The leader of the Labour Party from 1963-65 was Presbyterian minister Arnold Nordmeyer from New Zealand who in the 1951 Brooklyn by-election won over the National and Communist candidates.
Sir Arnold Henry Nordmeyer ONZ KCMG (born Heinrich Arnold Nordmeyer, 7 February 1901  2 February 1989) was a New Zealand politician. In 1925 Nordmeyer received his ordination as a Presbyterian minister and was appointed to a position in the small town of Kurow. He served as Minister of Finance (19571960) and later as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition (19631965). Labour National Communist Arnold Nordmeyer Leonard Theodor Jacobsen Connie Birchfield 5,287 2,902 129 
