# 32nd New Zealand Parliament

The 32nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1957 general election on 30 November of that year.

## 1957 general election

The 1957 general election was held on Saturday, 30 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 a gain of one electorate for the North Island from the South Island since the 1954 election. 1,252,329 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 92.9%.

## Sessions

The 32nd Parliament sat for four sessions (there were two sessions in 1958), and was prorogued on 28 October 1960.
| Session | Opened | Adjourned |
| first | 21 January 1958 | 31 January 1958 |
| second | 10 June 1958 | 3 October 1958 |
| third | 24 June 1959 | 23 October 1959 |
| fourth | 22 June 1960 | 28 October 1960 |

## Ministries

The National Party under Sidney Holland had been in power since the 1949 election as the first National Government, and Holland remained in charge until 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. Walter Nash formed the Nash Ministry, which was in power from 12 December 1957 until the defeat of the second Labour Government at the next election in 1960.

## Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 1957 election and at dissolution:
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | At 1957 election | At dissolution |
| | Labour Government | 41 | 41 |
| | National Opposition | 39 | 39 |
| Total | Total | 80 | 80 |
| Working Government majority | Working Government majority | 2 | 2 |
Notes
* The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

## Initial composition of the 32nd Parliament

The table below shows the results of the 1957 general election:
Key
Labour  National
Electorate results for the 1957 New Zealand general election. :
| Electorate | Incumbent | Incumbent | Winner | Winner | Majority | Runner up |
| General electorates ||||||||
| Ashburton | | Geoff Gerard | Geoff Gerard | Geoff Gerard | 1,769 | George Glassey |
| Auckland Central | | Bill Anderton | Bill Anderton | Bill Anderton | 3,856 | Aileen Joyce |
| Avon | | John Mathison | John Mathison | John Mathison | 6,100 | William Ernest Olds |
| Awarua | | George Herron | | Gordon Grieve | 1,636 | J P Wyatt |
| Bay of Plenty | | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | Percy Allen | 910 | Godfrey Santon |
| Buller | | Jerry Skinner | Jerry Skinner | Jerry Skinner | 2,677 | Norman Leon Bensemann |
| Christchurch Central | | Robert Macfarlane | Robert Macfarlane | Robert Macfarlane | 4,071 | Colin McLachlan |
| Clutha | | James Roy | James Roy | James Roy | 1,490 | Joseph Fahey |
| Dunedin Central | | Phil Connolly | Phil Connolly | Phil Connolly | 1,778 | Marcus Anderson |
| Dunedin North | | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | Ethel McMillan | 3,408 | George Terry |
| Eden | | Duncan Rae | Duncan Rae | Duncan Rae | 498 | Ian Watkins |
| Egmont | | Ernest Corbett | | William Sheat | 2,697 | Clarence Robert Parker |
| Fendalton | | Sidney Holland | | Jack Watts | 824 | Lawrence Godfrey Graham White |
| Franklin | | Jack Massey | | Alfred E. Allen | 4,241 | Christopher Mountford |
| Gisborne | | Reginald Keeling | Reginald Keeling | Reginald Keeling | 1,182 | Arthur MacPherson |
| Grey Lynn | | Fred Hackett | Fred Hackett | Fred Hackett | 5,785 | Bernard Griffiths |
| Hamilton | | Hilda Ross | Hilda Ross | Hilda Ross | 1,110 | Ben Waters |
| Hastings | | Ted Keating | Ted Keating | Ted Keating | 1,070 | Arthur Heafy Sievewright |
| Hauraki | | Arthur Kinsella | Arthur Kinsella | Arthur Kinsella | 1,161 | Brevat William Dynes |
| Hawkes Bay | | Cyril Harker | Cyril Harker | Cyril Harker | 2,858 | Leonard Thomas Fischer |
| Heretaunga | | Phil Holloway | Phil Holloway | Phil Holloway | 5,117 | Allan McCready |
| Hobson | | Sidney Smith | Sidney Smith | Sidney Smith | 3,134 | Colin Moyle |
| Hurunui | | William Gillespie | William Gillespie | William Gillespie | 1,749 | Lyn Christie |
| Hutt | | Walter Nash | Walter Nash | Walter Nash | 4,430 | Lance Adams-Schneider |
| Invercargill | | Ralph Hanan | Ralph Hanan | Ralph Hanan | 679 | Thomas Francis Doyle |
| Island Bay | | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | Arnold Nordmeyer | 4,209 | Saul Goldsmith |
| Karori | | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | Jack Marshall | 3,061 | Keith Spry |
| Lyttelton | | Harry Lake | | Norman Kirk | 567 | Harry Lake |
| Manawatu | | Matthew Oram | | Blair Tennent | 1,575 | Patrick Kelliher |
| Manukau | | Leon Götz | Leon Götz | Leon Götz | 159 | Cyril Douglas Stamp |
| Marlborough | | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | Tom Shand | 1,782 | Roy Evans |
