1919 New Zealand general election

Election in New Zealand April 2024 December 2021 1919 general election New Zealand parliamentary no 1914 New Zealand general election 1914 19th New Zealand Parliament 1922 New Zealand general election 1922 All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives 41 seats were needed for a majority 16 (Māori) & 17 December (general) 1919 elected members 80.5% 122px William Massey 11 February 1909 Reform Party (New Zealand) Franklin 40 seats, 47.1% 39 45 6 193,676 35.7% 11.4% 115px Joseph Ward 11 September 1913 New Zealand Liberal Party Awarua (lost seat) 34 seats, 43.1% 34 19 15 155,708 28.7% 14.4% Harry Holland (1922).jpg 220 120 170 15 60 Harry Holland 27 August 1919 New Zealand Labour Party Grey 5 seats, 8.4%Results for the United Labour Party (3 seats, 4.2%) and Social Democratic Party (2 seats, 4.2%). 5 8 3 131,402 24.2% 15.8% 1919 New Zealand general election - Results.svg 400px Results of the election. Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister William Massey William Massey Reform Party (New Zealand) Reform Party (New Zealand) The 1919 New Zealand general election was held on Tuesday, 16 December in the Māori electorates and on Wednesday, 17 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 20th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 560,673 (80.5%) voters turned out to vote.General elections 1853–2005 – dates & turnout http://www.elections.org.nz/events/past-events/general-elections-1853-2014-dates-and-turnout Elections New Zealand 12 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20141114115332/http://www.elections.org.nz/events/past-events/general-elections-1853-2014-dates-and-turnout 14 November 2014 dead In 1919 women won the right to be elected to the House of Representatives. The law was changed late that year, and with only three weeks' notice, three women stood for Parliament. They were Ellen Melville in Grey Lynn, Rosetta Baume in Parnell, and Aileen Cooke in Thames. Ellen Melville stood for the Reform Party and came second. She stood for Parliament several more times and generally polled well but never won a seat. This is the most recent general election in which none of the major party leaders were born in New Zealand. Results Though Labour Party captured only eight seats it received nearly a quarter of the votes – a shock to conservative minds due to Labour being founded only three years earlier in 1916.Lipson 2011 211 Party totals center Election resultsParty Candidates Total votes Percentage Seats wonReform Party (New Zealand)Reform Party67197,04135.6345New Zealand Liberal PartyLiberal PartyIncludes one MP returned unopposed, and one Independent Liberal66166,67530.1419New Zealand Labour PartyLabour Party59134,09424.258Independent politicianIndependentsIncludes ex-members of the three main parties as well as long-standing Independents3955,1619.988Total valid votes552,97180Informal votes7,7021.37Registered voters683,420 Votes summary Popular Vote #ddd 625px 410px Reform Reform Party (New Zealand) 35.63 Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 30.14 Labour New Zealand Labour Party 24.25 Independents Independent politician 9.98 Parliament seats #ddd 625px 410px Reform Reform Party (New Zealand) 56.25 Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 23.75 Labour New Zealand Labour Party 10.00 Independents Independent politician 10.00 Electorate results thumb|right|The results of the 1919 general election displayed outside The Press Building in Christchurch The table below shows the results of the 1919 general election: Key Reform Party (New Zealand)New Zealand Liberal PartyNew Zealand Labour PartyLiberal-Labour (UK) Liberal–LabourIndependent LiberalIndependent LabourIndependent politician Electorate results for the 1919 New Zealand general electionJ. Hislop The General Election, 1919 https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1921-I-II.2.3.2.45 National Library 6 December 2014 1–6 1921 |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | General