilson
907
Alexander Stuart
Riccarton
Bert Kyle
1,139
G T Thurston
Roskill
Arthur Shapton Richards
4,023
Thomas James Fleming
Rotorua
Cecil Clinkard
Alexander Moncur
1,452
Frederick Doidge
Stratford
William Polson [nb 6]
339
Philip Skoglund
Tauranga
Charles Macmillan
Charles Burnett
41
Charles Macmillan
Temuka
Thomas Burnett
605
Thomas Herbert Langford
Thames
Albert Samuel
Jim Thorn
1,262
Albert Samuel
Timaru
Clyde Carr
1,059
W Thomas
Waimarino
Frank Langstone
1,863
Cecil Boles
Waipawa
Albert Jull
Max Christie
259
Albert Jull
Waikato
Frederick Lye
Robert Coulter
784
Frederick Lye
Wairarapa
Alex McLeod
Ben Roberts
33
John Wiltshire Card
Wairau
Edward Healy
Ted Meachen
352
Edward Healy
Waitaki
John Bitchener
David Barnes
479
John Bitchener
Waitemata
Alexander Harris
Jack Lyon
2,684
Alexander Harris
Waitomo
Walter Broadfoot
1,526
Jack Jones
Wallace
Adam Hamilton
2,034
Lawrence Edmond
Wanganui
Bill Veitch
Joe Cotterill
1,569
Bill Veitch
Wellington Central
Peter Fraser
4,479
Will Mason
Wellington East
Bob Semple
3,323
Ossie Mazengarb
Wellington North
Charles Chapman
794
Elizabeth Gilmer
Wellington South
Robert McKeen
6,059
Henry Featherston Toogood
Wellington Suburbs
Robert Wright
1,856
Peter Butler
Westland
James O'Brien
3,677
H R Young
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori
Āpirana Ngata
3,224
Tiaki Omana
Northern Maori
Taurekareka Henare
983
Paraire Karaka Paikea
Southern Maori
Eruera Tirikatene
43
Thomas Kaiporohu Bragg
Western Maori
Taite Te Tomo
Toko Ratana
47
Taite Te Tomo
Table footnotes:
^ James Hargest ran as an Independent, but was aligned to the Reform Party
^ Kenneth Williams , the previous representative, died two days prior to the election
^ James Roy ran as an Independent, but was aligned to the United–Reform Coalition
^ Jeremiah Connolly , the previous representative, died just prior to the election
^ Father of the historian W. H. Oliver
^ 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.
Summary of changes
Notes
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