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.
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 .[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.
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[4]
Electorate
Incumbent
Winner
Majority
Runner 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]
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]
Frank Bannerman 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
Alex 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:
By-elections during 25th Parliament
There was one by-election during the term of the 25th Parliament.
Summary of changes