electorates |- Ashburton William Nosworthy Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,493 William Dickie New Zealand Liberal Party Auckland Central Albert Glover New Zealand Liberal Party Bill Parry New Zealand Labour Party 786 Albert Glover New Zealand Liberal Party Auckland East Arthur Myers New Zealand Liberal Party 158 Clutha Mackenzie Reform Party (New Zealand) Auckland West Charles Poole New Zealand Liberal Party Michael Joseph Savage New Zealand Labour Party 533 Charles Frederick BennettGustafson 1980 181 Reform Party (New Zealand) Avon George Russell New Zealand Liberal Party Dan Sullivan New Zealand Labour Party 1,648 George Russell New Zealand Liberal Party Awarua Sir Joseph Ward New Zealand Liberal Party John Hamilton Reform Party (New Zealand) 757 Sir Joseph Ward New Zealand Liberal Party Bay of Islands Vernon Reed Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,195 St. Claire Jounneaux Independent Liberal Bay of Plenty William MacDonald New Zealand Liberal Party 1,234 Kenneth Williams Reform Party (New Zealand) Bruce James Allen Reform Party (New Zealand) 126 John Edie New Zealand Liberal Party Buller James Colvin New Zealand Liberal Party Harry Holland New Zealand Labour Party 1,003 Denis Quinlan O'BrienGustafson 1980 181 New Zealand Liberal Party Chalmers James Dickson Reform Party (New Zealand) 883 John Gilchrist New Zealand Labour Party Christchurch East Henry Thacker New Zealand Liberal Party 1,940 Hiram Hunter New Zealand Labour Party Christchurch North Leonard Isitt New Zealand Liberal Party 2,403 Tim Armstrong New Zealand Labour Party Christchurch South Harry Ell New Zealand Liberal Party Ted Howard New Zealand Labour Party 1,675 Henry Holland Independent Liberal Clutha Alexander Malcolm Reform Party (New Zealand) 134 Robert Alexander RodgerClutha https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19191111.2.66 1 August 2020 Otago Daily Times 17779 11 November 1919 6Dickson Amanda Rodger West Otago A & P Society https://amandarodgerdickson.wordpress.com/tag/tapanui/ Amanda Rodger Dickson at Wordpress 1 August 2020 23 September 2011 Independent politician Dunedin Central Charles Statham Independent politician 497 Jim Munro New Zealand Labour Party Dunedin North Andrew Walker New Zealand Labour Party Edward Kellett Independent Labour 806 Andrew Walker New Zealand Labour Party Dunedin South Thomas Sidey New Zealand Liberal Party 84 Tom Paul New Zealand Labour Party Dunedin West William Downie Stewart Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,421 John Arthur BrownGustafson 1980 155The election campaign https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19191206.2.47 1 August 2020 Evening Star 17218 6 December 1919 6 New Zealand Labour Party Eden James Parr Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,854 Oscar McBrine New Zealand Labour Party Egmont Charles Wilkinson Reform Party (New Zealand) Oswald Hawken Reform Party (New Zealand) 191 David Lyon Abbott Astbury Independent Liberal Ellesmere Heaton Rhodes Reform Party (New Zealand) 749 George Barclay New Zealand Liberal Party Franklin William Massey Reform Party (New Zealand) 3,030 Joseph Rea New Zealand Liberal Party Gisborne James Carroll New Zealand Liberal Party Douglas Lysnar Reform Party (New Zealand) 373 James Carroll New Zealand Liberal Party Grey Lynn John Payne Independent Labour Fred Bartram New Zealand Labour Party 481 Ellen Melville Reform Party (New Zealand) Hawke's Bay John Findlay New Zealand Liberal Party Hugh Campbell Reform Party (New Zealand) 942 Gilbert McKay New Zealand Liberal Party Hurunui George Forbes New Zealand Liberal Party 667 John George ArmstrongNotice of nominations received https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19191209.2.88.4 1 August 2020 The Press LV 16701 9 December 1919 10 Reform Party (New Zealand) Hutt Thomas Wilford New Zealand Liberal Party 1,005 David Pritchard New Zealand Labour Party Invercargill Josiah Hanan New Zealand Liberal Party 