# 33rd New Zealand Parliament

The 33rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1960 general election on 26 November of that year.

## 1960 general election

The 1960 general election was held on Saturday, 26 November. A total of 80 MPs were elected; 51 represented North Island electorates, 25 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates; this was the same distribution used since the 1957 election. 1,310,742 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 89.8%.

## Sessions

The 33rd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1963), and was prorogued on 25 October 1963.
| Session | Opened | Adjourned |
| first | 20 June 1961 | 1 December 1961 |
| second | 7 June 1962 | 14 December 1962 |
| third | 12 February 1963 | 12 February 1963 |
| fourth | 20 June 1963 | 25 October 1963 |

## Ministries

The Labour Party under Walter Nash had been in power since the 1957 election as the second Labour Government, but was defeated by the National Party at the 1960 election by a twelve-seat margin. Keith Holyoake formed the second Holyoake Ministry on 12 December 1960, which stayed in power until Holyoake stepped down in early 1972. The second National Government remained in place until its defeat at the 1972 election towards the end of that year.

## Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1960 election and at dissolution:
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | At 1960 election | At dissolution |
| | National Government | 46 | 46 |
| | Labour Opposition | 34 | 34 |
| Total | Total | 80 | 80 |
| Working Government majority | Working Government majority | 12 | 12 |
Notes
* The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

