25th New Zealand Parliament

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The 25th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 25 March 1936, following the 1935 election. It was dissolved on 16 September 1938 in preparation for 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 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 Ratana 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.

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[edit] Party standings

Party Leader(s) Seats at start
Labour Party Michael Joseph Savage 53
Reform Party Gordon Coates 9
United Party George Forbes 7
Country Party Harold Rushworth 2
Ratana Eruera Tirikatene 2
Independents 7

[edit] Electoral boundaries

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[edit] Members

[edit] Initial MPs

Name Party Electorate Term
Anderton, Bill Labour Eden First
Armstrong, Hubert Labour Christchurch East Fifth
Atmore, Harry Independent Nelson Seventh
Barclay, James Labour Marsden First
Barnard, Bill Labour Napier Third
Barnes, David Labour Waitaki First
Barrell, Charles Labour Hamilton First
Bodkin, William United Central Otago Third
Broadfoot, Walter United Waitomo Third
Burnett, Charles Labour Tauranga First
Burnett, Thomas Reform Temuka Sixth
Campbell, Archibald Labour Chalmers First
Carr, Clyde Labour Timaru Third
Chapman, Charles Labour Wellington North Third
Christie, Hubert Labour Waipawa First
Coates, Gordon Reform Kaipara Eighth
Cobbe, John United Oroua Third
Coleman, David Labour Gisborne Second
Cotterill, Joseph Labour Wanganui First
Coulter, Robert Labour Waikato First
Cullen, Edward Labour Hawkes Bay First
Denham, William Labour Invercargill First
Dickie, Harold Reform Patea Fourth
Endean, William Reform Parnell Third
Forbes, George United Hurunui Ninth
Fraser, Peter Labour Wellington Central Seventh
Hamilton, Adam Reform Wallace Fifth
Hargest, James Independent* Awarua Second
Henare, Taurekareka Reform Northern Maori Seventh
Herring, Horace Labour Mid-Canterbury First
Hodgens, Joseph Labour Palmerston First
Holland, Sidney Reform Christchurch North First
Holyoake, Keith Reform Motueka Second
Howard, Edwin Labour Christchurch South Sixth
Hultquist, Gordon Labour Bay of Plenty First
Hunter, Clifford Labour Manawatu First
Jones, Frederick Labour Dunedin South Second
Jordan, William Labour Manukau Fifth
Kyle, Herbert Reform Riccarton Fourth
Langstone, Frank Labour Waimarino Fourth
Lee, John A. Labour Grey Lynn Fourth
Lowry, Leonard Labour Otaki First
Lyon, Jack Labour Waitemata First
Martin, William Lee Labour Raglan Third
Mason, Rex Labour Auckland Suburbs Fourth
McCombs, Terry Labour Lyttelton Second
McDougall, David Independent Mataura Third
McKeen, Robert Labour Wellington South Fifth
McMillan, Gervan Labour Dunedin West First
Meachen, Edwin Labour Wairau First
Moncur, Alexander Labour Rotorua First
Munro, James Wright Labour Dunedin North Fifth
Nash, Walter Labour Hutt Third
Neilson, Peter Labour Dunedin Central First
Ngata, Apirana United Eastern Maori Tenth
Nordmeyer, Arnold Labour Oamaru First
O'Brien, James Labour Westland Fourth
Parry, William Labour Auckland Central Sixth
Petrie, Charles Labour Hauraki First
Polson, William Independent* Stratford Third
Ransom, Ethelbert United Pahiatua Fifth
Ratana, Toko Ratana Western Maori First
Richards, Arthur Labour Roskill Second
Roberts, Benjamin Labour Wairarapa First
Robertson, John Labour Masterton Second
Roy, James Independent* Clutha First
Rushworth, Harold Country Bay of Islands Fourth
Savage, Michael Joseph Labour Auckland West Sixth
Schramm, Frederick Labour Auckland East Second
Semple, Bob Labour Wellington East Fourth
Sexton, Arthur Country Franklin First
Smith, Sydney United New Plymouth Sixth
Sullivan, Daniel Labour Avon Sixth
Thorn, James Labour Thames First
Tirikatene, Eruera Ratana Southern Maori Independent
Webb, Paddy Labour Buller Fifth
Wilkinson, Charles Independent Egmont Fifth
Williams, Charles Labour Kaiapoi First
Wilson, Ormond Labour Rangitikei First
Wright, Robert Independent Wellington Suburbs Eighth

* Three MPs (Hargest, Polson, and Roy) were aligned with the United-Reform coalition, but do not appear to have been members of either United or Reform.

[edit] New MPs

Name Party Electorate Term
Osborne, Arthur Labour Manukau First

[edit] Summary of changes