Electoral history of Walter Nash

This is a summary of the electoral history of Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957–60), Leader of the Labour Party (1951–63) and Member of Parliament for Hutt (1929–68).

Parliamentary elections

1925 election

1925 general election: Hutt^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	6,080	58.13	+16.98
	Labour	Walter Nash	4,286	40.98
Informal votes			92	0.87	+0.01
Majority			1,794	17.15	+8.25
Turnout			10,458	91.04	−0.17
Registered electors			11,487

1928 election

1928 general election: Hutt^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Thomas Wilford	7,283	54.92	−3.21
	Labour	Walter Nash	5,978	45.08	+4.10
Informal votes			288	2.13	+1.26
Majority			1,305	9.84	−7.31
Turnout			13,549	90.95	−0.9
Registered electors			14,898

1929 by-election

1929 Hutt by-election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	5,047	40.53	−4.55
	United	James Kerr^{[mb 1]}	4,835	38.83
	Reform	Harold Johnston^{[mb 2]}	2,570	20.64
Majority			212	1.70	−8.14
Informal votes			103	0.82	−1.31
Turnout			12,555	84.27	−6.67
Registered electors			14,898

Table footnotes:

^ For some biographical details of Kerr refer to his father's article.
^ For some biographical details of Johnston refer to his father's article.

1931 election

1931 general election: Hutt^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	9,187	59.08	+18.54
	United	James Kerr^{[nb 1]}	6,364	40.92	+2.09
Informal votes			116	0.74
Majority			2,823	18.15	+16.45
Turnout			15,667	86.98	+3.39
Registered electors			18,013

Table footnotes:

^ For some biographical details of James Kerr refer to his father's article.

1935 election

1935 general election: Hutt^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	11,873	74.25	+15.17
	Reform	Victor Jacobsen	4,116	25.74
Informal votes			243	1.51	+0.77
Majority			7,757	48.51	+30.36
Turnout			15,989	89.88	+2.90
Registered electors			17,788

1938 election

1938 general election: Hutt^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	10,687	72.84	−1.41
	National	Jack Andrews	3,873	26.39
Majority			6,814	46.44	+2.07
Informal votes			114	0.77	−0.74
Turnout			14,671	95.93	+6.05
Registered electors			15,292

1943 election

1943 general election: Hutt^[7]^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,823	60.87	+11.97
	Real Democracy	John H. Hogan^[10]	3,563	24.58
	National	Norman Percival Croft	3,017	20.81
	Democratic Labour	Patrick Connors	437	3.01
Informal votes			178	1.22	+0.45
Majority			5,260	36.29	−10.15
Turnout			16,018	93.93	−2.00
Registered electors			17,052

1946 election

1946 general election: Hutt^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,025	58.67	−2.20
	National	Jim Vogel	5,438	39.76
	Independent Labour	George Laing	163	1.19
	World Socialist	Thomas Simpson	50	0.36
Majority			2,587	18.91	−17.38
Turnout			13,676	92.80	−1.13
Registered electors			14,737

1949 election

1949 general election: Hutt^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,153	57.68	−0.99
	National	Horace Leonard Heatley	5,880	41.60
	World Socialist	Thomas Simpson	100	0.70	+0.34
Majority			2,273	16.08	−2.83
Turnout			14,133	91.29	−1.51
Registered electors			15,480

1951 election

1951 general election: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,872	57.73	+0.05
	National	Jack Andrews	6,424	41.80
	World Socialist	Thomas Simpson	71	0.46	−0.24
Majority			2,248	14.62	−1.46
Turnout			15,367	89.54	−1.75
Registered electors			17,161

1954 election

1954 general election: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,371	60.26	+2.53
	National	Clevedon Costello	4,690	33.76
	Social Credit	Terry Maddison	829	5.96
Majority			3,681	26.50	+11.88
Turnout			13,890	88.24	−1.30
Registered electors			15,740

1957 election

1957 general election: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,975	62.63	+2.37
	National	Lance Adams-Schneider	4,545	31.72
	Social Credit	Donald Milne	808	5.63
Majority			4,430	30.91	+4.41
Turnout			14,328	93.15	+4.91
Registered electors			15,381

