1905 New Zealand general election

Elections on 6 December 1905 April 2024 December 2021 1905 general election New Zealand parliamentary no 1902 New Zealand general election 1902 15th New Zealand Parliament 1908 New Zealand general election 1908 17th New Zealand Parliament All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives 41 seats were needed for a majority 6 (general) & 20 December (Māori) 1905 elected members 83.3% 130px Richard Seddon 28 April 1893 New Zealand Liberal Party Westland 47 seats 42 seats 58 16 219,144 53.1% 1.3% 125px William Massey 11 September 1903 Conservative (New Zealand) Franklin 19 seats 21 seats 16 5 122,572 29.7% 9.1% 132px George Laurenson 1905 New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Lyttelton not yet founded 4 2 2 15,721 3.8% 3.8% 1905 New Zealand general election - Results.svg 400px Results of the election. Premier Subsequent Premier Richard Seddon Richard Seddon New Zealand Liberal Party New Zealand Liberal Party The 1905 New Zealand general election was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 16th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 412,702 voters turned out, with 396,657 (83.25% of the electoral roll) voting in the European electorates.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 Results of the Polls https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AG19051207.2.12 Ashburton Guardian xxii 6742 2 7 December 1905 24 August 2011 Changes to the electoral law The 1903 City Single Electorates Act declared that at the dissolution of the 15th Parliament, the four multi-member electorates would be abolished and replaced each with three single-member electorates.McRobie 1989 67 It was also the year absentee voting was introduced for all electors unable to be in their own electorate on election day. The first Chief Electoral Officer was appointed. Accordingly, the multi-member urban electorates of City of Auckland, City of Christchurch, City of Dunedin and City of Wellington were abolished and replaced with the following single-member seats: Auckland Central Auckland East Auckland West Christchurch East Christchurch North Christchurch South Wellington Central Wellington East Wellington North Dunedin Central Dunedin North Dunedin South Nine of these twelve electorates had existed before. Wellington Central, Wellington North, and Dunedin North were established for the first time.Wilson 1985 262, 276 Historic context In 1905 a progressive faction within the Liberal Party started to form in opposition to Liberal leader Richard Seddon's policies. They announced that they would stand in the election as the New Liberal Party, however an accusation against Seddon's son, when disproven saw most of the dissidents return to the Liberal Party, and of the four New Liberals (George Laurenson, Francis Fisher, Harry Bedford and Tommy Taylor) that stood in the election only Laurenson and Fisher were returned. The freshly created Independent Political Labour League also contested the election as a breakaway faction from the Liberals. It was the first of many steps of a gradual move by urban labourers shifting allegiance to an independent working-class political party. Previously, most workers had supported the Liberal Party, which since the 1890s had attempted to gain Trade Union support by appointing union representatives to the party's governing body. The IPLL did not perform well, gaining only 3,478 votes nationwide with no candidates elected.Paul 1946 176 The Rev Frank Isitt was the Prohibition candidate for several South Island electorates, and came second in two. Results thumb|250px|A cartoon depicting the infamous "Voucher incident" showing New Liberals distancing themselves from Fisher. Party totals The following table gives party strengths and vote distribution.Wilson 1985 287–289 center Election results PartyCandidatesTotal votesPercentageSeats wonChange New Zealand Liberal Party94219,14453.158+11 Conservative (New Zealand)63122,57229.716-3 New Liberal Party (New Zealand)715,7213.82+2 Independent Political Labour League93,4780.80±0 Independent politician6351,78512.54-10 Votes summary Popular Vote #ddd 650px 410px Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 53.1 Conservative Conservative (New Zealand) 29.7 New Liberal New Liberal Party (New Zealand) 3.8 Ind. Labour League Independent Political Labour League 0.8 Independents Independent politician 12.5 Parliament seats #ddd 650px 410px Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 72.5 Conservative Conservative (New Zealand) 20.0 New Liberal New Liberal Party (New Zealand) 2.5 Independents Independent politician 5.0 Electorate results The following are the results of the 1905 general election: Key New Zealand Liberal Party Conservative (New