The 1960 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 33rd term. It saw the governing Labour Party defeated by the National Party, putting
Keith Holyoake
Walter Nash
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.
1960 New Zealand general election
…It saw the governing Labour Party defeated by the National Party, putting an end to the short second Labour government. The Labour Party had won the 1957 election by a narrow margin, beginning New Zealand's second period of Labour government. However, the new administration soon lost its narrow lead in public…
Holyoake (right) congratulating Nash (left) on Labour's victory.