Social Security Act 1938

• Early life and career

• 1919 general election
• Electoral history

Prime Minister of New Zealand

• Rātana pact
• Industrial Conciliation
  and Arbitration Act 1936
• Edward VIII abdication crisis
• State housing scheme
• Social Security Act 1938
• Lee affair
• World War II

Elections

• 1935 general election
• 1938 general election

The Social Security Act 1938 is a New ZealandAct of Parliament concerning unemployment insurance which established New Zealand as a welfare state. This act is important in the history of social welfare, as it is said to have “provided the most comprehensive interpretation of social security at that time.”