Zealand) New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Liberal–Labour (New Zealand) Independent Liberal Independent politician Electorate results for the 1905 New Zealand general electionThe General Election, 1905 https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1906-I.2.1.5.7 National Library 8 March 2014 1–6 1906https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19051129.2.25 The Nominations 29 November 1905 284 XXXVIII Marlborough Express 3 8 September 2016 |- |colspan=10 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | General electorates |- Ashburton John McLachlan New Zealand Liberal Party 244 John Studholme Conservative (New Zealand) Auckland Central Alfred Kidd New Zealand Liberal Party 939 Lemuel Bagnall Conservative (New Zealand) Auckland East Frederick Baume New Zealand Liberal Party 871 Harry Bamford Conservative (New Zealand) Auckland West Charles Poole New Zealand Liberal Party 340 James Parr Conservative (New Zealand) Avon William Tanner New Zealand Liberal Party 725 John Russell Brunt Conservative (New Zealand) Awarua Joseph Ward New Zealand Liberal Party 2,848 Henry Woodnorth Independent politician Bay of Islands Robert Houston New Zealand Liberal Party 470 John Charles Johnson Conservative (New Zealand) Bay of Plenty William Herries Conservative (New Zealand) 211 Joseph Foster New Zealand Liberal Party Bruce James Allen Conservative (New Zealand) 435 William Darcy Mason New Zealand Liberal Party Buller James Colvin New Zealand Liberal Party 2,798 Frank Isitt Independent politician Caversham Thomas Sidey New Zealand Liberal Party 1,760 William Earnshaw Liberal–Labour (New Zealand) Chalmers Edmund Allen New Zealand Liberal Party 1,437 William Pryor Conservative (New Zealand) Christchurch East Thomas Davey New Zealand Liberal Party 565 Henry Featherston Toogood New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Christchurch North Charles Gray Independent Liberal 1,084 Tommy Taylor New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Christchurch South Harry Ell New Zealand Liberal Party 2,511 Charles Henry Winny Independent politician Clutha James Thomson Conservative (New Zealand) Alexander Malcolm Conservative (New Zealand) 272 Daniel Stewart New Zealand Liberal Party Courtenay Charles Lewis Conservative (New Zealand) 232 Thomas Jones McBride New Zealand Liberal Party Dunedin Central John A. Millar New Zealand Liberal Party 1,919 Alexander Samuel Adam New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Dunedin North Alfred Richard Barclay Liberal–Labour (New Zealand) 514 Harry Bedford New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Dunedin South James Arnold Liberal–Labour (New Zealand) 780 William Downie Stewart Conservative (New Zealand) Eden John Bollard Conservative (New Zealand) 2,760 Robert French New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Egmont Bill Jennings New Zealand Liberal Party 651 Charles Leech Conservative (New Zealand) Ellesmere Heaton Rhodes Conservative (New Zealand) 283 George Rennie New Zealand Liberal Party Franklin William Massey Conservative (New Zealand) 935 William Wilson McCardle New Zealand Liberal Party Geraldine Frederick Flatman New Zealand Liberal Party 1,233 William Jeffries Conservative (New Zealand) Grey Arthur Guinness New Zealand Liberal Party 377 Joseph Petrie New Zealand Liberal Party Grey Lynn George Fowlds New Zealand Liberal Party 230 John Farrell Conservative (New Zealand) Hawera Charles E. Major New Zealand Liberal Party 449 Felix McGuire Conservative (New Zealand) Hawke's Bay William Russell Conservative (New Zealand) Alfred Dillon New Zealand Liberal Party 1,043 William Russell Conservative (New Zealand) Hurunui Andrew Rutherford New Zealand Liberal Party 1,186 Obed Frederick Clothier Conservative (New Zealand) Hutt Thomas Wilford New Zealand Liberal Party 1,912 George Yerex New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Invercargill Josiah Hanan New Zealand Liberal Party 1,721 Irvin Willis Raymond Conservative (New Zealand) Kaiapoi David Buddo New Zealand Liberal Party 45 Richard Moore Conservative (New Zealand) Kaipara Alfred Harding New Liberal Party (New Zealand) John Stallworthy New Zealand Liberal Party 9 Alfred Harding New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Lyttelton George Laurenson New Liberal Party (New Zealand) 1,108 William Radcliffe New Zealand Liberal Party Manawatu Job Vile Independent politician Jack Stevens New Zealand Liberal Party 359 Job Vile Independent politician Manukau Matthew Kirkbride Conservative (New Zealand) 663 Ralph Duncan Stewart New Zealand Liberal Party Marsden Francis Mander Conservative (New Zealand) 348 Robert Thompson Independent Liberal Masterton Alexander Hogg New Zealand Liberal Party 859 James Christopher Cooper Independent politician