1925 New Zealand general election
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The 1925 New Zealand general election was held 4 November (the Māori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.[1][2]
In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except Māori).
Results[]
Gordon Coates continued as Prime Minister, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30. Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks".[3] Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates.
After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in Lyttelton (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April 1926 by-election in Eden, Labour became the official opposition.[4]
Party totals[]
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Election results | ||||||
Party | Candidates | Total votes | Percentage | Seats won | ||
Reform | 72 | 324,239 | 47.18 | 55 | ||
Labour | 58 | 187,610 | 27.30 | 12 | ||
Liberal | 52 | 143,931 | 20.94 | 11 | ||
Country Party | 5 | 2,398 | 0.35 | 0 | ||
Independent | 10 | 29,107 | 4.24 | 2 | ||
Total | 202 | 687,285 | 80 |
Votes summary[]
Electorate results[]
The election results were as follows:
Key
Reform Labour Liberal Country Party Independent Liberal Independent
Electorate | Incumbent | Winner | Majority | Runner up | |||
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General electorates | |||||||
Ashburton | William Nosworthy | 2,117 | John Nicholson Harle | ||||
Auckland Central | Bill Parry | 3,500 | Charles Augustus Wilson | ||||
Auckland East | John A. Lee | 288 | James Stewart | ||||
Auckland West | Michael Joseph Savage | 476 | Samuel Oldfield | ||||
Avon | Dan Sullivan | 1,789 | Walter Edmund Leadley | ||||
Awarua | Philip De La Perrelle | John Hamilton | 220[9] | Philip De La Perrelle | |||
Bay of Islands | Allen Bell | Allen Bell | 2,787 | Hugh James Sweeney | |||
Bay of Plenty | Kenneth Williams | Uncontested | |||||
Buller | Harry Holland | 1,532 | C S Bielby | ||||
Chalmers | James Dickson | 1,593 | Michael Connelly | ||||
Christchurch East | Tim Armstrong | 2,855 | Denis Franklyn Dennehy | ||||
Christchurch North | Leonard Isitt | Henry Holland | 2,910 | Henry Thacker | |||
Christchurch South | Ted Howard | 1,569 | Harry Ell | ||||
Clutha | John Edie | Fred Waite | 1,653 | John Edie | |||
Dunedin Central | Charles Statham | 2,299 | John Gilchrist | ||||
Dunedin North | Jim Munro | Harold Tapley | 262 | Jim Munro | |||
Dunedin South | Thomas Sidey | 2,221 | John McManus | ||||
Dunedin West | William Downie Stewart | 2,478 | R Harrison | ||||
Eden | James Parr | 2,336 | Rex Mason | ||||
Egmont | Oswald Hawken | 1,290 | W C G Green | ||||
Ellesmere | Heaton Rhodes | David Jones | 634 | Jeremiah Connolly | |||
Franklin | Ewen McLennan | 5,024 | D McClymont | ||||
Gisborne | Douglas Lysnar | 1,672 | David Coleman | ||||
Grey Lynn | Fred Bartram | 765 | Ellen Melville | ||||
Hamilton | Alexander Young | 4,725 | Lee Martin | ||||
Hawke's Bay | Gilbert McKay | Hugh Campbell | 726 | Gilbert McKay | |||
Hurunui | George Forbes | 811 | J G Armstrong | ||||
Hutt | Thomas Wilford | 1,794 | Walter Nash | ||||
Invercargill | Josiah Hanan | Joseph Ward | 159 | James Hargest | |||
Kaiapoi | David Buddo | 556 | William Brock[10] | ||||
Kaipara | Gordon Coates | 4,835 | Bill Barnard | ||||
Lyttelton | James McCombs[nb 1] | 6 | Melville Lyons | ||||
Manawatu | Joseph Linklater | 2,074 | Ben Roberts | ||||
Manukau | Bill Jordan | 1,054 | Jack Massey | ||||
Marsden | Alfred Murdoch | William Jones | 651 | Alfred Murdoch | |||
Masterton | George Sykes | 922 | J W Andrews | ||||
Mataura | George Anderson | 2,664 | W Hinchey | ||||
Motueka | Richard Hudson | 2,102 | Mark Fagan | ||||
Napier | Lew McIlvride | John Mason | 573 | Lew McIlvride | |||
Nelson | Harry Atmore | 2,349 | Albert Gilbert | ||||
Oamaru | John MacPherson | Ernest Lee | 1,097 | John MacPherson | |||
Ohinemuri | Hugh Poland | Albert Samuel | 108 | Hugh Poland | |||
Oroua | David Guthrie | John Gordon Eliott | 470 | John Cobbe | |||
Otaki | William Hughes Field | 2,057 | Bob Semple | ||||
Pahiatua | Alfred Ransom | 113 | Archibald McNicol | ||||
