26th New Zealand Parliament

26th Parliament of New Zealand
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Parliament House, Wellington
Overview
Legislative bodyNew Zealand Parliament
Term27 June 1939 – 26 August 1943
Election1938 New Zealand general election
GovernmentFirst Labour Government
House of Representatives
Members80
Speaker of the HouseBill Barnard
Prime MinisterPeter Fraser from 1 April 1940
— Michael Joseph Savage until 27 March 1940 †
Leader of the OppositionSidney Holland
— Adam Hamilton until 26 November 1940
Legislative Council
Speaker of the CouncilMark Fagan
— Sir Walter Carncross until 18 July 1939
Leader of the CouncilDavid Wilson
Sovereign
Members34 (at start)
36 (at end)
MonarchHM George VI
Governor-GeneralHE Rt. Hon. Sir Cyrill Newall from 22 February 1941
— HE Rt. Hon. The Viscount Galway until 3 February 1941
Sessions
1st27 June 1939 – 6 October 1939
2nd30 May 1940 – 6 December 1940
3rd12 March 1941 – 17 October 1941
4th11 December 1941 – 12 December 1942
5th24 February 1943 – 26 August 1943

The 26th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. It was elected at the 1938 general election in October of that year.

1938 general election

Main article: 1938 New Zealand general election

The 1938 general election was held on Friday, 14 October in the Māori electorates and on Saturday, 15 October in the general electorates, respectively.[1] A total of 80 MPs were elected; 48 represented North Island electorates, 28 represented South Island electorates, and the remaining four represented Māori electorates.[2] 995,173 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 92.9%.[1]

Sessions

The 26th Parliament sat for an unusual five sessions by omitting the 1941 general election, and was prorogued on 30 August 1943.[3] A 1941 act extended the life of parliament to 1 November 1942,[4] and a 1942 act allowed extension to "one year from the termination of the present war",[5] although a general election was held in 1943.

Session Opened Adjourned
first 27 June 1939 6 October 1939
second 30 May 1940 6 December 1940
third 12 March 1941 17 October 1941
fourth 11 December 1941 12 December 1942
fifth 24 February 1943 26 August 1943

Ministries

The Labour Party had been in power since December 1935, and Michael Joseph Savage led the Savage Ministry.[6] The opposition had consisted of the United Party and the Reform Party, which merged in 1936 during the term of the 25th Parliament to form the National Party. The First Labour Government was confirmed at the 1938 general election with an increased majority, and the Savage Ministry remained until Savage's death on 27 March 1940.[7]

Savage was succeeded as prime minister by Peter Fraser, who formed the Fraser Ministry on 1 April 1940. The first Fraser Ministry resigned on 30 April 1940 and was reappointed, with some portfolios adjusted.[8] The second Fraser Ministry remained in power until its defeat by the National Party at the 1949 election.[9][10]

A War Cabinet was formed on 16 July 1940, which held the responsibility for all decisions relating to New Zealand's involvement in World War II. The War Cabinet was dissolved on 21 August 1945.[11] For some months in 1942, a War Administration was in place. Formed on 30 June and dissolved on 2 October, the War Administration had responsibility for all war matters, with the War Cabinet as its executive body.[11]

Party standings

Start of Parliament

[12]

Party Leader(s) Seats at start
Labour Party Michael Joseph Savage 53
National Party Adam Hamilton 25
Independents 2

End of Parliament

Party Leader(s) Seats at start
Labour Party Peter Fraser 50
National Party Sidney Holland 25
Democratic Labour John A. Lee 2
Independents 3

Initial composition of the 26th Parliament

The following table shows the initial composition of the 26th Parliament:

The following table shows the detailed results:

Key

  Labour   National   Country Party   Independent   Independent Liberal

Electorate results for the 1938 New Zealand general election[13][14]
Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up
General electorates
Auckland Central Bill Parry 6,181 Clifford Reid Dodd[15]
Auckland East Bill Schramm 2,626 Harry Tom Merritt[16][17]
Auckland Suburbs Rex Mason 4,862 Maxwell Stuart Walker[18]
Auckland West Michael Joseph Savage 8,007 John W. Kealy[19]
Avon Dan Sullivan 6,179 Hiram Hunter
Awarua James Hargest 660 Joseph Albert Beck[20]
Bay of Islands Harold Rushworth Charles Boswell 163 Harold Fisher Guy[21]
Bay of Plenty Gordon Hultquist 169 Bill Sullivan
Buller Paddy Webb 6,144 Terry Maddison
Central Otago William Bodkin 1,231 James McIndoe Mackay[22]
Christchurch East Tim Armstrong 7,179 Ken Armour
Christchurch North Sidney Holland 492 Robert Macfarlane
Christchurch South Ted Howard 5,995 Gladstone Ward[23]
Clutha James Roy 714 Herbert Kerr Edie
Dunedin Central Peter Neilson 3,814 William John Meade
Dunedin North Jim Munro 3,557 Alexander Smith Falconer[24][25][26][27]
Dunedin South Fred Jones 4,314 Rev. Ernest Aderman
Dunedin West Dr Gervan McMillan 2,639 Stuart Sidey[28]
Eden Bill Anderton 2,333 Donald Pool[29]
Egmont Charles Wilkinson 1,402 Thomas Trask
Franklin Arthur Sexton Jack Massey 2,057 Ernest Piggott[21]
Gisborne David Coleman 3,640 Kenneth Jones
Grey Lynn John A. Lee 8,607 Joseph Alexander Govan[16]
Hamilton Charles Barrell 1,860 Albert William Grant[30][21]
Hauraki Robert Coulter John Manchester Allen 1,188 Robert Coulter
Hawkes Bay Ted Cullen 2,658 George Maddison[31][32]
Hurunui George Forbes 535 Harold Denton
Hutt Walter Nash 6,814 Jack Andrews[33]
Invercargill William Denham 2,156 Fred Hall-Jones[28]
Kaiapoi Morgan Williams 1,535 George Warren
Kaipara Gordon Coates 1,689 Percy MacGregor Stewart[21]
Lyttelton Terry McCombs 2,984 Isaac Wilson[34]
Manawatu Lorrie Hunter John Cobbe 1,644 Lorrie Hunter
Marlborough New electorate Ted Meachen 1,525 Edward Healy
Marsden Jim Barclay 557 Alfred Murdoch
Masterton John Robertson 190 Jack Irving
Mataura David McDougall Tom Macdonald 1,515 David McDougall
Mid-Canterbury Horace Herring Arthur Grigg 74 Horace Herring
Motueka Keith Holyoake Jerry Skinner 870 Keith Holyoake
Napier Bill Barnard 3,937 John Ormond[35]
Nelson Harry Atmore 886 John Robert Kerr
New Plymouth Sydney George Smith Fred Frost 869 Sydney George Smith
Oamaru Arnold Nordmeyer 758 Frank Cooney[36]
Onehunga New electorate Arthur Osborne 4,314 John Park[37][38]
Otahuhu New electorate Charles Robert Petrie 2,267 Kenneth Tennent[39]
Otaki Leonard Lowry 1,367 George Alexander Monk[40]
Pahiatua Alfred Ransom 931 George Anders Hansen[41]
Palmerston North Joe Hodgens 2,118 Jimmy Nash[42]
Patea Harold Dickie 809 Charles Joseph Duggan[43][44]
Raglan Lee Martin 604 Andy Sutherland[45]
Rangitikei Ormond Wilson Edward Gordon 311 Ormond Wilson
Remuera New electorate Bill Endean 2,861 Mary Dreaver[46]
Riccarton Bert Kyle 87 Thomas Herbert Langford[47]
Roskill Arthur Shapton Richards 2,141 Arthur Sagar Bailey[18]
Rotorua Alexander Moncur 1,648 Henry William Nixon[48]
Stratford William Polson 1,101 James Watson McMillan
Tauranga Charles Burnett Frederick Doidge 1,138 Charles Burnett
Temuka Thomas Burnett 1,249 James Arnold Kearton
Thames Jim Thorn 2,295 William Alexander Clark
Timaru Clyde Carr 2,196 W H Hall
Waikato Robert Coulter Stan Goosman 2,928 J W Neate
Waimarino Frank Langstone 2,940 Cecil Boles
Waipawa Max Christie Albert Jull 446 Max Christie
Wairarapa Ben Roberts 777 James Frederick Thompson[49]
Waitaki David Barnes David Campbell Kidd 14 David Barnes
Waitemata Jack Lyon 2,261 John Ernest Close[18]
Waitomo Walter Broadfoot 329 Jack Jones[50]
Wallace Adam Hamilton 844 John James Lynch
Wanganui Joe Cotterill 3,920 Henry Charles Veitch
Wellington Central Peter Fraser 3,837 Will Appleton[51]
Wellington East Bob Semple 4,736 William Long Barker[52]
Wellington North Charles Chapman 3,278 Elizabeth Gilmer[53]
Wellington South Robert McKeen 6,415 David Howlett[54]
Wellington Suburbs Robert Wright Harry Combs 3,163 Ossie Mazengarb
Wellington West New electorate Catherine Stewart 956 Robert Wright
Westland James O'Brien 3,729 Ted Taylor
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori Āpirana Ngata 1,064 Rēweti Kōhere
Northern Maori Taurekareka Henare Paraire Karaka Paikea 2,011 Taurekareka Henare
Southern Maori Eruera Tirikatene 485 Thomas Kaiporohu Bragg
Western Maori Toko Ratana 4,267 Pei Te Hurinui Jones

Changes

There were a number of changes during the term of the 26th Parliament.

Electorate and by-election Date Incumbent Cause Winner
Christchurch South 1939 3 June Ted Howard Death Robert Macfarlane
Auckland West 1940 18 May Michael Joseph Savage Death Peter Carr
Waipawa 1940 16 November Albert Jull Death Cyril Harker
Waitemata 1941 19 July Jack Lyon Death Mary Dreaver
Bay of Plenty 1941 13 December Gordon Hultquist Death Bill Sullivan
Mid-Canterbury 1942 27 January Arthur Grigg Death Mary Grigg
Hauraki 1942 7 February John Allen Death Andy Sutherland
Temuka 1942 7 February Thomas Burnett Death Jack Acland
Christchurch East 1943 6 February Tim Armstrong Death Mabel Howard
Northern Maori 1943 19 June Paraire Karaka Paikea Death (by-election postponed by legislation)[55]
Name Year Seat From To
John A. Lee 1940 Grey Lynn Labour Democratic Labour
Bill Barnard Napier
Gordon Coates 1942 Kaipara National Independent
Bert Kyle Riccarton

Notes

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