1923 Oamaru by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1923 Oamaru by-election New Zealand 1923 presidential no 1922 New Zealand general election 1922 general 1925 New Zealand general election 1925 general Oamaru 1923 05 01 y 8,660 (94.18%) 100px Jack MacPherson New Zealand Liberal Party 4,492 52.00 100px Ernest Lee Reform Party (New Zealand) 4,147 48.00 Member Jack MacPherson Jack MacPherson New Zealand Liberal Party New Zealand Liberal Party The Oamaru by-election of 1923 was a by-election during the 21st New Zealand Parliament. The by-election was called following the invalidation of the preceding 1922 general election result due to irregularities. It was held on 1 May 1923.Scholefield 1950 124 Background When the preliminary counts for the 1922 general election in the Oamaru electorate were announced, Ernest Lee was ahead of Jack MacPherson by just one vote. Once the absentee votes had been counted, it was announced that MacPherson was leading by five votes, but this was subsequently increased to 25 votes. A recount was ordered, during which some irregularities came to light, and Lee asked for a judicial review. The court case was heard at the Supreme Court in Wellington by Sir Robert Stout and Justice Alexander Samuel Adams, who declared the election void and ordered the parties to pay their own expenses.Oamaru Contest https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430928.2.10.3 16 May 2017 The Evening Post CXXXVI 77 28 September 1943 3 Candidates Two candidates contested the seat. Jack MacPherson (Liberal Party), who had taken the seat off the incumbent Ernest Lee (Reform Party), again won the vote.Scholefield 1950 119 Result The following table gives the election results: MacPherson won the by-election. At the subsequent general election in 1925, Lee in turn defeated MacPherson. 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 25 December 2015 Scholefield Guy New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 Guy Scholefield 3rd First ed. published 1913 1950 Govt. Printer Wellington Oamaru 1923 Category:1923 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Otago Category:May 1923 in Oceania