Mataura Robert McNab New Zealand Liberal Party 435 Thomas MacGibbon Conservative (New Zealand) Motueka Roderick McKenzie New Zealand Liberal Party 2,733 Frank Isitt Independent politician Mount Ida Alexander Herdman Conservative (New Zealand) Jack MacPherson New Zealand Liberal Party 394 Alexander Herdman Conservative (New Zealand) Napier Alfred Fraser New Zealand Liberal Party 1,469 Montague W. P. LascellesPersonal Matters http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19050909.2.27 10 October 2015 The Evening Post LXX 61 9 September 1905 5Deaths http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19390922.2.3 10 October 2015 The Evening Post CXXVIII 72 22 September 1939 1 Independent Liberal Nelson John Graham New Zealand Liberal Party 29 Harry Atmore Independent politician Newtown William Barber New Zealand Liberal Party 1,213 Thomas William Hislop Conservative (New Zealand) Oamaru Tom Duncan New Zealand Liberal Party 2,009 James Mitchell Conservative (New Zealand) Ohinemuri Edward Moss Independent Liberal Hugh Poland New Zealand Liberal Party 351 Edward Moss Independent Liberal Oroua Frank Lethbridge Conservative (New Zealand) 986 Owen Carlin Pleasants New Zealand Liberal Party Otaki William Hughes Field New Zealand Liberal Party 1,394 Byron Paul Brown Independent politician Pahiatua Bill Hawkins Independent Liberal Bob Ross Liberal–Labour (New Zealand) 206 Bill Hawkins Independent Liberal Palmerston William Wood New Zealand Liberal Party 480 Frederick Pirani Independent Liberal Parnell Frank Lawry New Zealand Liberal Party 122 Murdoch McLean Conservative (New Zealand) Patea Walter Symes New Zealand Liberal Party 143 John Hine Conservative (New Zealand) Rangitikei Arthur Remington New Zealand Liberal Party 1,710 Joe Reginald Sommerville Conservative (New Zealand) Riccarton George Witty New Zealand Liberal Party 1,240 Thomas Caverhill Conservative (New Zealand) Selwyn Charles Hardy Conservative (New Zealand) 322 Joseph Ivess Independent Liberal Taieri Donald Reid Conservative (New Zealand) 535 Alexander Marshall Independent Liberal Taranaki Edward Smith New Zealand Liberal Party 236 Henry Okey Conservative (New Zealand) Thames James McGowan New Zealand Liberal Party 1,229 Malcolm Fleming Conservative (New Zealand) Timaru William Hall-Jones New Zealand Liberal Party 1,063 Frank Rolleston Conservative (New Zealand) Tuapeka James Bennet New Zealand Liberal Party 977 Robert Gilkison Conservative (New Zealand) Waiapu James Carroll New Zealand Liberal Party 1,798 Lissant Clayton Conservative (New Zealand) Waikato Frederic Lang Conservative (New Zealand) Henry Greenslade New Zealand Liberal Party 78 Frederic Lang Conservative (New Zealand) Waikouaiti Thomas Mackenzie New Zealand Liberal Party 702 Edward Henry Clark Independent Liberal Waipawa Charles Hall New Zealand Liberal Party 1,254 George Hunter Conservative (New Zealand) Wairarapa Walter Clarke Buchanan Conservative (New Zealand) J. T. Marryat Hornsby New Zealand Liberal Party 531 Walter Clarke Buchanan Conservative (New Zealand) Wairau Charlie Mills New Zealand Liberal Party 977 John Duncan Conservative (New Zealand) Waitaki William Steward New Zealand Liberal Party 1,643 George Dash New Liberal Party (New Zealand) Waitemata Ewen Alison Conservative (New Zealand) 971 Cecil Clinkard New Zealand Liberal Party Wakatipu William Fraser Conservative (New Zealand) 423 Michael Gilfedder New Zealand Liberal Party Wallace John Charles Thomson New Zealand Liberal Party 461 Dugald Macpherson Conservative (New Zealand) Wanganui Archibald Willis New Zealand Liberal Party James Thomas Hogan Liberal–Labour (New Zealand) 924 Archibald Willis New Zealand Liberal Party Wellington Central Francis Fisher New Liberal Party (New Zealand) 445 Patrick O'Regan New Zealand Liberal Party Wellington East John Aitken Conservative (New Zealand) 19 William McLean New Zealand Liberal Party Wellington North Charlie Izard New Zealand Liberal Party 660 John Duthie Conservative (New Zealand) Westland Richard Seddon New Zealand Liberal Party 3,180 Harry Cowin Independent politician |- |colspan=10 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | Māori electorates |- Eastern Maori Wi Pere New Zealand Liberal Party Āpirana Ngata New Zealand Liberal Party 757 Wi Pere New Zealand Liberal Party Northern Maori Hone Heke New Zealand Liberal Party 627 Ru Reweti Independent politician Southern Maori Tame Parata New Zealand Liberal Party 160 Hopere Uru Independent politician Western Maori Henare Kaihau Conservative (New Zealand) 1,688 Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V New Zealand Liberal Party |} Notes References 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 Paul J.T. Tom Paul (politician) Humanism in Politics 1946 NZ Working Printing & Publishing Wellington