1960 election

1960 general election: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	7,614	54.26	−8.37
	National	George Barker	5,265	37.52
	Social Credit	Donald Milne	997	7.10	+1.47
	Independent	George Wain	115	0.81
	Communist	Ralph Hegman	40	0.28
Majority			2,349	16.74	−14.17
Turnout			14,031	89.30	−3.85
Registered electors			15,712

1963 election

1963 general election: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,865	58.61	+4.35
	National	Vere Hampson-Tinadale	5,217	34.49
	Social Credit	Donald Milne	972	6.42	−0.68
Majority			3,648	24.11	+7.37
Turnout			15,125	89.25	−0.05
Registered electors			16,945

1966 election

1966 general election: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir Walter Nash	7,861	51.70	−6.91
	National	John Kennedy-Good	5,912	38.88
	Social Credit	Christina Dalglish	1,431	9.41
Majority			1,949	12.81	−11.30
Turnout			15,204	86.78	−2.47
Registered electors			17,520

Local elections

1929 local elections

1929 Wellington City mayoral election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic League	George Troup	14,528	60.82	+6.37
	Labour	Walter Nash	9,142	38.27
Informal votes			214	0.89
Majority			5,386	22.55	+13.64
Turnout			23,884	51.55	−3.31

1933 local elections

Wellington Harbour Board, Hutt^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Walter Nash	6,593	79.44
	Labour	Mark Fagan	3,003	36.18
	Citizens'	Colin Francis Post	2,546	30.67
	Citizens'	Herbert George Teagle	2,373	28.59
	Independent	Archibald Walker	1,888	22.74
Informal votes			196	2.36
Turnout			8,299

1935 local elections

Wellington Harbour Board, Hutt^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,312	81.06	+1.62
	Labour	Mark Fagan	5,498	53.61	+17.43
	Legion	Jack Andrews	4,109	40.07
	Independent	Alexander Anderson	2,454	23.93
Informal votes			136	1.32	−1.04
Turnout			10,254

Leadership elections

1940 Deputy-leadership election

Candidate		Votes	%
	Walter Nash	51	100.00
Turnout		51	—

1951 Leadership election

Candidate		Votes	%
	Walter Nash	34	100.00
Turnout		34	—

1954 Leadership election

Candidate		Votes	%
	Walter Nash	17	56.67
	Arnold Nordmeyer	9	30.00
Abstentions		4	13.33
Majority		6	20.00
Turnout		30	—

Notes

^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "The Hutt Seat". The Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 108. 3 November 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ The General Election, 1935. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 76. 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ "City Nominations". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 61. 9 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ Calderwood, David (2010). Not a Fair Go: A History and Analysis of Social Credit's Struggle for Success in New Zealand's Electoral System (PDF) (M.A. Political Science thesis). University of Waikato. p. 28. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
^ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Norton 1988, pp. 251.
^ "Election Notices". The Dominion. Vol. 22, no. 191. 10 May 1929. p. 2.
^ "Hutt Valley Polls". The Evening Post. Vol. CXV, no. 106. 8 May 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ "Harbour Board Poll". The Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 112. 14 May 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

References

Sinclair, Keith (1976). Walter Nash. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-647949-5.
Mackenzie, Craig (1975). Walter Nash, Pioneer and Prophet. Dunmore Press.
Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.

[4] For some biographical details of Kerr refer to his father's article.

[5] For some biographical details of Johnston refer to his father's article.

[7] For some biographical details of James Kerr refer to his father's article.

[1] The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

[1928_election-2] The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[1929_by-election-3] "The Hutt Seat". The Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 108. 3 November 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[1931_election-6] The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

[1935_election-8] The General Election, 1935. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

[9] "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[10] "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[11] "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 76. 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[12] "City Nominations". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 61. 9 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[13] Calderwood, David (2010). Not a Fair Go: A History and Analysis of Social Credit's Struggle for Success in New Zealand's Electoral System (PDF) (M.A. Political Science thesis). University of Waikato. p. 28. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[14] "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

[15] "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

[FOOTNOTENorton1988251-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Norton 1988, pp. 251.

[17] "Election Notices". The Dominion. Vol. 22, no. 191. 10 May 1929. p. 2.

[18] "Hutt Valley Polls". The Evening Post. Vol. CXV, no. 106. 8 May 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[19] "Harbour Board Poll". The Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 112. 14 May 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957–60) Leader of the Labour Party (1951–63) Member of Parliament for Hutt (1929–68)
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