General election in New Zealand
1914 New Zealand general election Turnout 84.7% Results of the election.
The 1914 New Zealand general election 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The second-ballot voting system had been repealed in 1913, and first-past-the-post voting reinstated for the 1914 election.[1]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]
Summary of results [ edit ] Party totals [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] The following are the results of the 1914 general election:
Key
Liberal Reform United Labour Social Democrat Independent Labour Independent
Electorate results for the 1914 New Zealand general election[3] Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner 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 [4] Christchurch South Harry Ell 2,333 Gains Whiting Clutha Alexander Malcolm 1,009 John Jenkinson Dunedin Central Charles Statham 12 Jim 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[5] 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[6] Wanganui Bill Veitch 852 Frederick Pirani Wakatipu William Fraser 897 Joseph Stephens[7] 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 Māori electorates Eastern Maori Sir Āpirana Ngata 2,825 Hetekia Pere Northern Maori Te Rangi Hīroa 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
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