1,403 John Archer New Zealand Labour Party Kaiapoi David Buddo New Zealand Liberal Party David Jones Reform Party (New Zealand) 50 David Buddo New Zealand Liberal Party Kaipara Gordon Coates Reform Party (New Zealand) 3,291 Alfred Gregory New Zealand Labour Party Lyttelton James McCombs New Zealand Labour Party 577 Robert MacartneyGustafson 1980 181 Reform Party (New Zealand) Manawatu Edward Newman Reform Party (New Zealand) 866 Alfred Hillier New Zealand Labour Party Manukau Frederic Lang Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,508 Rex Mason New Zealand Labour Party Marsden Francis Mander Reform Party (New Zealand) 189 Alfred Murdoch Independent Liberal Masterton George Sykes Reform Party (New Zealand) George Sykes Independent politician 344 Archibald Holms Independent Labour Mataura George Anderson Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,336 David McDougall Independent Liberal Motueka Richard Hudson Reform Party (New Zealand) 661 Percy Power New Zealand Labour Party Napier Vigor Brown New Zealand Liberal Party 54 Frederick Charles EvansNotice of Nominations Received http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HAST19191209.2.61.2 16 October 2015 Hawke's Bay Tribune IX 303 9 December 1919 6Napier http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HNS19191107.2.40.5 16 October 2015 Hawera & Normanby Star LXXIV 7 November 1919 5 New Zealand Labour Party Nelson Thomas Field Reform Party (New Zealand) Harry Atmore Independent politician 510 Thomas Field Reform Party (New Zealand) Oamaru Ernest Lee Reform Party (New Zealand) 276 Jack MacPherson New Zealand Liberal Party Ohinemuri Hugh Poland Independent Liberal 555 Joseph Clark Reform Party (New Zealand) Oroua David Guthrie Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,843 Ernest Tunnicliffe New Zealand Labour Party Otaki William Hughes Field Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,232 James McKenzie New Zealand Labour Party Pahiatua Harold Smith Reform Party (New Zealand) Archibald McNicol Reform Party (New Zealand) 170 Robert Ross Liberal-Labour Palmerston Jimmy Nash Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,004 Moses AyrtonBrown Colin 4a26 Moses Ayrton 28 December 2013 New Zealand Labour Party Parnell James Samuel Dickson Reform Party (New Zealand) 3,419 Tom Bloodworth New Zealand Labour Party Patea George Pearce Reform Party (New Zealand) Walter Powdrell Reform Party (New Zealand) 255 William Morrison New Zealand Liberal Party Raglan Richard Bollard Reform Party (New Zealand) 988 Bill Jordan New Zealand Labour Party Rangitikei Edward Newman Reform Party (New Zealand) Billy Glenn Reform Party (New Zealand) 635 Francis Patrick BradyGustafson 1980 154 New Zealand Labour Party Riccarton George Witty New Zealand Liberal Party 626 William Russell DevereuxNotice of Nominations Received http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19191210.2.106.5 20 December 2014 The Press LV 16702 10 December 1919 12 Reform Party (New Zealand) Roskill Vivian Potter Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,854 James Gunson Reform Party (New Zealand) Rotorua Frank Hockly Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,733 Malcolm LarneyRotorua Seat https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19191127.2.118 12 December 2014 Auckland Star L 282 27 November 1919 11 New Zealand Liberal Party Stratford John Hine Reform Party (New Zealand) Robert Masters New Zealand Liberal Party 61 John Hine Reform Party (New Zealand) Taranaki Sydney George Smith Independent Labour Sydney George Smith Liberal-Labour 1,023 George H. Buckeridge Reform Party (New Zealand) Tauranga William Herries Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,860 Benjamin RobbinsLiberal Selection for Tauranga https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WDT19191111.2.25.5 7 December 2014 Wairarapa Daily Times 45 13977 11 November 1919 5 New Zealand Liberal Party Temuka Charles Talbot New Zealand Liberal Party Thomas Burnett Reform Party (New Zealand) 31 Charles Talbot New Zealand Liberal Party Thames Thomas William Rhodes Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,590 William John McCormick New Zealand Liberal Party Timaru James Craigie New Zealand Liberal Party James Craigie Independent Liberal 1,519 Percy Vinnell New Zealand Labour Party Waikato Alexander Young Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,893 Percy Watts Independent Liberal Waimarino Robbie Smith New Zealand Liberal Party 643 Frank Langstone New Zealand Labour Party Waipawa George Hunter Reform Party (New Zealand) 274 Albert Jull New Zealand Liberal Party Wairarapa J. T. Marryat Hornsby New Zealand Liberal Party Alex McLeod Reform Party (New Zealand) 540 J. T. Marryat Hornsby New Zealand Liberal Party Wairau Richard McCallum New Zealand Liberal Party 796 Bernard James Cooke New Zealand Labour Party Waitaki John Anstey New Zealand Liberal Party John Bitchener Reform Party (New Zealand) 472 John Anstey New Zealand Liberal Party Waitemata Alexander Harris Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,419 Arthur Edwin GreensladeWaitemata Parliamentary Election https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TO19191206.2.19 5 December 2014 Observer XL 14 6 December 1919 12 New Zealand Liberal Party Waitomo Bill Jennings New Zealand Liberal Party 377 Charles Wilson Independent politician Wakatipu William Fraser Reform Party (New Zealand) James Horn New Zealand Liberal Party 801 Robert Scott Reform Party (New Zealand) Wallace John Charles Thomson New Zealand Liberal Party Adam Hamilton Reform Party (New Zealand) 43 John Charles Thomson New Zealand Liberal Party Wanganui Bill Veitch Independent Labour 1,703 William J. Cuttle Reform Party (New Zealand) Wellington Central Peter Fraser New Zealand Labour Party 1,056 Frederick PiraniGustafson 1980 181 New Zealand Liberal Party Wellington East Alfred Newman Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,058 Alec Monteith New Zealand Labour Party Wellington North John Luke Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,065 H. Oakley Browne New Zealand Liberal Party Wellington South Bob Semple New Zealand Labour Party George Mitchell Independent Liberal 1,426 Bob Semple New Zealand Labour Party Wellington Suburbs Robert Wright Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,127 Alexander Croskery New Zealand Labour Party Westland Tom Seddon New Zealand Liberal Party 1,497 James O'Brien New Zealand Labour Party |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | Māori electorates |- Eastern Maori Āpirana Ngata New Zealand Liberal Party yes true Northern Maori Taurekareka Henare Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,629 Nau Parone Kawiti Independent politician Southern Maori Hopere Uru Independent politician 207 Riki te Mairaki Taiaroa New Zealand Liberal Party Western Maori Māui Pōmare Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,424 Ngarangi Katitia Independent politician |} Summary of changes A boundary redistribution resulted in the abolition of four electorates:McRobie 1989 75–80 Grey, held by Harry Holland Otago Central, held by Robert Scott Selwyn, held by William Dickie Taumarunui, held by Bill Jennings Wellington Suburbs and Country, held by Robert Wright At the same time, four new electorates were created:Wilson 1985 266–276McRobie 1989 79f Manawatu, previously abolished in 1911 Roskill, first created through the 1918 electoral redistribution Rotorua, first created through the 1918 electoral redistribution Waitomo, first created through the 1918 electoral redistribution Wellington Suburbs, previously abolished in 1911 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 Lipson Leslie The Politics of Equality: New Zealand's Adventures in Democracy 1948 2011 Victoria University Press Wellington 978-0-86473-646-8 Electoral Atlas of New Zealand McRobie Alan 1989 GP Books Wellington 0-477-01384-8 Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Category:December 1919 in Oceania