1923 Tauranga by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 April 2022 1923 Tauranga by-election New Zealand 1923 presidential no 1922 New Zealand general election 1922 general 1925 New Zealand general election 1925 general 28 March 1923 7,630 (85.53%) 150x150px Charles Macmillan Reform Party (New Zealand) 4,360 57.41 150x150px Sir Joseph Ward New Zealand Liberal Party 3,235 42.59 Member William Herries Reform Party (New Zealand) Charles Macmillan Reform Party (New Zealand) The Tauranga by-election of 1923 was a by-election during the 21st New Zealand Parliament in the Tauranga electorate. The seat became vacant due to the death of the sitting Member, William Herries.Scholefield 1950 113 The election was held on 28 March 1923 and won by Charles Macmillan, who defeated the former prime minister Joseph Ward.Scholefield 1950 124 Background Two candidates contested the seat. The first was Charles Macmillan, a former Mayor of Tauranga (1915–1917. Macmillan represented the Reform Party and was put forward by the party to succeed Herries.Reform Candidate Starts http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19230305.2.106.2 24 December 2015 The Evening Post CV 54 5 March 1923 8 The other candidate was Sir Joseph Ward, a former Liberal party Prime Minister.Bassett Michael 2W9 Ward, Joseph George 26 November 2011 Michael Bassett The Labour Party took a keen interest in the by-election. Leader Harry Holland was fearful that Ward's return to Parliament might result in a revival of the Liberals, delaying Labour's rise as the main left-wing party. As a result, he sought to stand a candidate to split the anti-Reform vote. He was overruled however, by the party executive citing the lack of any established branches within the electorate and the possibility of a poor showing by the candidate damaging party morale and credibility.O'Farrell 1964 128 Result Macmillan won the by-election;Wilson 1985 217 Ward's defeat was humiliating to him. Macmillan remained as Tauranga's representative until his defeat at the 1935.Wilson 1985 217 Ward was thought to be a spent force, but he was returned to Parliament again in the 1925,Scholefield 1950 146 and then went on to become Prime Minister again in 1928.Scholefield 1950 30 He retired in 1930, and died soon after. Notes References J. Hislop The General Election, 1922 1923 Government Printer https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1923-I-II.2.2.5.36 20 November 2014 P.J. O'Farrell Patrick O'Farrell Harry Holland: Militant Socialist https://archive.org/details/harryhollandmili0000ofar registration Canberra, Australia Australian National University Press 1964 Scholefield Guy New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 Guy Scholefield 3rd First ed. published 1913 1950 Govt. Printer Wellington Wilson James Oakley New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Tauranga 1923 Category:1923 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Bay of Plenty Region Category:Tauranga Category:March 1923 in Oceania