First Labour Government of New Zealand

First Labour Government
Ministries of New Zealand
1935–1949
Date formed	6 December 1935
Date dissolved	13 December 1949
People and organisations
Monarch	George V Edward VIII George VI
Prime Minister	Michael Joseph Savage (1935–40) Peter Fraser (1940–49)
Deputy Prime Minister	Peter Fraser (1935–40) Walter Nash (1940–49)
Member party	Labour Party
Opposition party	United–Reform Coalition (1935–1936) National Party (1936–1949)
Opposition leader	George Forbes (1935–1936) Adam Hamilton (1936–1940) Sidney Holland (1940–1949)
History
Election(s)	1935 general election 1938 general election 1943 general election 1946 general election
Predecessor	United–Reform coalition Government of New Zealand
Successor	First National Government of New Zealand

The First Labour Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1935 to 1949. Responsible for the realisation of a wide range of progressive social reforms^[1] during its time in office, it set the tone of New Zealand's economic and welfare policies until the 1980s, establishing a welfare state, a system of Keynesian economic management, and high levels of state intervention. The government came to power towards the end of, and as a result of, the Great Depression of the 1930s, and also governed the country throughout World War II.