1935 in New Zealand

none December 2019 1935 The following lists events that happened during 1935 in New Zealand. Population Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,569,700.Historical population estimates tables http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20171231000952/http://archive.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/estimates_and_projections/historical-population-tables.aspx 31 December 2017 Statistics New Zealand Increase since previous 31 December 1934: 11,300 (0.73%). Males per 100 females: 103.1. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – George V Governor-General – The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC, succeeded same year by The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PCStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52 Government The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party. In November the 1935 New Zealand general election resulted in a massive win for the opposition Labour Party. Speaker of the House – Charles Statham Prime Minister – George Forbes then Michael Joseph Savage Minister of Finance – Gordon Coates then Walter Nash Minister of Foreign Affairs – George Forbes then Michael Joseph Savage Attorney-General – George Forbes then Rex Mason Chief Justice – Sir Michael Myers Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – Michael Joseph Savage (Labour) until 6 December, then George Forbes (United/Reform).http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition 6 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081017200326/http://www1.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html 17 October 2008 dead Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – George Hutchison then Ernest Davis Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop Mayor of Christchurch – Dan Sullivan Mayor of Dunedin – Edwin Thomas Cox Events 13 February: Fourth session of the 24th Parliament commences.Lambert & Palenski: The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. 0-908570-55-4 5 April: Parliament goes into recess. 29 June: The Christchurch Times ceases publication. The newspaper began as the Lyttelton Times in 1851.http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf Statistical publications 1840–2000 Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century 12 PDF Statistics New Zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20071125112530/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf 25 November 2007 29 August: Parliament recommences. 26 October: Fourth session of the 24th Parliament concludes. 1 November: The 24th Parliament is dissolved. 26 November: Voting in the four Māori electorates for the 1935 General Election. 27 November: Voting in the 76 general electorates for the 1935 General Election. Arts and literature See 1935 in art, 1935 in literature, :Category:1935 books Music See: 1935 in music Radio See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand Film Down on the Farm Hei Tiki / Primitive Passions New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland See: :Category:1935 film awards, 1935 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1935 films Sport Chess The 44th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Invercargill.List of New Zealand Chess Champions https://web.archive.org/web/20081014052518/http://poisonpawn.co.nz/nzcftitles.htm 14 October 2008 Golf The 25th New Zealand Open championship was won by Alex Murray.http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e/scores/archive_05/holden-preview.htm PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open The Sports Network 2005 25 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525235454/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-e%2Fscores%2Farchive_05%2Fholden-preview.htm 25 May 2011 dead The 39th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurchhttp://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en Men's Golf – National Champions An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand McLintock A. H. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 13 February 2009 20 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090520031909/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GolfMens/NewZealandAmateurChampions/en dead Men: J.P. Hornabrook (Masterton) Women: Miss J. Anderson Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Indianapolis (2nd win)http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm List of NZ Trotting cup winners 5 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120222233106/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/nz_trotting_cup.htm 22 February 2012 dead Auckland Trotting Cup – Graham DirectAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz https://web.archive.org/web/20090617211531/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race2.htm 17 June 2009 Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.McLintock A.H. Alexander Hare McLintock Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/bowls-mens-outdoor/page-5 6 June 2018 1966 Ministry for Culture and Heritage Men's singles champion – Arthur Engebretsen (Napier Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – H.G. Loveridge, R.N. Pilkington (skip) (Hamilton Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – William Edward Mincham, L.G. Donaldson, William James Liversidge, H. Whittle (skip) (Grey Lynn Bowling Club) Rugby union :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, :Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Soccer The Chatham Cup is won by Hospital of Wellington who beat Western of Christchurch 3–1 in the final.Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090314234154/http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/chatham_cup_records.html 14 March 2009 Provincial league champions:https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nzchamp.html New Zealand: List of champions Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1999 Auckland: Ponsonby AFC (Auckland) Canterbury: Western Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA Nelson: YMCA Otago: Maori Hill Southland: Corinthians Waikato: Huntly Starr Utd Wanganui: Thistle Wellington: Hospital Births 30em January 2 January – Bill Snowden, rugby league player (died 2016) 3 January – Rata Harrison, rugby league player (died 2013) 9 January John Graham, rugby union player and administrator, educator (died 2017) Stewart McKnight, cricketer (died 2021) 16 January – Muru Walters, rugby union player, Anglican bishop (died 2024) 21 January – Mick Cossey, rugby union player (died 1986) 23 January – Bill Culbert, artist (died 2019) 24 January – Peter Wolfenden, harness-racing driver (died 2023) February 5 February – Gordon Parkinson, public servant, diplomat 6 February – Reg Boorman, politician (died 2016) 10 February Mark Irwin, rugby union player (died 2018) Ian Kerr, field hockey player 16 February – Robin Clark, chemist (died 2018) 22 February – Barry Anderson, composer (died 1987) 23 February John Osmers, Anglican bishop, anti-apartheid activist (died 2021) Derek Round, journalist (died 2012) 25 February – Neville Scott, athlete (died 2005) 27 February James Cooke, sailor Edward Te Whiu, convicted murderer (died 1955) March 3 March – Peter Elworthy, farming leader, businessman (died 2004) 5 March – Brian Wybourne, physicist (died 2003) 8 March – Mansfield Rangi, cricket umpire (died 1987) 12 March – Maurice Rae, athlete 19 March – Wes Sandle, physicist (died 2020) 25 March – Tim Eliott, actor (died 2017) 28 March – Graham Nuthall, educationist (died 2004) 29 March – John Armstrong, politician (died 2018) April 3 April – Marrion Roe, swimmer (died 2017) 4 April – Geoff Braybrooke, politician (died 2013) 13 April – Kenneth Hayr, Royal Air Force commander (died 2001) 16 April – Lois Muir, netball player and coach 22 April – Dick Conway, rugby union player (died 2022) 30 April – Bruce Bodle, cricketer (died 2008) May 11 May Gwyn Evans, association footballer (died 2000) Stuart O'Connell, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2019) 15 May Barry Crump, author (died 1996) Kevin Percy, field hockey player (died 2019) Blair Robson, rally driver 19 May – Brian MacDonell, politician 27 May – Guy Jansen, choral musician and music educator (died 2019) 31 May Jim Bolger, politician (died 2025) Bruce Bolton, cricketer William Holt, cricketer (died 2024) June 1 June – Margot Forde, botanist (died 1992) 2 June – Ross Gillespie, field hockey player and coach (died 2023) 3 June – Raoul Franklin, physicist (died 2021) 11 June – Alan Ward, historian (died 2014) 14 June – Mervyn Thompson, playwright, theatre director (died 1992) 17 June – Ron Carter, businessman 22 June – Koro Wētere, politician (died 2018) 25 June – Margaret Sparrow, physician, reproductive rights advocate, author 29 June – Manu Maniapoto, rugby union player (died 2017) 30 June – John Turnbull, cricketer (died 2018) July 10 July – Wilson Whineray, rugby union player, businessman (died 2012) 11 July – Bruce Bricknell, cricket umpire (died 1982) 14 July – Leon Phillips, physical chemist (died 2023) 22 July – Tuppy Diack, rugby union player (died 2025) 28 July – Tom Delahunty, association football referee (died 2018) 29 July – Iain Gillies, association footballer (died 2025) 31 July – Peter Siddell, artist (died 2011) August 7 August – Campbell Thomas, theatre director (died 2019) 9 August – Des Connor, rugby union player 18 August – Howard Morrison, entertainer (died 2009) September 1 September – Graeme Lee, politician 4 September – John Kneebone, farming leader (died 2020) 7 September – Douglas Sturkey, diplomat 11 September – Jim Williams, Pentecostal pastor (died 2015) 24 September – Vincent Orange, historian (died 2012) 26 September – Ralph Roberts, sailor, sports administrator (died 2023) October 3 October – Judy Bailey, pianist, composer (died 2025) 4 October – Lyndsey Leask, softball administrator (died 2021) 5 October – Edmund Bohan, historian, singer, author (died 2024) 6 October – John Anslow, field hockey player (died 2017) 7 October – Barrie Devenport, marathon swimmer (died 2010) 9 October Paul Barton, cricketer Jeff Julian, athlete 10 October – Michael Henderson, fencer (died 2025) 16 October David Hoskin, cricket