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1922 New Zealand general election
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1922 New Zealand general election New Zealand parliamentary no 1919 New Zealand general election 1919 20th New Zealand Parliament 1925 New Zealand general election 1925 All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives 41 seats needed for a majority 6 (Māori) & 7 December (general) 1922 elected members 87.7% 121px William Massey 11 February 1909 Reform Party (New Zealand) Franklin 45 seats, 35.7% 37 8 249,735 39.4% 3.7% 130px Thomas Wilford 7 September 1920 New Zealand Liberal Party Hutt 19 seats, 28.7% 22 3 166,708 26.3% 2.4% Harry Holland (1922).jpg 220 120 170 15 60 Harry Holland 27 August 1919 New Zealand Labour Party Buller 8 seats, 24.2% 17 9 150,448 23.7% 0.5% 1922 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 1922 New Zealand general election was held on Monday, 6 December in the Māori electorates, and on Tuesday, 7 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 700,111 (87.7%) 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 one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.Bassett 1982 666Wilson 1985 286
1922 was the year when residents of the Chatham Islands were enfranchised for the first time (included in Lyttelton and Western Māori electorates).
Result
thumb|250px|right|Labour Party candidates in the 1922 election
William Massey formed a government, but with the loss in support for the Reform Party he had to negotiate for support with Independents, and with two Liberal Party members.Bassett 1982 32
The Liberal Party was in decline and disorganised. Just before the 1925 election (held on 4 November), two Liberal MPs from Christchurch who had supported Massey (along with Independents Harry Atmore and Allen Bell) were appointed to the Legislative Council. They were Leonard Isitt and George Witty who were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925. Both were Liberals and their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party’s ranks (Coates rewarded them with seats in the Legislative Council the day after the election)".Bassett 1982 35 Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their seats went to Reform candidates in 1925.
Party Totals
Party totals
center Election resultsParty Candidates Total votes Percentage Seats wonReform Party76249,73539.3537Liberal Party56166,70826.2622Labour Party41150,44823.7017Others3967,83710.694Total212634,72880
*Note: For numbers of candidates see Wilson (1985) p. 295; for numbers of votes and percentage see Wilson (1985) p. 289. Electorate results given below include 38 Reform and 21 Liberal members. The figures given in the table agree with Mackie and Rose, as well as the article on New Zealand elections.
Votes summary
Popular Vote #ddd 625px 410px Reform Reform Party (New Zealand) 39.35
Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 26.26
Labour New Zealand Labour Party 23.70
Others Independent politician 10.69
Parliament seats #ddd 625px 410px Reform Reform Party (New Zealand) 46.25
Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 27.50
Labour New Zealand Labour Party 21.25
Others Independent politician 5.00
Electorate results
The results of the 1922 election were as follows:
Key
Reform Party (New Zealand)
New Zealand Liberal Party
New Zealand Labour Party
Independent Liberal
Independent politician
Electorate results for the 1922 New Zealand general electionThe General Election, 1922 1923 Government Printer https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1923-I-II.2.2.5.36 2 28 August 2016McRobie 1989 83fHislop 1923 1–6
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Ashburton
William Nosworthy
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,482
Henry Manwell Jones
New Zealand Liberal Party
Avon
Dan Sullivan
New Zealand Labour Party
2,036
George Russell
New Zealand Liberal Party
Awarua
John Hamilton
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Philip De La Perrelle
New Zealand Liberal Party
51Awarua https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HNS19221214.2.57.4 8 November 2014 Hawera & Normanby Star 14 December 1922 XLII 7
John Hamilton
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Auckland Central
Bill Parry
New Zealand Labour Party
1,003
Albert Glover
New Zealand Liberal Party
Auckland East
Clutha Mackenzie
Reform Party (New Zealand)
John A. Lee
New Zealand Labour Party
751
Clutha Mackenzie
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Auckland West
Michael Joseph Savage
New Zealand Labour Party
1,349
John Farrell
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Bay of Islands
Vernon Reed
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Allen Bell
Independent politician
188
Vernon Reed
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Bay of Plenty
Kenneth Williams
Reform Party (New Zealand)
yes
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Buller
Harry Holland
New Zealand Labour Party
1,541
John Menzies
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Chalmers
James Dickson
Reform Party (New Zealand)
679
Joseph StephensLabour's Candidates https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MW19221122.2.11 26 January 2014 Maoriland Worker 22 November 1922 12 299 12
New Zealand Labour Party
Christchurch East
Henry Thacker
New Zealand Liberal Party
Tim Armstrong
New Zealand Labour Party
1,094
Henry Thacker
New Zealand Liberal Party
Christchurch North
Leonard Isitt
New Zealand Liberal Party
1,950
John Archer
New Zealand Labour Party
Christchurch South
Ted Howard
New Zealand Labour Party
3,140
Henry Christopher Lane
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Clutha
Alexander Malcolm
Reform Party (New Zealand)
John Edie
New Zealand Liberal Party
120
Alexander Malcolm
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Dunedin Central
Charles Statham
Independent politician
723
John Gilchrist
New Zealand Labour Party
Dunedin North
Jim Munro
New Zealand Labour Party
