31st New Zealand Parliament

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The 31st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1954 general election on 13 November of that year.

1954 general election

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Main article: New Zealand general election, 1954

The 1954 general election was held on Saturday, 13 November.[1] A total of 80 MPs were elected; 50 represented North Island electorates, 26 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was a gain of one electorate for the North Island from the South Island since the 1951 election.[2] 1,209,670 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 91.4%.[1]

Sessions

The 31st Parliament sat for three sessions, and was prorogued on 25 October 1957.[3]

Session Opened Adjouned
first 22 March 1955 28 October 1955
second 4 April 1956 26 October 1956
third 11 June 1957 25 October 1957

Ministries

The National Party under Sidney Holland had been in power since the 1949 election, and Holland remained in charge until 1957, when he stepped down due to ill health in September 1957 some two months prior to the 1957 election. Holland was succeeded by Keith Holyoake, but the Labour Party narrowly defeated National at the 1957 election, and the government changed in mid-December of that year.[4]

Initial composition of the 31st Parliament

The table below shows the results of the 1954 general election:

Key

  National     Labour     Independent     Social Credit  

Electorate results for the New Zealand general election, 1954[5]
Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up
General electorates
Ashburton Richard Gerard 2,292 G. Glassey
Auckland Central Bill Anderton 4,093 J W Stewart
Avon John Mathison 4,955 A N Stone
Awarua George Herron 3,172 J P Wyatt
Bay of Plenty Bill Sullivan 3,062 T G Stanton
Buller Clarence Skinner 3,348 D M Carson
Central Otago William Bodkin John George 2,074 P J Scott
Christchurch Central Robert Macfarlane 3,395 O G Moody
Clutha James Roy 1,490 T A Rodgers
Dunedin Central Philip Connolly 330 M W D Anderson
Dunedin North Ethel McMillan 2,791 Mrs H. Black[6]
Eden Wilfred Fortune Duncan Rae 8 J. W. Stewart[7]
Egmont Ernest Corbett 2,977 R. Evans[8]
Fendalton Sidney Holland 3,004 R H McDonald
Franklin Jack Massey 4,587 R Peacock
Gisborne Harry Dudfield Reginald Keeling 521 H Dudfield
Grey Lynn Fred Hackett 4,807 T McGowan
Hamilton Hilda Ross 1,430 E A Waters
Hastings Sydney Jones Edwin Keating 252 Sydney Jones
Hauraki Andrew Sutherland Arthur Kinsella 2,659 B. W. Dynes
Hawkes Bay Cyril Harker 3,109 A Stafford
Heretaunga (new electorate) Phil Holloway 5,058 Allan McCready
Hobson Sidney Smith 2,584 C. W. Elvidge
Hurunui William Gillespie 2,395 Norman Kirk
Hutt Walter Nash 3,681 C G Costello
Invercargill Ralph Hanan 943 W M C Denham
Island Bay Robert McKeen Arnold Nordmeyer 3,824 J M Whitta
Karori Charles Bowden Jack Marshall 1,811 J. A. Bateman[9]
Lyttelton Harry Lake 24 Tom McGuigan
Manawatu Matthew Oram 2,228 P Kelliher
Manukau (new electorate) Leon Götz 3,072 C D Stamp
Marlborough Tom Shand 1,635 G A Turner
Marsden Alfred Murdoch Donald McKay 872 M A Hosking
Miramar Bob Semple Bill Fox 1,527 R J McConnell
Mornington Walter Hudson 3,886 W P MacDougall
Mt Albert Warren Freer 3,226 Robert Muldoon
Napier Peter Tait James Edwards 720 Peter Tait
Nelson Edgar Neale 717 Stanley Whitehead
New Plymouth Ernest Aderman 1,178 C R Parkes
North Shore Dean Eyre 1,395 Arthur Faulkner
Oamaru Thomas Hayman 1,358 J H Rapson
Onehunga Hugh Watt 4,389 Alfred E. Allen
Onslow Henry May 519 Wilfred Fortune
Otahuhu Leon Götz James Deas 1,806 L G Bradley
Otaki James Maher 963 E. H. Langford
Pahiatua Keith Holyoake 3,519 R Bell
Palmerston North Blair Tennent Philip Skoglund 346 Blair Tennant
Patea William Sheat Roy Jack 662 Benjamin R. Winchcombe
Petone Michael Moohan 4,211 F W Soward
Ponsonby Ritchie Macdonald 3,948 H G Barry
Raglan Hallyburton Johnstone 857 J H Wilson
Rangitikei Edward Gordon Norman Shelton 2,679 S M Roberton
Remuera Ronald Algie 3,544 Bob Tizard
Riccarton Angus McLagan 4,343 B G Dingwall
Rodney Clifton Webb Jack Scott 3,270 A Hellyn
Roskill John Rae 1,652 Mrs E Morris
Rotorua (new electorate) Ray Boord 822 Percy Allen
St Albans Jack Watts 608 Mick Connelly
St Kilda Jim Barnes 114 Fred Jones
Selwyn John McAlpine 2,521 D Clinton
Stratford (new electorate) Thomas Murray 2,966 B E Richmond
Sydenham Mabel Howard 5,560 Mrs A Schumacher
Tamaki Eric Halstead 1,986 P T Curran
Tauranga George Walsh 3,448 O P Liddell
Timaru Clyde Carr 1,423 V W Wilson
Waikato Geoffrey Sim 4,698 A C Tucker
Waimate (vacant)[nb 1] Alfred Davey 1,438 Neville Pickering
Waipa (new electorate) William Goosman 4,435 H F Gallagher
Wairarapa Bertie Cooksley 1,691 Bob Wilkie[11]
Waitakere Rex Mason 3,424 J McAllister
Waitemata (new electorate) Norman King 387 H Morrison
Waitomo Walter Broadfoot David Seath 1,480 V C Haines
Wallace Tom Macdonald 4,466 J W Cleary
Wellington Central Charles Chapman Frank Kitts 627 Allan Highet
Westland James Kent 3,605 Mark Wallace
Whanganui Joseph Cotterill 305 J S Rumbold
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori Tiaki Omana 3,094 Claude Anaru[12]
Northern Maori Tapihana Paikea 4,435 H. T. Waetford
Southern Maori Eruera Tirikatene 2,864 Turi Carroll
Western Maori Iriaka Matiu Ratana 6,637 William Rakeipoho Bennett[13]
Table footnotes
  1. ↑ David Campbell Kidd, the National Party MP for Waimate, died less than two months before the election, leaving his seat vacant.[10]

By-elections during 31st Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 31st Parliament.

Electorate and by-election Date Incumbent Cause Winner
Riccarton 1956 27 October Angus McLagan Death Mick Connelly
Bay of Plenty 1957 6 April Bill Sullivan Resignation Percy Allen

Notes

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  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 173.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 142.
  4. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 86–88.
  5. ↑ Norton 1988, pp. ?.
  6. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 214.
  7. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 220.
  8. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 222.
  9. ↑ Norton 1988, p. 260.
  10. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 210.
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  12. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 353.
  13. ↑ Gustafson 1986, p. 355.

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