First Labour Government of New Zealand
First Labour Government | |
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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) |
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| History | |
| Elections | |
| 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 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.