Background
The Labour Party had won the 1957 elections 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 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.
The election
The date for the main 1960 elections 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.
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. In the popular vote, National won 47.59% to Labour's 43.42%.
The Social Credit Party won 8.62% of the vote, but no seats. 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.[4] The other new National MPs were Esme Tombleson, Bill Brown, Harry Lapwood, Logan Sloane, Bert Walker, and Dan Riddiford.
Paddy Blanchfield, Ron Bailey, Norman Douglas and George Spooner entered parliament for Labour.
Election results |
Party |
Candidates |
Total votes |
Percentage |
Seats won |
Change |
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National |
80 |
557,046 |
47.6 |
46 |
+7 |
|
Labour |
80 |
508,179 |
43.4 |
34 |
−7 |
|
Social Credit |
79 |
100,905 |
8.6 |
- |
±0 |
|
Communist |
18 |
2,423 |
0.21 |
- |
±0 |
|
Others |
7 |
1,950 |
0.2 |
- |
±0 |
Total |
269 |
1,170,503 |
|
80 |
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Votes summary
Popular Vote |
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National |
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47.60% |
Labour |
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43.40% |
Social Credit |
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8.60% |
Others |
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0.40% |
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Parliament seats |
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National |
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57.50% |
Labour |
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42.50% |
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The table below shows the results of the 1960 general election:
Key
National
Labour
Social Credit
Electorate results for the New Zealand general election, 1960
Electorate | Incumbent | Winner | Majority | Runner up |
General electorates |
Ashburton |
|
Richard Gerard |
2,558 |
|
G Glassey |
Auckland Central |
|
Bill Anderton |
|
Norman Douglas |
1,846 |
|
Raymond John Presland |
Avon |
|
John Mathison |
4,216 |
|
Herbert Pickering |
Awarua |
|
Gordon Grieve |
3,000 |
|
J P Wyatt |
Bay of Plenty |
|
Percy Allen |
2,411 |
|
Thomas Godfrey Santon |
Buller |
|
Jerry Skinner |
1,546 |
|
Ernie King |
Christchurch Central |
|
Robert Macfarlane |
1,935 |
|
T D Flint |
Clutha |
|
James Roy |
|
Peter Gordon |
3,863 |
|
J Fahey |
Dunedin Central |
|
Philip Connolly |
842 |
|
Norman Scurr |
Dunedin North |
|
Ethel McMillan |
2,475 |
|
Miss M B Bell |
Eden |
|
Duncan Rae |
|
John Rae |
1,902 |
|
Russell Gordon Penney |
Egmont |
|
William Sheat |
3,933 |
|
J W Watson |
Fendalton |
|
Jack Watts |
|
Harry Lake |
2,722 |
|
Bill Rowling |
Franklin |
|
Alfred E. Allen |
5,197 |
|
Howard Preston |
Gisborne |
|
Reginald Keeling |
|
Esme Tombleson |
291 |
|
Reginald Keeling |
Grey Lynn |
|
Fred Hackett |
4,596 |
|
Brian Zouch |
Hamilton |
|
Lance Adams-Schneider |
2,583 |
|
Basil Arthur |
Hastings |
|
Edwin Keating |
|
Duncan MacIntyre |
300 |
|
Edwin Keating |
Hauraki |
|
Arthur Kinsella |
2,635 |
|
Albert Clifford Tucker |
Hawkes Bay |
|
Cyril Harker |
3,682 |
|
J G Woolf |
Heretaunga |
|
Phil Holloway |
|
Ron Bailey |
2,576 |
|
Vere Edward Hampson-Tindale |
Hobson |
|
Sidney Walter Smith |
|
Logan Sloane |
1,401 |
|
Vernon Cracknell |
Hurunui |
|
William Gillespie |
2,731 |
|
A A Adcock |
Hutt |
|
Walter Nash |
2,349 |
|
George Llewellyn Barker |
Invercargill |
|
Ralph Hanan |
1,926 |
|
O J Henderson |
Island Bay |
|
