1925 New Zealand general election

none April 2024 December 2023 1925 New Zealand general election New Zealand 1925 parliamentary no 1922 New Zealand general election 1922 21st New Zealand Parliament 1928 New Zealand general election 1928 All 80 seats in the House of Representatives 41 seats were needed for a majority 3 (Māori) & 4 November (general) 1925 elected members 90.02% 125px Gordon Coates 27 May 1925 Reform Party (New Zealand) Kaipara 37 seats, 39.4% 55 18 324,239 47.18% 8.39% 121px Harry Holland 27 August 1919 New Zealand Labour Party Buller 17 seats, 23.7% 12 5 187,610 27.30% 3.50% 125px George Forbes 13 August 1925 New Zealand Liberal Party Hurunui 22 seats, 26.3% 11 11 143,931 20.94% 3.81% 1925 New Zealand general election - Results.svg 400px Results of the election. Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Gordon Coates Gordon Coates Reform Party (New Zealand) Reform Party (New Zealand) The 1925 New Zealand general election was held 4 November (the Māori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament. The result was a landslide victory for the Reform Party. A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.Bassett 1982 67 Wilson 1985 286 In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except Māori). Results Gordon Coates continued as Prime Minister, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30. Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks".Bassett 1982 35 Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates. After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in Lyttelton (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April Eden 1926 in Eden, Labour became the official opposition.Bassett 1982 36-37 Party totals center Election resultsParty Candidates Total votes Percentage Seats won Reform Party (New Zealand) 72 324,239 47.18 55 New Zealand Labour Party 58 187,610 27.30 12 New Zealand Liberal Party 52 143,931 20.94 11 Country Party (New Zealand) 5 2,398 0.35 0 Independent politician 10 29,107 4.24 2Total 202 687,285 80 NZ Electoral Commission http://www.elections.org.nz/events/past-events/general-elections-1890-1993 https://web.archive.org/web/20151230122414/http://www.elections.org.nz/events/past-events/general-elections-1890-1993 30 December 2015 Votes summary Popular Vote #ddd 625px 410px Reform Reform Party (New Zealand) 47.18 Labour New Zealand Labour Party 27.30 Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 20.94 Country Country Party (New Zealand) 0.35 Independent Independent politician 4.24 Parliament seats #ddd 625px 410px Reform Reform Party (New Zealand) 68.75 Labour New Zealand Labour Party 15.00 Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 13.75 Independent Independent politician 2.50 Electorate results The election results were as follows: Key Reform Party (New Zealand) New Zealand Labour Party New Zealand Liberal Party Country Party (New Zealand) Independent Liberal Independent politician Electorate results for the 1925 New Zealand general electionThe New Zealand Official Year-Book 1926 Government Printer http://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1926/NZOYB_1926.html#idsect1_1_335760 2 August 2013Skinner 1926 1–6Candidates in the Contest https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19251104.2.108 8 November 2014 The Evening Post CX 109 9 4 November 1925 |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | General electorates |- Ashburton William Nosworthy Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,117 John Nicholson Harle New Zealand Labour Party Auckland Central Bill Parry New Zealand Labour Party Charles Augustus Wilson Reform Party (New Zealand) 3,500 Auckland East John A. Lee New Zealand Labour Party James Stewart Reform Party (New Zealand) 288 Auckland West Michael Joseph Savage New Zealand Labour Party Samuel Oldfield Reform Party (New Zealand) 476 Avon Dan Sullivan New Zealand Labour Party Walter Edmund Leadley Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,789 Awarua Philip De La Perrelle New Zealand Liberal Party John Hamilton Reform Party (New Zealand) 220Awarua https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19251112.2.47.2 8 November 2014 The Evening Post 116 116 12 November 1925 Philip De La Perrelle New Zealand Liberal Party Bay of Islands Allen Bell Independent politician Allen Bell Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,787 Hugh James Sweeney Country Party (New Zealand) Bay of Plenty Kenneth Williams Reform Party (New Zealand) true Buller Harry Holland New Zealand Labour Party 1,532 Charles Beilby Reform Party (New Zealand) Chalmers James Dickson Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,593 Michael Connelly New Zealand Labour Party Christchurch East Tim Armstrong New Zealand Labour Party 2,855 Denis Franklyn Dennehy New Zealand Liberal Party Christchurch North Leonard Isitt New Zealand