TAKE FIVE: QUICK QUIZ

New Zealand’s first Labour government came to power on this day in 1935. What do you know about historic elections?

1 New Zealand’s first general election was held in what decade?

2 The right to vote was extended to what group in time for the 1868 elections?

3 In what decade was New Zealand’s first woman MP elected?

4 What rebellious female National MP triggered a surprise snap election in 1984?

5 In that same (1984) election, who led a free-market party that took vital votes from National?

The first Labour Government in 1935. Back Row: W. Lee Martin (Minister of Agriculture); P. C. Webb (Minister of Mines); F. Langstone (Minister of Lands); H. G. R. Mason (Attorney-General, Minister of Justice); F. Jones (Postmaster-General); D. G. Sullivan (Minister of Industries and Commerce); H. T. Armstrong (Minister of Employment). Front Row: W. E. Parry (Minister of Internal Affairs); P. Fraser (Minister of Education); M. J. Savage (Prime Minister); W. Nash (Minister of Finance); M. Fagan, M.L.C. (Leader of Legislative Council); R. Semple (Minister of Works).