Arnold Nordmeyer |
1,791 |
|
Fairlie Fergus Curry |
Karori |
|
Jack Marshall |
4,313 |
|
Olive Smuts-Kennedy |
Lyttelton |
|
Norman Kirk |
260 |
|
J B Hay |
Manawatu |
|
Blair Tennent |
3,120 |
|
Leonard Thomas Fischer |
Manukau |
|
Leon Götz |
245 |
|
Cyril Douglas Stamp |
Marlborough |
|
Tom Shand |
1,747 |
|
Robert William Hope |
Marsden |
|
Donald McKay |
4,351 |
|
John Swanson Reid |
Miramar |
|
Bill Fox |
467 |
|
Bernard Lyons |
Mornington |
|
Walter Hudson |
2,246 |
|
G R Thorn |
Mount Albert |
|
Warren Freer |
1,676 |
|
Mrs C M Anderson |
Napier |
|
Jim Edwards |
1,405 |
|
William John Gunn |
Nelson |
|
Stanley Whitehead |
1,767 |
|
Colin Wilson Martin |
New Plymouth |
|
Ernest Aderman |
1,693 |
|
Ron Barclay |
North Shore |
|
Dean Eyre |
1,817 |
|
Peter Lawrence Smith |
Onehunga |
|
Hugh Watt |
4,705 |
|
Paul Brian Phillips |
Onslow |
|
Henry May |
790 |
|
Maida Clark |
Otago Central |
|
John George |
4,344 |
|
Brian MacDonell |
Otahuhu |
|
James Deas |
2,774 |
|
Thomas Tucker |
Otaki |
|
James Joseph Maher |
|
Allan McCready |
2,044 |
|
Thomas William Cameron |
Pahiatua |
|
Keith Holyoake |
4,934 |
|
Kingsley McKane |
Palmerston North |
|
Philip Skoglund |
|
Bill Brown |
133 |
|
Philip Skoglund |
Patea |
|
Roy Jack |
2,304 |
|
David Costello Valley |
Petone |
|
Michael Moohan |
2,918 |
|
Dick Martin |
Piako |
|
William Goosman |
5,376 |
|
Henry Uttinger |
Ponsonby |
|
Ritchie Macdonald |
4,744 |
|
Neil McLaughlan |
Raglan |
|
Douglas Carter |
1,371 |
|
Alan Baxter |
Rangitikei |
|
Norman Shelton |
3,889 |
|
Shaun Alex Cameron |
Remuera |
|
Ronald Algie |
6,109 |
|
Barry Gustafson |
Riccarton |
|
Mick Connelly |
2,022 |
|
Deena V. Sergel |
Rodney |
|
Jack Scott |
4,157 |
|
Phil Amos |
Roskill |
|
Arthur Faulkner |
1,374 |
|
Geoffrey Taylor |
Rotorua |
|
Ray Boord |
|
Harry Lapwood |
358 |
|
Ray Boord |
Selwyn |
|
John McAlpine |
2,839 |
|
J Palmer |
St Albans |
|
Neville Pickering |
|
Bert Walker |
298 |
|
Neville Pickering |
St Kilda |
|
Bill Fraser |
835 |
|
Jim Barnes |
Stratford |
|
Thomas Murray |
4,388 |
|
H M St George |
Sydenham |
|
Mabel Howard |
4,793 |
|
Derek Quigley |
Tamaki |
|
Bob Tizard |
|
Robert Muldoon |
1,148 |
|
Bob Tizard |
Tauranga |
|
George Walsh |
5,239 |
|
D C Goodfellow |
Timaru |
|
Clyde Carr |
357 |
|
R E White |
Waikato |
|
Geoffrey Sim |
3,041 |
|
Arthur John Ingram |
Waipa |
|
Hallyburton Johnstone |
3,241 |
|
Bob Reese |
Wairarapa |
|
Bertie Cooksley |
2,088 |
|
Allan Goldsmith |
Waitakere |
|
Rex Mason |
3,709 |
|
John Herbert Wilkinson |
Waitaki |
|
Thomas Hayman |
1,972 |
|
Les McKay |
Waitemata |
|
Norman King |
1,249 |
|
Jolyon Firth |
Waitomo |
|
David Seath |
3,951 |
|
Duncan Barclay McLaren |
Wallace |
|
Brian Talboys |
5,736 |
|
Mrs E Harris |
Wanganui |
|
Joseph Cotterill |
|
George Spooner |
160 |
|
E J Crotty |
Wellington Central |
|
Frank Kitts |
|
Dan Riddiford |
381 |
|
Frank Kitts |
Westland |
|
James Begg Kent |
|
Paddy Blanchfield |
3,844 |
|
D A Hogg |
Māori electorates |
Eastern Maori |
|
Tiaki Omana |
3,025 |
|
Arnold Reedy |
Northern Maori |
|
Tapihana Paikea |
3,372 |
|
George Russell Harrison |
Southern Maori |
|
Eruera Tirikatene |
3,947 |
|
Ngarangi Whakaupoko Tutaki |
Western Maori |
|
Iriaka Matiu Ratana |
4,666 |
|
Pei Te Hurinui Jones |
Table footnotes:
Bibliography
- The New Zealand Gazette "Members of the House of Representatives Elected – General Election" (20 December 1960) issue 84 page 2002.
References
- Chapman, R M; Jackson, W K; Mitchell, A V (1962). New Zealand Politics in Action: the 1960 General Election. London: Oxford University Press.
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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