1960 New Zealand general election

none April 2024 April 2018 1960 New Zealand general election New Zealand 1960 parliamentary no 1957 New Zealand general election 1957 32nd New Zealand Parliament 1963 New Zealand general election 1963 33rd New Zealand Parliament All 80 seats in the New Zealand Parliament 41 seats were needed for a majority 1960 11 26 y elected members 1,170,503 (89.8%) 200x200px Keith Holyoake 13 August 1957 New Zealand National Party Pahiatua 39 seats, 44.2% 46 7 557,046 47.6% 3.4% 200x200px Walter Nash 17 January 1951 New Zealand Labour Party Hutt 41 seats, 48.3% 34 7 508,179 43.4% 4.9% 1960 New Zealand general election.svg 350px Results by electorate, shaded by winning margin Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Walter Nash Keith Holyoake New Zealand Labour Party New Zealand National Party The 1960 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 33rd term. It saw the governing Labour Party defeated by the National Party, putting an end to the short second Labour government. Background The Labour Party had won the 1957 election by a narrow margin, beginning New Zealand's second period of Labour government. However, the new administration soon lost its narrow lead in public opinion, with its financial policies being the principal cause of dissatisfaction. The so-called "Black Budget", introduced by finance minister Arnold Nordmeyer, increased taxes substantially, with particularly large increases for alcohol and tobacco taxes; Labour became widely seen as both miserly and puritanical. The government defended its tax increases as a necessary measure to avert a balance of payments crisis, but the opposition, led by Keith Holyoake, made substantial gains out of the issue throughout the parliamentary term.Gustafson 1986 80 Both parties crafted narratives on the history of the balance of payments crisis in the lead up to the election. Holyoake tried to argue that overseas funds had not fallen as much as Nash said in 1957, and that Labour had produced a panic budget. Moreover, the over-importing was due to a fear of import controls if Labour should win. Nash continued to stress that National had produced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and that Labour had averted further disaster by its action. Coincidentally, at the beginning of the election another drop in overseas funds occurred, but neither party commented much about it.Sinclair 1976 350 Labour's main policy platform was on industrialization particularly with new cotton mills in Nelson. Nash constantly repeated the theme people in New Zealand had 'never been so well off' and pamphlets stated 'everyone, everywhere, will again be better off', closely mirroring British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's winning slogan in 1959, 'You've never had it so good'.Sinclair 1976 349-50 National's campaign promised to lower taxes, reduce import controls and abolish compulsory unionism.Gustafson 1986 82 A very thorough study of the election by three political scientists concluded that National's preparations for the election, organization, and publicity were much better than Labour's which was the main reason for the result with little substantial differences between the parties in policy.Sinclair 1976 349 National's party organisation recognised their win was mostly due to public mood against Labour and many traditional Labour voters not bothering to vote. As a result Labour's vote share had fallen more than National's had risen.Gustafson 1986 90 MPs retiring in 1960 Five National MPs and four Labour MPs intended to retire at the end of the 32nd Parliament. Party Name Electorate National James Roy Clutha Duncan Rae Eden Jack Watts Fendalton Sidney Walter Smith Hobson Jimmy Maher Otaki Labour Bill Anderton Auckland Central Phil Holloway Heretaunga Joe Cotterill Wanganui Jim Kent Westland The election The date for the main 1960 election was 26 November. 1,310,742 people were registered to vote, and turnout was 89.8%. This turnout was slightly lower than what had been recorded in the previous elections. The number of seats being contested was 80, a number which had been fixed since 1902. Opinion polling Polling ahead of the 1960 New Zealand general election was limited, but three polls conducted by Gallup provided insight into voter preferences leading up to the election. These polls give a snapshot of party support in the months before the vote. The results are outlined in the table below: PollDate National Labour Socred Others Lead 1960 election result 26 Nov 1960 47.2 43.4 8.6 0.4 3.8 GallupChapman R.M. Jackson W.K. Mitchell A.V. 1962 New Zealand Politics in Action: the 1960 General Election London Oxford University Press 108 22 Nov 1960 46 43 9 3 Gallup 18 Oct 1960 49 43 6 6 Gallup 13 Sep 1960 47 44 6 3 Results The 1960 election saw the governing Labour Party defeated by a twelve-seat margin, having previously held a two-seat majority. National won a total of 46 seats to Labour's 34 seats, and formed the second National government.Wilson 1985 288 In the popular vote, National won 47.59% to Labour's 43.42%.Wilson 1985 290 The Social Credit Party won 8.62% of the vote, but no seats.Wilson 1985 288, 290 Three of their candidates missed the nomination deadline, and the opening address of the party leader P. H. Matthews was not noteworthy. Three new National members of parliament were called the Young Turks: Peter Gordon, Duncan MacIntyre and Robert Muldoon. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=195166 Obituary: Duncan MacIntyre The New Zealand Herald 16 June 2001 16 May 2010 The other new National MPs were Esme Tombleson, Bill Brown, Harry Lapwood, Logan Sloane, Bert Walker, and Dan Riddiford.Gustafson 1986 85 Paddy Blanchfield, Ron Bailey, Norman Douglas and George Spooner entered parliament for Labour. center Election resultsParty Candidates Total votes Percentage Seats won ChangeNational80557,04647.646 +7Labour80508,17943.434 −7Social Credit79100,9058.60±0Communist182,4230.210±0Others71,9500.20±0Total2691,170,50380 Votes summary Popular Vote #ddd 600px 410px National New Zealand National Party 47.60 Labour New Zealand Labour Party 43.40 Social Credit Social Credit Party (New Zealand) 8.60 Others #777777 0.40 Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px National New Zealand National Party 57.50 Labour New Zealand Labour Party 42.50 The table below shows the results of the 1960 general election: Key New Zealand National Party New Zealand Labour Party Social Credit Party (New Zealand) Electorate results for the 1960 New Zealand general electionNorton 1988 |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | General electorates |- Ashburton Geoff Gerard New Zealand National Party 2,558 George Glassey New Zealand Labour Party Auckland Central Bill Anderton New Zealand Labour Party Norman Douglas New Zealand Labour Party 1,846 Ray Presland New Zealand National Party Avon John Mathison New Zealand Labour Party 4,216 Lorrie Pickering New Zealand National Party Awarua Gordon Grieve New Zealand National Party 3,000 J P Wyatt New Zealand Labour Party Bay of Plenty Percy Allen New Zealand National Party 2,411 Thomas Godfrey Santon New Zealand Labour Party Buller Jerry Skinner New Zealand Labour Party 1,546 Ernie King New Zealand National Party Christchurch Central Robert Macfarlane New Zealand Labour Party 1,935 Tom Flint New Zealand National Party Clutha James Roy New Zealand National Party Peter Gordon New Zealand National Party 3,863 Joseph Fahey New Zealand Labour Party Dunedin Central Phil Connolly New Zealand Labour Party 842 Norman Scurr New Zealand National Party Dunedin North Ethel McMillan New Zealand Labour Party 2,475 Brenda Bell New Zealand National Party Eden Duncan Rae New Zealand National Party John Rae New Zealand National Party 1,902 Russell Penney New Zealand Labour Party Egmont William Sheat New Zealand National Party 3,933 J W Watson New Zealand Labour Party Fendalton Jack Watts New Zealand National Party Harry Lake New Zealand National Party 2,722 Bill Rowling New Zealand Labour Party Franklin Alfred E. Allen New Zealand National Party 5,197 Howard Preston