Liberal Party Henry Holland Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,910 Henry Thacker New Zealand Liberal Party Christchurch South Ted Howard New Zealand Labour Party 1,569 Harry Ell New Zealand Liberal Party Clutha John Edie New Zealand Liberal Party Fred Waite Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,653 John Edie New Zealand Liberal Party Dunedin Central Charles Statham Independent politician 2,299 John Gilchrist New Zealand Labour Party Dunedin North Jim Munro New Zealand Labour Party Harold Tapley Reform Party (New Zealand) 262 Jim Munro New Zealand Labour Party Dunedin South Thomas Sidey New Zealand Liberal Party 2,221 John McManus New Zealand Labour Party Dunedin West William Downie Stewart Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,478 Ralph Harrison New Zealand Labour Party Eden James Parr Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,336 Rex Mason New Zealand Labour Party Egmont Oswald Hawken Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,290 Walter Green New Zealand Liberal Party Ellesmere Heaton Rhodes Reform Party (New Zealand) David Jones Reform Party (New Zealand) 634 Jeremiah Connolly New Zealand Liberal Party Franklin Ewen McLennan Reform Party (New Zealand) 5,024 Donald McClymont New Zealand Labour Party Gisborne Douglas Lysnar Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,672 David Coleman New Zealand Labour Party Grey Lynn Fred Bartram New Zealand Labour Party 765 Ellen Melville Reform Party (New Zealand) Hamilton Alexander Young Reform Party (New Zealand) 4,725 Lee Martin New Zealand Labour Party Hawke's Bay Gilbert McKay New Zealand Liberal Party Hugh Campbell Reform Party (New Zealand) 726 Gilbert McKay New Zealand Liberal Party Hurunui George Forbes New Zealand Liberal Party 811 George Armstrong Reform Party (New Zealand) Hutt Thomas Wilford New Zealand Liberal Party 1,794 Walter Nash New Zealand Labour Party Invercargill Josiah Hanan New Zealand Liberal Party Sir Joseph Ward New Zealand Liberal Party 159 James Hargest Reform Party (New Zealand) Kaiapoi David Buddo New Zealand Liberal Party 556 William BrockElection Notices https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19251028.2.117.6 19 November 2014 The Press LXI 18524 28 October 1925 17 Reform Party (New Zealand) Kaipara Gordon Coates Reform Party (New Zealand) 4,835 Bill Barnard New Zealand Labour Party Lyttelton James McCombsnb Melville Lyons was elected for the Reform Party, originally the votes were equal (4900), then a recount found for Lyons. But on appeal his election was declared void on 13 March 1926, and the previous holder, James McCombs, was restored as the electorate representative. New Zealand Labour Party Melville Lyons Reform Party (New Zealand) 6 Manawatu Joseph Linklater Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,074 Ben Roberts New Zealand Labour Party Manukau Bill Jordan New Zealand Labour Party 1,054 Jack Massey Reform Party (New Zealand) Marsden Alfred Murdoch Independent Liberal William Jones Reform Party (New Zealand) 651 Alfred Murdoch Independent Liberal Masterton George Sykes Reform Party (New Zealand) 922 Jack Andrews New Zealand Liberal Party Mataura George Anderson Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,664 William Hinchey New Zealand Liberal Party Motueka Richard Hudson Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,102 Mark Fagan New Zealand Labour Party Napier Lew McIlvride New Zealand Labour Party John Mason Reform Party (New Zealand) 573 Lew McIlvride New Zealand Labour Party Nelson Harry Atmore Independent politician 2,349 Albert Gilbert Reform Party (New Zealand) Oamaru Jack MacPherson New Zealand Liberal Party Ernest Lee Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,097 Jack MacPherson New Zealand Liberal Party Ohinemuri Hugh Poland Independent Liberal Albert Samuel Reform Party (New Zealand) 108 Hugh Poland Independent Liberal Oroua David Guthrie Reform Party (New Zealand) John Gordon Eliott Reform Party (New Zealand) 470 John Cobbe New Zealand Liberal Party Otaki William Hughes Field Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,057 Bob Semple New Zealand Labour Party Pahiatua Alfred Ransom New Zealand Liberal Party 113 Archibald McNicol Reform Party (New Zealand) Palmerston Jimmy Nash Reform Party (New Zealand) 3,240 Walter Bromley New Zealand Labour Party Parnell James Samuel Dickson Reform Party (New Zealand) 4,887 Bob Way New Zealand Labour Party Patea James Randall Corrigan New Zealand Liberal Party Harold Dickie Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,275 James Randall Corrigan New Zealand Liberal Party Raglan Richard Bollard Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,856 Ernest PiggottLabour in Raglan http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19251015.2.128 20 December 2014 The New Zealand Herald LXII 19149 15 October 1925 14 New