1957 New Zealand general election
The 1957 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 32nd term. It saw the governing National Party narrowly defeated by the Labour Party. The 1957 elections marked the beginning of the second Labour government, although this administration was to last only a single term.
Image: Walter Nash (ca 1940s)
Image: Keith Holyoake (crop)
Holyoake (right) congratulating Nash (left) on Labour's victory.
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.
Parliament House, Wellington