New Zealand Labour Party Gisborne Reginald Keeling New Zealand Labour Party Esme Tombleson New Zealand National Party 291 Reginald Keeling New Zealand Labour Party Grey Lynn Fred Hackett New Zealand Labour Party 4,596 Brian Zouch New Zealand National Party Hamilton Lance Adams-Schneider New Zealand National Party 2,583 Sir Basil Arthur New Zealand Labour Party Hastings Ted Keating New Zealand Labour Party Duncan MacIntyre New Zealand National Party 300 Ted Keating New Zealand Labour Party |- | Hauraki | style="background-color:New Zealand National Party;" | | colspan=3 style="text-align:center;background-color:;" | Arthur Kinsella | style="text-align:right;" | 2,635 | style="background-color:New Zealand Labour Party;" | | style="text-align:center;" | Albert Clifford Tucker |- Hawkes Bay Cyril Harker New Zealand National Party 3,682 John Woolf New Zealand Labour Party Heretaunga Phil Holloway New Zealand Labour Party Ron Bailey New Zealand Labour Party 2,576 Vere Hampson-Tindale New Zealand National Party Hobson Sidney Walter Smith New Zealand National Party Logan Sloane New Zealand National Party 1,401 Vernon Cracknell Social Credit Party (New Zealand) Hurunui William Gillespie New Zealand National Party 2,731 Arthur Adcock New Zealand Labour Party Hutt Walter Nash New Zealand Labour Party 2,349 George Barker New Zealand National Party Invercargill Ralph Hanan New Zealand National Party 1,926 Oliver James Henderson New Zealand Labour Party Island Bay Arnold Nordmeyer New Zealand Labour Party 1,791 Fairlie Curry New Zealand National Party Karori Jack Marshall New Zealand National Party 4,313 Olive Smuts-Kennedy New Zealand Labour Party Lyttelton Norman Kirk New Zealand Labour Party 260 Jim Hay New Zealand National Party Manawatu Blair Tennent New Zealand National Party 3,120 Leonard Thomas Fischer New Zealand Labour Party Manukau Leon Götz New Zealand National Party 245 Cyril Stamp New Zealand Labour Party Marlborough Tom Shand New Zealand National Party 1,747 Robert William Hope New Zealand Labour Party Marsden Don McKay New Zealand National Party 4,351 John Swanson Reid New Zealand Labour Party Miramar Bill Fox New Zealand Labour Party 467 Bernard Lyons New Zealand National Party Mornington Wally Hudson New Zealand Labour Party 2,246 George Robert Thorn New Zealand National Party Mount Albert Warren Freer New Zealand Labour Party 1,676 Clarice Anderson New Zealand National Party Napier Jim Edwards New Zealand Labour Party 1,405 William John Gunn New Zealand National Party Nelson Stan Whitehead New Zealand Labour Party 1,767 Colin Wilson Martin New Zealand National Party New Plymouth Ernest Aderman New Zealand National Party 1,693 Ron Barclay New Zealand Labour Party North Shore Dean Eyre New Zealand National Party 1,817 Peter Lawrence Smith New Zealand Labour Party Onehunga Hugh Watt New Zealand Labour Party 4,705 Paul Brian Phillips New Zealand National Party Onslow Henry May New Zealand Labour Party 790 Maida Clark New Zealand National Party Otago Central Jack George New Zealand National Party 4,344 Brian MacDonell New Zealand Labour Party Otahuhu James Deas New Zealand Labour Party 2,774 Thomas Tucker New Zealand National Party Otaki Jimmy Maher New Zealand National Party Allan McCready New Zealand National Party 2,044 Thomas William Cameron New Zealand Labour Party Pahiatua Keith Holyoake New Zealand National Party 4,934 Kingsley McKane New Zealand Labour Party Palmerston North Philip Skoglund New Zealand Labour Party Bill Brown New Zealand National Party 133 Philip Skoglundnb Skoglund was first on election night, but lost after special votes were counted New Zealand Labour Party Patea Roy Jack New Zealand National Party 2,304 David Costello Valley New Zealand Labour Party Petone Mick Moohan New Zealand Labour Party 2,918 Dick Martin New Zealand National Party Piako Stan Goosman New Zealand National Party 5,376 Henry Uttinger New Zealand Labour Party Ponsonby Ritchie Macdonald New Zealand Labour Party 4,744 Neil McLaughlan New Zealand National Party Raglan Douglas Carter New Zealand National Party 