1935 in New Zealand

1935 in New Zealand

Other years in New Zealand

1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 (1935) • 1936 • 1937 • 1938

Population

• Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,569,700 ^[1]
• Increase since previous 31/12/1934: 11,300 (0.73%)
• Males per 100 Females: 103.1

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC, succeeded same year by The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC ^[2]

Government

The 24th New Zealand Parliament continued with the coalition of the United Party and the Reform Party. In November the New Zealand general election, 1935 resulted in a massive win for the opposition Labour Party.

• Speaker of the House - Charles Statham
• Prime Minister - George William Forbes then Michael Joseph Savage
• Minister of Finance - Gordon Coates then Walter Nash
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - George William Forbes then Michael Joseph Savage
• Attorney-General - George William Forbes then Rex Mason

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Michael Joseph Savage (Labour) until 6 December, then George William Forbes (United/Reform).^[3]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - George Hutchison then Ernest Davis
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - Dan Sullivan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox

Events

• 13 February: Fourth session of the 24th Parliament commences.^[4]
• 5 April: Parliament goes into recess.
• 29 June: The Christchurch Times ceases publication. The newspaper began as the Lyttelton Times in 1851.^[5]
• 29 August: Parliament recommences.
• 26 October: Fourth session of the 24th Parliament concludes.
• 1 November: The 24th Parliament is dissolved.
• 26 November: Voting in the four Māori electorates for the 1935 General Election.
• 27 November: Voting in the 76 general electorates for the 1935 General Election.

Arts and literature

See 1935 in art, 1935 in literature, Category:1935 books

Music

See: 1935 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• Down on the Farm (film)
• Hei Tiki / Primitive Passions
• New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire [1]
• Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland [2]

See: Category:1935 film awards, 1935 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1935 films

Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit, Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, see appointments to Diocese

Sport

Chess

• The 44th National Chess Championship was held in Christchurch, and was won by J.A. Erskine of Invercargill.^[6]

Golf

• The 25th New Zealand Open championship was won by Alex Murray.^[7]
• The 39th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch ^[8]
  • Men: J.P. Hornabrook (Masterton)
  • Women: Miss J. Anderson

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup : Indianapolis - 2nd win ^[9]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Graham Direct ^[10]

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

• Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• The Chatham Cup is won by Hospital of Wellington who beat Western of Christchurch 3—1 in the final.^[11]
• Provincial league champions: ^[12]
  • Auckland: Ponsonby AFC (Auckland)
  • Canterbury: Western
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA
  • Nelson: YMCA
  • Otago: Maori Hill
  • Southland: Corinthians
  • Waikato: Huntly Starr Utd
  • Wanganui: Thistle
  • Wellington: Hospital

Births

• 31 May: Jim Bolger, politician & 35th Prime Minister of NZ
• 31 May: Bruce Bolton, cricketer
• 22 June: Koro Wetere, politician
• 10 July: Wilson Whineray, rugby player and businessman
• 18 August: Howard Morrison, entertainer
• 9 October: Paul Barton, cricketer
• December 5: Marise Chamberlain, middle-distance runner
• 21 December: Don Neely, cricket player and selector
• Barrie Bates (Billy Apple), pop artist
• Reg Boorman, politician
• Barry Crump, author
• Brian MacDonell, politician
• Lois Muir, netball player and coach

Category:1935 births

Deaths

• 7 June: Elizabeth McCombs, first female Member of NZ Parliament

• Ernie Booth, rugby player and 1905 ("originals") All Black

Category:1935 deaths

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

References

External links

Media related to 1935 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons