The 1954 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 31st term. It saw the governing National Party remain in office, but with a slightly
Walter Nash
Full-page advertisement by the New Zealand National Party published in the New Zealand Listener, 12 November 1954, p.12
Sidney Holland
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Sir Sidney George Holland was a New Zealand politician who served as the 25th prime minister of New Zealand from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957. He was instrumental in the creation and consolid
1954 New Zealand general election
…after the 1949 elections. It had then been re-elected by a large margin amid the industrial disputes of the 1951 election. The Prime Minister, Sidney Holland, was popular in many sectors of society for his strong line against striking dockworkers and coalminers, while Labour's leader, Walter Nash, had been…
Holland in 1951
Holland and other Cabinet ministers with the Governor-General, Sir Willoughby Norrie, at Government House, 27 November 1954