1918 Palmerston by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1918 Palmerston by-election New Zealand 1918 By-election no 1914 New Zealand general election 1914 general 1919 New Zealand general election 1919 general 1918 10 03 y 5,363 100px Jimmy Nash Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,229 41.56 115px Alexander Galbraith New Zealand Labour Party 1,914 35.68 100px Ernest Hugh Crabb New Zealand Liberal Party 1,119 20.86 Member David Buick Jimmy Nash Reform Party (New Zealand) Reform Party (New Zealand) The Palmerston by-election of 1918 was a by-election held in the Palmerston electorate during the 19th New Zealand Parliament, on 19 December 1918. The by-election was won by the sitting Mayor of Palmerston North, Jimmy Nash with a majority of 315. Background The contest was triggered by the death of incumbent MP David Buick of the Reform Party on 18 November 1918 during the influenza epidemic.David Buick : Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 1908–1918 http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/0FFC0F10-5B94-497D-84A3-10CECB6D93FF/135381/49SCLGE_EVI_00DBHOH_BILL8602_1_A32138_PalmerstonNo.pdf New Zealand Parliament 19 December 2011 PDF Under the terms of the coalition agreement between Reform and the Liberal's a condition was made not to oppose each other in by-elections for deceased or retiring MP's from their own parties. However, both contested the seat after failing to agree on a joint National Government nominee.Gustafson 1980 136 Results The following table gives the election results: Notes References Barry Gustafson Barry Gustafson Labour's path to political independence: The Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party, 1900–19 Auckland, New Zealand Auckland University Press 1980 0-19-647986-X Category:By-elections in New Zealand Category:1918 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Manawatū-Whanganui Category:December 1918 in Oceania