## Initial composition of the 33rd Parliament

The table below shows the results of the 1960 general election:
Key
National  Labour  Social Credit
Electorate results for the 1960 New Zealand general election :
| Electorate | Incumbent | Winner | Winner | Majority | Runner up |
| General electorates ||||||||
| Ashburton | Geoff Gerard | Geoff Gerard | Geoff Gerard | 2,558 | George Glassey |
| Auckland Central | Bill Anderton | | Norman Douglas | 1,846 | Ray Presland |
| Avon | John Mathison | John Mathison | John Mathison | 4,216 | Lorrie Pickering |
| Awarua | Gordon Grieve | Gordon Grieve | Gordon Grieve | 3,000 | J P Wyatt |
| Bay of Plenty | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | 2,411 | Thomas Godfrey Santon |
| Buller | Jerry Skinner | Jerry Skinner | Jerry Skinner | 1,546 | Ernie King |
| Christchurch Central | Robert Macfarlane | Robert Macfarlane | Robert Macfarlane | 1,935 | Tom Flint |
| Clutha | James Roy | | Peter Gordon | 3,863 | Joseph Fahey |
| Dunedin Central | Phil Connolly | Phil Connolly | Phil Connolly | 842 | Norman Scurr |
| Dunedin North | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | 2,475 | Brenda Bell |
| Eden | Duncan Rae | | John Rae | 1,902 | Russell Gordon Penney |
| Egmont | William Sheat | William Sheat | William Sheat | 3,933 | J W Watson |
| Fendalton | Jack Watts | | Harry Lake | 2,722 | Bill Rowling |
| Franklin | Alfred E. Allen | Alfred E. Allen | Alfred E. Allen | 5,197 | Howard Preston |
| Gisborne | Reginald Keeling | | Esme Tombleson | 291 | Reginald Keeling |
| Grey Lynn | Fred Hackett | Fred Hackett | Fred Hackett | 4,596 | Brian Zouch |
| Hamilton | Lance Adams-Schneider | Lance Adams-Schneider | Lance Adams-Schneider | 2,583 | Sir Basil Arthur |
| Hastings | Ted Keating | | Duncan MacIntyre | 300 | Ted Keating |
| Hauraki | Arthur Kinsella | Arthur Kinsella | Arthur Kinsella | 2,635 | Albert Clifford Tucker |
| Hawkes Bay | Cyril Harker | Cyril Harker | Cyril Harker | 3,682 | John Woolf |
| Heretaunga | Phil Holloway | | Ron Bailey | 2,576 | Vere Hampson-Tindale |
| Hobson | Sidney Walter Smith | | Logan Sloane | 1,401 | Vernon Cracknell |
| Hurunui | William Gillespie | William Gillespie | William Gillespie | 2,731 | Arthur Adcock |
| Hutt | Walter Nash | Walter Nash | Walter Nash | 2,349 | George Barker |
| Invercargill | Ralph Hanan | Ralph Hanan | Ralph Hanan | 1,926 | Oliver James Henderson |
| Island Bay | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | 1,791 | Fairlie Curry |
| Karori | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | 4,313 | Olive Smuts-Kennedy |
| Lyttelton | Norman Kirk | Norman Kirk | Norman Kirk | 260 | Jim Hay |
| Manawatu | Blair Tennent | Blair Tennent | Blair Tennent | 3,120 | Leonard Thomas Fischer |
| Manukau | Leon Götz | Leon Götz | Leon Götz | 245 | Cyril Stamp |
| Marlborough | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | 1,747 | Robert William Hope |
| Marsden | Don McKay | Don McKay | Don McKay | 4,351 | John Swanson Reid |
| Miramar | Bill Fox | Bill Fox | Bill Fox | 467 | Bernard Lyons |
| Mornington | Wally Hudson | Wally Hudson | Wally Hudson | 2,246 | George Robert Thorn |
| Mount Albert | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | 1,676 | Clarice Anderson |
| Napier | Jim Edwards | Jim Edwards | Jim Edwards | 1,405 | William John Gunn |
| Nelson | Stan Whitehead | Stan Whitehead | Stan Whitehead | 1,767 | Colin Wilson Martin |
| New Plymouth | Ernest Aderman | Ernest Aderman | Ernest Aderman | 1,693 | Ron Barclay |
| North Shore | Dean Eyre | Dean Eyre | Dean Eyre | 1,817 | Peter Lawrence Smith |
| Onehunga | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | 4,705 | Paul Brian Phillips |
| Onslow | Henry May | Henry May | Henry May | 790 | Maida Clark |
| Otago Central | Jack George | Jack George | Jack George | 4,344 | Brian MacDonell |
| Otahuhu | James Deas | James Deas | James Deas | 2,774 | Thomas Tucker |
| Otaki | Jimmy Maher | | Allan McCready | 2,044 | Thomas William Cameron |
| Pahiatua | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | 4,934 | Kingsley McKane |
| Palmerston North | Philip Skoglund | | Bill Brown | 133 | Philip Skoglund |
| Patea | Roy Jack | Roy Jack | Roy Jack | 2,304 | David Costello Valley |
| Petone | Mick Moohan | Mick Moohan | Mick Moohan | 2,918 | Dick Martin |
| Piako | Stan Goosman | Stan Goosman | Stan Goosman | 5,376 | Henry Uttinger |
| Ponsonby | Ritchie Macdonald | Ritchie Macdonald | Ritchie Macdonald | 4,744 | Neil McLaughlan |
| Raglan | Douglas Carter | Douglas Carter | Douglas Carter | 1,371 | Alan Baxter |
| Rangitikei | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | 3,889 | Shaun Alex Cameron |
| Remuera | Ronald Algie | Ronald Algie | Ronald Algie | 6,109 | Barry Gustafson |
| Riccarton | Mick Connelly | Mick Connelly | Mick Connelly | 2,022 | Deena V. Sergel |
| Rodney | Jack Scott | Jack Scott | Jack Scott | 4,157 | Phil Amos |
| Roskill | Arthur Faulkner | Arthur Faulkner | Arthur Faulkner | 1,374 | Geoffrey Taylor |
| Rotorua | Ray Boord | | Harry Lapwood | 358 | Ray Boord |
| Selwyn | John McAlpine | John McAlpine | John McAlpine | 2,839 | John Palmer |
| St Albans | Neville Pickering | | Bert Walker | 298 | Neville Pickering |
| St Kilda | Bill Fraser | Bill Fraser | Bill Fraser | 835 | Jim Barnes |
| Stratford | Thomas Murray | Thomas Murray | Thomas Murray | 4,388 | H M St George |
| Sydenham | Mabel Howard | Mabel Howard | Mabel Howard | 4,793 | Derek Quigley |
| Tamaki | Bob Tizard | | Robert Muldoon | 1,148 | Bob Tizard |
| Tauranga | George Walsh | George Walsh | George Walsh | 5,239 | D C Goodfellow |
| Timaru | Clyde Carr | Clyde Carr | Clyde Carr | 357 | Ronald Erle White |
| Waikato | Geoffrey Sim | Geoffrey Sim | Geoffrey Sim | 3,041 | Arthur John Ingram |
| Waipa | Hallyburton Johnstone | Hallyburton Johnstone | Hallyburton Johnstone | 3,241 | Bob Reese |
| Wairarapa | Bert Cooksley | Bert Cooksley | Bert Cooksley | 2,088 | Allan Goldsmith |
| Waitakere | Rex Mason | Rex Mason | Rex Mason | 3,709 | John Herbert Wilkinson |
| Waitaki | Thomas Hayman | Thomas Hayman | Thomas Hayman | 1,972 | Les McKay |
| Waitemata | Norman King | Norman King | Norman King | 1,249 | Jolyon Firth |
| Waitomo | David Seath | David Seath | David Seath | 3,951 | Duncan Barclay McLaren |
| Wallace | Brian Talboys | Brian Talboys | Brian Talboys | 5,736 | E Harris |
| Wanganui | Joe Cotterill | | George Spooner | 160 | E J Crotty |
| Wellington Central | Frank Kitts | | Dan Riddiford | 381 | Frank Kitts |
| Westland | Jim Kent | | Paddy Blanchfield | 3,844 | D A Hogg |
| Māori electorates ||||||||
| Eastern Maori | Tiaki Omana | Tiaki Omana | Tiaki Omana | 3,025 | Arnold Reedy |
| Northern Maori | Tapihana Paikea | Tapihana Paikea | Tapihana Paikea | 3,372 | George Russell Harrison |
| Southern Maori | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | 3,947 | Rangi Tutaki |
| Western Maori | Iriaka Rātana | Iriaka Rātana | Iriaka Rātana | 4,666 | Pei Te Hurinui Jones |
Table footnotes:
* ↑ Skoglund was first on election night, but lost after special votes were counted

## By-elections during 33rd Parliament

There were a number of changes during the term of the 33rd Parliament.
| Electorate and by-election | Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner |
| Hurunui | 1961 | 10 June | William Gillespie | Death | Lorrie Pickering |
| Waitaki | 1962 | 10 March | Thomas Hayman | Death | Allan Dick |
| Buller | 1962 | 7 July | Jerry Skinner | Death | Bill Rowling |
| Timaru | 1962 | 21 July | Clyde Carr | Resignation | Sir Basil Arthur |
| Otahuhu | 1963 | 16 March | James Deas | Death | Bob Tizard |
| Northern Maori | 1963 | 16 March | Tapihana Paikea | Death | Matiu Rata |
| Grey Lynn | 1963 | 18 May | Fred Hackett | Death | Reginald Keeling |