Palmerston | Jimmy Nash | 3,240 | Walter Bromley | ||||
Parnell | James Samuel Dickson | 4,887 | Robert Frederick Way | ||||
Patea | James Randall Corrigan | Harold Dickie | 1,275 | James Randall Corrigan | |||
Raglan | Richard Bollard | 2,856 | Ernest Piggott[11] | ||||
Rangitikei | Billy Glenn | 1,963 | Charles Joseph Duggan | ||||
Riccarton | George Witty | Bert Kyle | 2,260 | Winter Cole | |||
Roskill | Vivian Potter | 2,913 | |||||
Rotorua | Frank Hockly | 2,776 | Cecil Clinkard | ||||
Stratford | Robert Masters | Edward Walter | 269 | Robert Masters | |||
Taranaki | Sydney George Smith | Charles Bellringer | 50 | Sydney George Smith | |||
Tauranga | Charles MacMillan | 2,310 | Robert Coulter | ||||
Temuka | Thomas Burnett | 535 | Charles John Talbot | ||||
Thames | Thomas William Rhodes | 3,307 | W E G Willy | ||||
Timaru | Frank Rolleston | 2,486 | Percy Vinnell | ||||
Waikato | Frederick Lye | Stewart Reid | 918 | Frederick Lye | |||
Waimarino | Frank Langstone | Robert William Smith | 140 | Frank Langstone | |||
Waipawa | George Hunter | 1,781 | William Ashton Chambers | ||||
Wairarapa | Alexander Donald McLeod | 1,424 | F T Arkle | ||||
Wairau | William Girling | 1,949 | Richard McCallum | ||||
Waitaki | John Bitchener | 502 | G Barclay | ||||
Waitemata | Alexander Harris | 3,577 | Arthur Osborne | ||||
Waitomo | John Rolleston | 1,435 | Walter Broadfoot | ||||
Wakatipu | James Horn | 843 | James Ritchie[12] | ||||
Wallace | John Charles Thomson | Adam Hamilton | 1,328 | James Morris MacKenzie | |||
Wanganui | Bill Veitch | 891 | John Coull [13] | ||||
Wellington Central | Peter Fraser | 2,390 | Andrew Sloane | ||||
Wellington East | Alec Monteith | Thomas Forsyth | 1,195 | Alec Monteith | |||
Wellington North | John Luke | 1,946 | Harry Combs | ||||
Wellington South | Robert McKeen | 1,474 | Archibald Burnett Sievwright | ||||
Wellington Suburbs | Robert Wright | 1,542 | Charles Chapman | ||||
Westland | James O'Brien | Tom Seddon | 12 | James O'Brien | |||
Māori electorates | |||||||
Eastern Maori | Āpirana Ngata | 3,604 | Hone Mokena | ||||
Northern Maori | Taurekareka Henare | 1,609 | Hone Wi Kaitaia | ||||
Southern Maori | Henare Uru | 16 | Tuiti MacDonald | ||||
Western Maori | Māui Pōmare | 2,723 | Rangi Mawhete |
Table footnotes:
- ^ Melville Lyons was elected for the Reform Party, originally the votes were equal (4900), then a recount found for Lyons. But on appeal his election was declared void on 13 March 1926, and the previous holder, James McCombs, was restored as the electorate representative.
Notes[]
- ^ Bassett 1982, p. 67.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 286.
- ^ Bassett 1982, p. 35.
- ^ Bassett 1982, p. 36-37.
- ^ NZ Electoral Commission http://www.elections.org.nz/events/past-events/general-elections-1890-1993 Archived 30 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1926. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ Skinner 1926, pp. 1–6.
- ^ "Candidates in the Contest". The Evening Post. CX (109). 4 November 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Awarua". The Evening Post. 116 (116). 12 November 1925. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Election Notices". The Press. LXI (18524). 28 October 1925. p. 17. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Labour in Raglan". The New Zealand Herald. LXII (19149). 15 October 1925. p. 14. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "General Election". The Evening Post. CX (30). 4 August 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Local and General News". The New Zealand Herald. LXII (19163). 31 October 1925. p. 12. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
References[]
- Bassett, Michael (1982). Three Party Politics in New Zealand 1911–1931. Auckland: Historical Publications. ISBN 0-86870-006-1.
- Chapman, Robert M. (1948). The Significance of the 1928 General Election: A Study in Certain Trends in New Zealand Politics During the Nineteen-Twenties (Thesis). Palmerston North: Massey University.
- Skinner, W. A. G. (1926). The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
External links[]
- 1925 New Zealand general election