1,371 Alan Baxter New Zealand Labour Party Rangitikei Norman Shelton New Zealand National Party 3,889 Shaun Cameron New Zealand Labour Party Remuera Ronald Algie New Zealand National Party 6,109 Barry Gustafson New Zealand Labour Party Riccarton Mick Connelly New Zealand Labour Party 2,022 Deena V. Sergel Gustafson 1986 386 New Zealand National Party Rodney Jack Scott New Zealand National Party 4,157 Phil Amos New Zealand Labour Party Roskill Arthur Faulkner New Zealand Labour Party 1,374 Geoffrey Taylor New Zealand National Party Rotorua Ray Boord New Zealand Labour Party Harry Lapwood New Zealand National Party 358 Ray Boord New Zealand Labour Party Selwyn John McAlpine New Zealand National Party 2,839 John Palmer New Zealand Labour Party St Albans Neville Pickering New Zealand Labour Party Bert Walker New Zealand National Party 298 Neville Pickering New Zealand Labour Party St Kilda Bill Fraser New Zealand Labour Party 835 Jim Barnes New Zealand National Party Stratford Thomas Murray New Zealand National Party 4,388 H M St George New Zealand Labour Party Sydenham Mabel Howard New Zealand Labour Party 4,793 Derek Quigley New Zealand National Party Tamaki Bob Tizard New Zealand Labour Party Robert Muldoon New Zealand National Party 1,148 Bob Tizard New Zealand Labour Party Tauranga George Walsh New Zealand National Party 5,239 D C Goodfellow New Zealand Labour Party Timaru Clyde Carr New Zealand Labour Party 357 Ronald Erle White New Zealand National Party Waikato Geoffrey Sim New Zealand National Party 3,041 Arthur John Ingram New Zealand Labour Party Waipa Hallyburton Johnstone New Zealand National Party 3,241 Bob Reese New Zealand Labour Party Wairarapa Bert Cooksley New Zealand National Party 2,088 Allan Goldsmith New Zealand Labour Party Waitakere Rex Mason New Zealand Labour Party 3,709 John Herbert Wilkinson New Zealand National Party Waitaki Thomas Hayman New Zealand National Party 1,972 Les McKay New Zealand Labour Party Waitemata Norman King New Zealand Labour Party 1,249 Jolyon Firth New Zealand National Party Waitomo David Seath New Zealand National Party 3,951 Duncan Barclay McLaren New Zealand Labour Party Wallace Brian Talboys New Zealand National Party 5,736 E Harris New Zealand Labour Party Wanganui Joe Cotterill New Zealand Labour Party George Spooner New Zealand Labour Party 160 E J Crotty New Zealand National Party Wellington Central Frank Kitts New Zealand Labour Party Dan Riddiford New Zealand National Party 381 Frank Kitts New Zealand Labour Party Westland Jim Kent New Zealand Labour Party Paddy Blanchfield New Zealand Labour Party 3,844 D A Hogg New Zealand National Party |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | Māori electorates |- Eastern Maori Tiaki Omana New Zealand Labour Party 3,025 Arnold ReedyGustafson 1986 383 Social Credit Party (New Zealand) Northern Maori Tapihana Paikea New Zealand Labour Party 3,372 George Russell Harrison New Zealand National Party Southern Maori Eruera Tirikatene New Zealand Labour Party 3,947 Rangi Tutaki New Zealand National Party Western Maori Iriaka Rātana New Zealand Labour Party 4,666 Pei Te Hurinui Jones New Zealand National Party |} Table footnotes: nb Bibliography The New Zealand Gazette "Members of the House of Representatives Elected – General Election" (20 December 1960) issue 84 page 2002. Notes References Chapman R M Jackson W K Mitchell A V New Zealand Politics in Action: the 1960 General Election https://archive.org/details/newzealandpoliti0000chap registration 1962 Oxford University Press London Gustafson Barry Barry Gustafson The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party 1986 Reed Methuen Auckland 0-474-00177-6 Norton Clifford New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science 1988 Victoria University of Wellington Wellington 0-475-11200-8 Sinclair Keith Keith Sinclair Walter Nash 1976 Oxford University Press Auckland 0-19-647949-5 Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First ed. published 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Category:November 1960 in Oceania