| Marsden | | Don McKay | Don McKay | Don McKay | 2,088 | Mervyn Allan Hosking |
| Miramar | | Bill Fox | Bill Fox | Bill Fox | 2,077 | Clevedon Costello |
| Mornington | | Wally Hudson | Wally Hudson | Wally Hudson | 2,817 | Walter MacDougall |
| Mt Albert | | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | Warren Freer | 3,987 | Geoffrey Taylor |
| Napier | | Jim Edwards | Jim Edwards | Jim Edwards | 2,413 | Raymond Vincent Foster |
| Nelson | | Edgar Neale | | Stan Whitehead | 509 | Colin Wilson Martin |
| New Plymouth | | Ernest Aderman | Ernest Aderman | Ernest Aderman | 657 | Ron Barclay |
| North Shore | | Dean Eyre | Dean Eyre | Dean Eyre | 462 | Peter Lawrence Smith |
| Onehunga | | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | Hugh Watt | 5,686 | Donald Watson |
| Onslow | | Henry May | Henry May | Henry May | 2,675 | Kevin O'Brien |
| Otago Central | | Jack George | Jack George | Jack George | 2,788 | J H Rapson |
| Otahuhu | | James Deas | James Deas | James Deas | 3,442 | Clive Haszard |
| Otaki | | Jimmy Maher | Jimmy Maher | Jimmy Maher | 1,122 | Cyril Shamy |
| Pahiatua | | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | Keith Holyoake | 4,020 | William Erle Rose |
| Palmerston North | | Philip Skoglund | Philip Skoglund | Philip Skoglund | 1,348 | Bill Brown |
| Patea | | Roy Jack | Roy Jack | Roy Jack | 902 | Benjamin R. Winchcombe |
| Petone | | Mick Moohan | Mick Moohan | Mick Moohan | 4,159 | Dan Riddiford |
| Piako | New electorate | New electorate | | Stan Goosman | 3,812 | Alistair Walker |
| Ponsonby | | Ritchie Macdonald | Ritchie Macdonald | Ritchie Macdonald | 6,592 | Gordon Frederick Smith |
| Raglan | | Hallyburton Johnstone | | Douglas Carter | 161 | Alan Baxter |
| Rangitikei | | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | Norman Shelton | 2,983 | Stephen Malcolm Roberton |
| Remuera | | Ronald Algie | Ronald Algie | Ronald Algie | 4,766 | Russell Gordon Penney |
| Riccarton | | Mick Connelly | Mick Connelly | Mick Connelly | 2,867 | Deena V. Sergel |
| Rodney | | Jack Scott | Jack Scott | Jack Scott | 3,112 | George Webber |
| Roskill | | John Rae | | Arthur Faulkner | 2,117 | John Rae |
| Rotorua | | Ray Boord | Ray Boord | Ray Boord | 2,009 | Murray Linton |
| Selwyn | | John McAlpine | John McAlpine | John McAlpine | 1,731 | Stanley Marshall Cook |
| St Albans | | Jack Watts | | Neville Pickering | 501 | Eric Philip Wills |
| St Kilda | | Jim Barnes | | Bill Fraser | 791 | Jim Barnes |
| Stratford | | Thomas Murray | Thomas Murray | Thomas Murray | 3,172 | J M Deegan |
| Sydenham | | Mabel Howard | Mabel Howard | Mabel Howard | 6,450 | Oliver G. Moody |
| Tamaki | | Eric Halstead | | Bob Tizard | 589 | Eric Halstead |
| Tauranga | | George Walsh | George Walsh | George Walsh | 3,342 | Oliver Liddell |
| Timaru | | Clyde Carr | Clyde Carr | Clyde Carr | 2,954 | Alfred Davey |
| Waikato | | Geoffrey Sim | Geoffrey Sim | Geoffrey Sim | 2,013 | Arthur John Ingram |
| Waipa | | Stan Goosman | | Hallyburton Johnstone | 1,813 | Albert Clifford Tucker |
| Wairarapa | | Bert Cooksley | Bert Cooksley | Bert Cooksley | 1,058 | Bob Wilkie |
| Waitakere | | Rex Mason | Rex Mason | Rex Mason | 3,682 | Leonard Bradley |
| Waitaki | New electorate | New electorate | | Thomas Hayman | 1,618 | A G Braddock |
| Waitemata | | Norman King | Norman King | Norman King | 2,191 | Robert Muldoon |
| Waitomo | | David Seath | David Seath | David Seath | 2,474 | Vic Haines |
| Wallace | | Tom Macdonald | | Brian Talboys | 4,319 | John Reid |
| Wanganui | | Joe Cotterill | Joe Cotterill | Joe Cotterill | 1,419 | Alice Kathleen Maclean |
| Wellington Central | | Frank Kitts | Frank Kitts | Frank Kitts | 1,685 | Max Wall |
| Westland | | Jim Kent | Jim Kent | Jim Kent | 4,745 | Fred Boustridge |
| Māori electorates ||||||||
| Eastern Maori | | Tiaki Omana | Tiaki Omana | Tiaki Omana | 4,197 | Wiremu Hoete Maxwell |
| Northern Maori | | Tapihana Paikea | Tapihana Paikea | Tapihana Paikea | 4,310 | Timothy James Davis |
| Southern Maori | | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | Eruera Tirikatene | 4,383 | Thomas Stratton |
| Western Maori | | Iriaka Rātana | Iriaka Rātana | Iriaka Rātana | 5,553 | Pei Te Hurinui Jones |
Table footnotes:
* ↑ The previous Labour candidate, Bruce Waters, died the day before the general election, so the election in Clutha was postponed to 18 January 1958

## By-elections during 32nd Parliament

There was one by-election during the term of the 32nd Parliament.
| Electorate and by-election | Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | Winner |
| Hamilton | 1959 | 2 May | | Dame Hilda Ross | Death | | Lance Adams-Schneider |