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New Zealand Politics in the Fifties

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New Zealand Politics in the Fifties

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    1. New Zealand Politics in the Fifties 148.205 Modern New Zealand Politics lecture 12

    2. Key Sources There are major gaps - no decent biographies of Holland or Holyoake. Sinclair, Walter Nash, (1976). Gustafson, The First 50 Years (1986) on National. M. Bassett, Confrontation ‘51 (1972) Wards (ed), Thirteen Facets, (1978).

    3. Election Vote, 1949-1960

    4. Election Seats 1949-1960

    5. Sir Sidney G Holland 1893-1961 Only the 4th New Zealand born PM Midland Engineering Co Opposed to Coates MP Christchurch North (Fendalton) 1935-1957 Leader of opposirion 1940 ‘A Britisher through and through’ Autocratic leader with wealthy links

    6. The 1951 Cabinet Holyoake 1904-1983 Agriculture William Sullivan 1891-1967 Labour, Housing T C Webb 1889-1962 Ronald Algie 1888-1978, Wm Bodkin 1883-1964, E B Corbett 1898-1968, F Doidge, Stan Goosman 1890-1969, W H Fortune 1897-1961

    7. The 1954 Cabinet A much younger group Jack Marshall (1912-) Jack T Watts (1909-70) J R Hanan (1909-69) Dean Eyre (1914-) Tom Shand (1911-69) J K McAlpine (1906-84) Hilda Ross (1883-1959) Bungled transition from Holland to Holyoake November 1957

    8. The Waterfront Crisis of 1951 F P Walsh of the FOL very anti-communist National provoked Compulsory Unionism debate The watersiders led by Jock Barnes & Toby Hill. Communists They got on well will Sullivan Public hostility to spoilt watersiders, and Government backed employer lockout

    9. The 1951 Crisis Government took emergency powers and sent army in Labour declared its neutrality, after 151 days the strike failed In the election of 1951 huge National victory

    10. Economic Conditions The lifting of economic controls 67% of exports from Britain; 56% of imports from Britain The boom was inconsistent, import controls used. In election years controls were lifted. This led to economic crisis in 1958.

    11. The Social Credit Threat What it represented 1954 election 11% of the vote The enquiry into the banking system. How this worked against both parties.

    12. The Labour Government 1957-60 The election bribe of Ł100 The 1958 Black Budget Huge cost on Labour loyalty Nash’s style Nordmyer’s style

    13. Constitutional Issues The end of the Country Quota The abolition of the Legislative Council 1950 The constitutional reform commission The Police Offences Act of 1951 1956 Constitution Amendment Act

    14. Cold War or Stable Age 1951 marked a watershed. No real confrontation over ideas after 1951. The Cold War was won The Royal Tour symbolised social harmony National stood for individual liberties, but didn’t demolish the social welfare state After Lower Hutt teenage sex case, the Mazengarb Commission backed very conservative view of family

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