New Zealand general election, 1914

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New Zealand general election, 1914






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All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
41 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout
84.7%







































































 
First party
Second party
 

William Massey.jpg

Joseph George Ward.jpg
Leader

William Massey

Joseph Ward
Party

Reform

Liberal
Leader since
11 February 1909

6 August 1906
Leader's seat

Franklin

Awarua
Last election
38 seats
36 seats
Seats before
41
32
Seats won
40
34
Seat change

Decrease 1

Increase 2
Popular vote
243,122
222,299
Percentage
47.1%
43.1%

 
Third party
Fourth party
 

Alfred H. Hindmarsh.png

James McCombs 1920s.jpg
Leader

Alfred Hindmarsh

James McCombs
Party

United Labour

Social Democrat
Leader since
7 April 1912

Unclear
Leader's seat

Wellington South

Lyttelton
Seats before
2
3
Seats won
3
2
Seat change

Increase 1

Decrease 1
Popular vote
22,672
22,500
Percentage
4.24%
4.21%





Prime Minister before election

William Massey
Reform



Prime Minister-designate

William Massey
Reform


The New Zealand general election of 1914 was held on 10 December to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 19th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Maori vote was held on 11 December. A total number of 616,043 voters were registered, of which 84.7% voters turned out to vote.[1]


The election saw William Massey's Reform Government maintain power.


The second-ballot voting system had been repealed in 1913, and first-past-the-post voting reinstated for the 1914 election.[1]


Soldiers serving overseas in the NZEF were given a vote by the Expeditionary Forces Voting Act, 1914. They voted for a party (Liberal, Labour or Reform) and their votes were allocated to a candidate for their electorate by a representative of their party; which sometimes required the representative to choose between rival "Liberal" or "Labour" candidates.[2]




Contents





  • 1 Summary of results

    • 1.1 Party totals


    • 1.2 Votes summary



  • 2 Results


  • 3 References


  • 4 See also




Summary of results



Party totals

























































Election results
Party
Candidates
Total votes
Percentage
Seats won


Reform Party
84
243,025
45.47

40


Liberal Party
77
227,706
42.61

34


United Labour
10
22,672
4.24

3


Social Democrat
11
22,500
4.21

2

Independents
12
18,554
3.47
1
Total valid votes

534,457


80
Informal votes

5,618
1.04

Registered voters

616,043


Total candidates
193



  • Auckland West, Hawke's Bay, Taumarunui, Wairarapa, Waitaki and Wellington Central were won by the Liberals from Reform

  • Chalmers, Dunedin West, Motueka, and Northern Maori were won by Reform from the Liberals

  • Nelson was won by Reform from an independent.

  • Otaki was won by Reform from the Social Democrats.

  • Dunedin North was won by United Labour from Reform

  • Four electorates replaced their incumbent MP with another from the same party: Christchurch East and Temuka (Liberal), Eden and Wellington Suburbs and Country (Reform).


Votes summary
























Popular Vote
Reform
46.90%
Liberal
43.10%
United Labour
4.24%
Social Democrat
4.21%
Independents
11.40%























Parliament seats
Reform
50.00%
Liberal
42.50%
United Labour
3.75%
Social Democrat
2.50%
Independents
1.25%


Results


The following are the results of the 1914 general election:


Key


 Liberal  
 Reform  
 United Labour  
 Social Democrat  
 Independent Labour  
 Independent  















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Electorate results for the New Zealand general election, 1914[3]
ElectorateIncumbentWinnerMajorityRunner up

General electorates

Ashburton


William Nosworthy
157


William Maslin

Auckland Central


Albert Glover
2,302


Michael Joseph Savage

Auckland East


Arthur Myers
2,507

Arthur Holmes

Auckland West


James Bradney


Charles Poole
1,411


James Bradney

Awarua


Joseph Ward
1,226


John Hamilton

Avon


George Russell
1,073


Dan Sullivan

Bay of Islands


Vernon Reed
108


Peter Buck

Bay of Plenty


William MacDonald
965


Kenneth Williams

Bruce


James Allen
693

Charles Smith

Buller


James Colvin
2,195

George Powell

Chalmers


Edward Clark


James Dickson
686

William Mason

Christchurch East


Thomas Davey


Henry Thacker
1,890


Hiram Hunter

Christchurch North


Leonard Isitt
1,217


Henry Toogood

Christchurch South


Harry Ell
2,333


Gains Whiting

Clutha


Alexander Malcolm
1,009


John Jenkinson

Dunedin Central


Charles Statham
12


James Wright Munro

Dunedin North


George Thomson


Andrew Walker
322


George Thomson

Dunedin South


Thomas Sidey
2,697

Thomas Dalton

Dunedin West


John A. Millar


William Downie Stewart
345

John Johnson

Eden


John Bollard


James Parr
2,456

William Tuck

Egmont


Charles Wilkinson
894

David Astbury

Ellesmere


Heaton Rhodes
273

James Free

Franklin


William Massey
2,928

Arthur Glass

Gisborne


James Carroll
1,249

Harry de Lautour

Grey


Paddy Webb
980


Henry Michel

Grey Lynn


John Payne
89

Murdoch McLean

Hawke's Bay


Hugh Campbell


Robert McNab
40

Hugh Campbell

Hurunui


George Forbes
1,486

William Banks

Hutt


Thomas Wilford
943

Albert Samuel

Invercargill


Josiah Hanan
1,590


John Lillicrap

Kaiapoi


David Buddo
1,181


David Jones

Kaipara


Gordon Coates
1,118

Richard Hoe

Lyttelton


James McCombs
1,598

Malcolm Miller

Manukau


Frederic Lang
1,224

John McLarin

Marsden


Francis Mander
940

Edmund Purdie

Masterton


George Sykes
193


Alexander Hogg

Mataura


George Anderson
174

William Mehaffey

Motueka


Roderick McKenzie


Richard Hudson
602

Roderick McKenzie

Napier


Vigor Brown
2,215

George William Venables[4]

Nelson


Harry Atmore


Thomas Field
90

Harry Atmore

Oamaru


Ernest Lee
338


John MacPherson

Ohinemuri


Hugh Poland
100

Joseph Clark

Oroua


David Guthrie
1,119

John Morrison

Otago Central


Robert Scott
999

William Bodkin

Otaki


John Robertson


William Field
640

John Robertson

Pahiatua


James Escott
683

John Mathews

Palmerston


David Buick
1,109


Jim Thorn

Parnell


James Dickson
1,172

Jeremiah Sullivan

Patea


George Pearce
118

William Morrison

Raglan


Richard Bollard
1,448

William Thompson

Rangitikei


Edward Newman
903


Robert Hornblow

Riccarton


George Witty
1,215

Bertram Bunn

Selwyn


William Dickie
1,227

George Sheat

Stratford


John Hine
637

William Hawkins

Taranaki


Henry Okey
201

Daniel Hughes

Taumarunui


Charles Wilson


William Jennings
205

Charles Wilson

Tauranga


William Herries
1,992

Ralph Stewart

Temuka


Thomas Buxton


Charles Talbot
407

Charles Kerr

Thames


Thomas Rhodes
515


Edmund Taylor

Timaru


James Craigie
1,110

Francis Smith

Waikato


Alexander Young
2,193

Alexander Scholes

Waimarino


Robert Smith
1,995

Hugh Speed

Waipawa


George Hunter
138


Albert Jull

Wairarapa


Walther Buchanan


J. T. Marryat Hornsby
60

Walter Buchanan

Wairau


Richard McCallum
369


John Duncan

Waitaki


Francis Smith


John Anstey
156

Norton Francis

Waitemata


Alexander Harris
1,013

Henry Cromwell Tewsley[5]

Wanganui


Bill Veitch
852


Frederick Pirani

Wakatipu


William Fraser
897

Joseph Stephens[6]

Wallace


John Thomson
881

Alexander Rodger

Wellington Central


Francis Fisher


Robert Fletcher
2,329


Francis Fisher

Wellington East


Alfred Newman
48


David McLaren

Wellington North


Alexander Herdman
2,655

William Turnbull

Wellington South


Alfred Hindmarsh
1,215


John Luke

Wellington Suburbs and Country


William Bell


Robert Wright
1,002


Frank Moore

Westland


Tom Seddon
826

Arthur Paape

Maori electorates

Eastern Maori


Sir Āpirana Ngata
2,825

Hetekia Pere

Northern Maori


Te Rangi Hiroa


Taurekareka Henare
176

Hemi te Paa

Southern Maori


Taare Parata
238

Teone Matapura Erihana

Western Maori


Māui Pōmare


Māui Pōmare
2,107

Hema te Ao


References




  1. ^ ab "General elections 1853–2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 10 December 2011. 


  2. ^ Barry Gustafson (1980). Labour’s Path to Political Independence. Auckland University Press. pp. 87–88. 


  3. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013. 


  4. ^ "General Election". The Press. L (15116). 4 November 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 16 October 2015. 


  5. ^ "Mr. H.C. Tewsley". Observer. XXXV (14). 12 December 1914. p. 15. Retrieved 5 December 2014. 


  6. ^ "Labour's Candidates". Maoriland Worker. 12 (299). 22 November 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 26 January 2014. 




See also


  • Politics of New Zealand

  • Elections in New Zealand





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