player and administrator Brian Maunsell, field hockey player (died 1987) 18 October – Margaret Beames, children's author (died 2016) 19 October – Jimmy O'Dea, trade unionist and activist (died 2021) 26 October – Barry Brickell, potter (died 2016) 28 October – Moana Manley, swimmer, beauty queen (died 2017) November 10 November – Marilyn Duckworth, writer 15 November – Ken Douglas, trade unionist (died 2022) 22 November – Don Selwyn, actor, filmmaker (died 2007) 24 November – Bruce Palmer, jurist (died 2017) 28 November – Bob Binning, fencer (died 2005) December 4 December – Gerald Hensley, public servant, diplomat (died 2024) 5 December Marise Chamberlain, athlete (died 2024) Max Gimblett, artist 7 December – Robin Dudding, journalist, literary editor (died 2008) 10 December – Max Cryer, entertainer, broadcaster, writer (died 2021) 13 December – Richard Sylvan, philosopher, logician, environmentalist (died 1996) 17 December – Ray Puckett, athlete, croquet player 20 December – Billy Ibadulla, cricket player, coach and commentator (died 2024) 21 December – Don Neely, cricket player, selector and writer (died 2022) 23 December – Warren Johnston, cyclist 29 December – Russell Watt, rugby union player (died 2022) 31 December – Billy Apple, pop artist (died 2021) Undated Ken Blackburn, actor Arthur Everard, filmmaker, journalist, chief censor Joseph Musaphia, actor Howard Williams, potter Deaths 30em January–February 3 January – Francis Redwood, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1839) 14 January – Mita Taupopoki, Tūhourangi and Ngāti Wāhiao leader (born 1845) 18 January Robert Hughes (conservationist), lawyer, politician, conservationist (born 1847) John Macmillan Brown, university academic and administrator (born 1845) 22 January – James Blacklock, cricketer (born 1883) 28 January – Matthew Barnett, bookmaker, philanthropist (born 1859) 1 February – William Sadlier, Anglican bishop (born 1867) 4 February – Robert Logan, soldier, colonial administrator (born 1863) March–April 2 March – Pat McEvedy, rugby union player and administrator (born 1880) 4 March Charles Barton, businessman, politician, civic administrator (born 1852) William Kilgour, cricketer (born 1878) 5 March – Frances Fletcher, artist (born 1846) 10 March – Charles Thorn, trade unionist, politician (born 1847) 19 March – James Randall Corrigan, politician (born 1865) 26 March Arthur Atkinson, lawyer, politician (born 1863) John Mallard, cricketer (born 1860) 7 April – Adrian Langerwerf, Roman Catholic missionary, writer (born 1876) 13 April – James McDonald, painter filmmaker, museum director (born 1865) 16 April – Dolla Richmond, painter (born 1861) May–June 1 May – George Carter, lawn bowls player, accountant (born 1883) 6 May – Kate Edger, school principal, first woman in New Zealand to earn a university degree (born 1857) 22 May – Edwin Davy, rugby union player (born 1850) 27 May John Dart, Anglican priest (born 1855) Phomen Singh, confectioner (born 1869) 29 May Harry Bayly, cricketer (born 1862) Samuel Goldstein, rabbi, scholar, community leader (born 1852) 2 June George Pearce, politician (born 1863) Sir Alfred Robin, military leader (born 1860) 7 June – Elizabeth McCombs, politician, first female MP in New Zealand (born 1873) 13 June – Jim Coucher, Australian rules footballer (born 1874) 20 June – William Ferguson, civil engineer (born 1852) 25 June – Alfred Cousins, engraver and postage stamp designer (born 1852) 26 June – Charles Corfe, cricketer, headmaster (born 1847) July–August 12 July – Nurse Maude, district nursing pioneer (born 1862) 29 July – Dan Udy, rugby union player (born 1874) 12 August – Albert Geddes, cricketer (born 1871) 17 August – James Craigie, businessman, politician (born 1851) September–October 2 October – Jeremiah Connolly, politician (born 1875) 3 October – Harry Knight, farmer, politician, racehorse owner (born 1860) 5 October – William Stevenson, politician (born 1864) 7 October James Garrow, legal academic (born 1865) Sidney Williamson, singer, conductor and singing teacher (born 1870) 11 October – Sir James Coates, banker (born 1851) 12 October – Victorine Goddard, hotelkeeper (born 1844) 18 October – Ernie Booth, rugby union player (born 1876) 23 October – Ernest Upham, cricketer, lawyer (born 1873) 24 October – James Gibb, Presbyterian minister, pacifist (born 1857) November–December 6 November – Catherine Carran, midwife (born 1842) 20 November – John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, governor-general (1920–1924) (born 1859) 25 November – Kenneth Williams, politician (born 1870) 7 December – Philip de la Perrelle, newspaper proprietor, politician (born 1872) 14 December – Mother Josepha, Roman Catholic nun, teacher (born 1863) 15 December – George James Anderson, politician (born 1860) 23 December – Charles Speight, rugby union player, politician (born 1870) Unknown date Makurata Paitini, Māori weaverMakurata Paitini https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/33997 2026-06-14 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment References External links 1935 in yes Category:Years of the 20th century in New Zealand