Zealand Labour Party Rangitikei Billy Glenn Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,963 Charles Joseph Duggan New Zealand Labour Party Riccarton George Witty Independent Liberal Bert Kyle Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,260 Winter Cole New Zealand Labour Party Roskill Vivian Potter Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,913 Alfred Hall-Skelton New Zealand Liberal Party Rotorua Frank Hockly Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,776 Cecil Clinkard New Zealand Liberal Party Stratford Robert Masters New Zealand Liberal Party Edward Walter Reform Party (New Zealand) 269 Robert Masters New Zealand Liberal Party Taranaki Sydney George Smith New Zealand Liberal Party Charles Bellringer Reform Party (New Zealand) 50 Sydney George Smith New Zealand Liberal Party Tauranga Charles Macmillan Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,310 Robert Coulter New Zealand Liberal Party Temuka Thomas Burnett Reform Party (New Zealand) 535 Charles John Talbot New Zealand Liberal Party Thames Thomas William Rhodes Reform Party (New Zealand) 3,307 Gladstone Willy New Zealand Liberal Party Timaru Frank Rolleston Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,486 Percy Vinnell New Zealand Labour Party Waikato Frederick Lye New Zealand Liberal Party Stewart Reid Reform Party (New Zealand) 918 Frederick Lye New Zealand Liberal Party Waimarino Frank Langstone New Zealand Labour Party Robbie Smith New Zealand Liberal Party 140 Frank Langstone New Zealand Labour Party Waipawa George Hunter Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,781 William Ashton Chambers New Zealand Liberal Party Wairarapa Alex McLeod Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,424 Frank Arkle New Zealand Liberal Party Wairau William Girling Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,949 Richard McCallum New Zealand Liberal Party Waitaki John Bitchener Reform Party (New Zealand) 502 George Barclay New Zealand Liberal Party Waitemata Alexander Harris Reform Party (New Zealand) 3,577 Arthur Osborne New Zealand Labour Party Waitomo John Rolleston Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,435 Walter Broadfoot New Zealand Liberal Party Wakatipu James Horn New Zealand Liberal Party 843 James RitchieGeneral Election http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19250804.2.30 22 April 2015 The Evening Post CX 30 4 August 1925 6 Reform Party (New Zealand) Wallace John Charles Thomson New Zealand Liberal Party Adam Hamilton Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,328 James Morris MacKenzie New Zealand Labour Party Wanganui Bill Veitch New Zealand Liberal Party 891 John CoullLocal and General News https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19251031.2.25 28 November 2014 The New Zealand Herald LXII 19163 31 October 1925 12 Reform Party (New Zealand) Wellington Central Peter Fraser New Zealand Labour Party 2,390 Andrew Sloane Reform Party (New Zealand) Wellington East Alec Monteith New Zealand Labour Party Thomas Forsyth Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,195 Alec Monteith New Zealand Labour Party Wellington North John Luke Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,946 Harry Combs New Zealand Labour Party Wellington South Robert McKeen New Zealand Labour Party 1,474 Archie Sievwright New Zealand Liberal Party Wellington Suburbs Robert Wright Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,542 Charles Chapman New Zealand Labour Party Westland James O'Brien New Zealand Labour Party Tom Seddon New Zealand Liberal Party 12 James O'Brien New Zealand Labour Party |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | Māori electorates |- Eastern Maori Āpirana Ngata New Zealand Liberal Party 3,604 Hone Mokena New Zealand Labour Party Northern Maori Taurekareka Henare Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,609 Hone Wi Kaitaia Independent politician Southern Maori Henare Uru Reform Party (New Zealand) 16 Tuiti MacDonald New Zealand Liberal Party Western Maori Māui Pōmare Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,723 Rangi Mawhete New Zealand Labour Party |} Table footnotes: nb Notes References Bassett Michael Three Party Politics in New Zealand 1911–1931 Michael Bassett 1982 Historical Publications Auckland 0-86870-006-1 Chapman Robert M. The Significance of the 1928 General Election: A Study in Certain Trends in New Zealand Politics During the Nineteen-Twenties Massey University 1948 Palmerston North Skinner W. A. G. The General Election, 1925 1926 Government Printer https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1926-I.2.2.6.39 20 November 2014 Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First ed. published 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 External links Labour Party candidates 1925 (photomontage) Category:November 1925 in Oceania