55
James Clark
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Dunedin West
Thomas Sidey
New Zealand Liberal Party
1,281
John McManus
New Zealand Labour Party
Dunedin South
William Downie Stewart
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,727
Cornelius Moss
New Zealand Labour Party
Eden
James Parr
Reform Party (New Zealand)
675
Rex Mason
New Zealand Labour Party
Egmont
Oswald Hawken
Reform Party (New Zealand)
372
David Astbury
New Zealand Liberal Party
Ellesmere
Heaton Rhodes
Reform Party (New Zealand)
732
James Charles Free
New Zealand Liberal Party
Franklin
William Massey
Reform Party (New Zealand)
2,750
Joseph Rea
New Zealand Liberal Party
Grey Lynn
Fred Bartram
New Zealand Labour Party
1,407
William John Holdsworth
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Gisborne
Douglas Lysnar
Reform Party (New Zealand)
500
George WildishWomen Take Part https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19351101.2.139.3 11 November 2013 The Evening Post 1 November 1935 CXX 107 14
New Zealand Liberal Party
Hamilton
Alexander Young
Reform Party (New Zealand)
2,043
Arthur Shapton Richards
New Zealand Labour Party
Hawke's Bay
Hugh Campbell
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Gilbert McKay
New Zealand Liberal Party
317
Andrew Hamilton RussellPugsley Chris 3r34 Russell, Andrew Hamilton 10 November 2013
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Hurunui
George Forbes
New Zealand Liberal Party
1,198
Samuel Andrew
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Hutt
Thomas Wilford
New Zealand Liberal Party
802
David Pritchard
New Zealand Labour Party
Invercargill
Josiah Hanan
New Zealand Liberal Party
993
James Armstead
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Kaipara
Gordon Coates
Reform Party (New Zealand)
2,464
Robert Hornblow
New Zealand Liberal Party
Kaiapoi
David Jones
Reform Party (New Zealand)
David Buddo
New Zealand Liberal Party
65The Official Count https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19221213.2.61 23 November 2013 Auckland Star 13 December 1922 LIII 295 5
David Jones
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Lyttelton
James McCombs
New Zealand Labour Party
614
Robert Macartney
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Manawatu
Edward Newman
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Joseph Linklater
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,505
Frank Whibley
New Zealand Labour Party
Manukau
Frederic Lang
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Bill Jordan
New Zealand Labour Party
209
Frederic Lang
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Marsden
Francis Mander
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Alfred Murdoch
Independent Liberal
136
William Jones
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Masterton
George Sykes
Independent politician
556
Archibald Holms
Independent Liberal
Mataura
George Anderson
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,041
David McDougall
New Zealand Liberal Party
Motueka
Richard Hudson
Reform Party (New Zealand)
538
Robert Patterson
New Zealand Liberal Party
Napier
Vigor Brown
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Lew McIlvride
New Zealand Labour Party
763
John Mason
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Oamaru
Ernest Lee
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Jack MacPherson
New Zealand Liberal Party
14
Ernest Lee
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Ohinemuri
Hugh Poland
Independent Liberal
939
Stephen Allen
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Oroua
David Guthrie
Reform Party (New Zealand)
43
John Cobbe
New Zealand Liberal Party
Nelson
Harry Atmore
Independent politician
2,164
Albert Gilbert
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Otaki
William Hughes Field
Reform Party (New Zealand)
58Official Counts https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19221215.2.78.4 3 March 2014 The Evening Post 15 December 1922 CIV 144 8
Gordon McClure
New Zealand Liberal Party
Pahiatua
Archibald McNicol
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Alfred Ransom
New Zealand Liberal Party
59
Archibald McNicol
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Palmerston
Jimmy Nash
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,067
Joe Hodgens
New Zealand Labour Party
Parnell
James Samuel Dickson
Reform Party (New Zealand)
2,324
Sidney Wren
Independent politician
Patea
Edwin Dixon
Reform Party (New Zealand)
James Randall Corrigan
New Zealand Liberal Party
151
Edwin Dixon
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Raglan
Richard Bollard
Reform Party (New Zealand)
776
Samuel Lye
New Zealand Liberal Party
Rangitikei
Billy Glenn
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,007
Francis Patrick Brady
New Zealand Labour Party
Riccarton
George Witty
Independent Liberal
235
Bert Kyle
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Roskill
Vivian Potter
Reform Party (New Zealand)
2,007
Alfred Hall-Skelton
New Zealand Liberal Party
Rotorua
Frank Hockly
Reform Party (New Zealand)
404
Cecil Clinkard
New Zealand Liberal Party
Stratford
Robert Masters
New Zealand Liberal Party
363
John Hine
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Taranaki
Sydney George Smith
New Zealand Liberal Party
134
Charles Bellringer
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Tauranga
William Herries
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,440The Final Counts https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19221218.2.38 3 March 2014 The New Zealand Herald 18 December 1922 LIX 18276 6
Laurence Johnstone
New Zealand Liberal Party
Temuka
Thomas Burnett
Reform Party (New Zealand)
407
Bert Langford
New Zealand Liberal Party
Thames
Thomas William Rhodes
Reform Party (New Zealand)
790
William Allan
New Zealand Liberal Party
Timaru
James Craigie
Independent Liberal
Frank Rolleston
Reform Party (New Zealand)
288
Percy Vinnell
New Zealand Labour Party
Waikato
Alexander Young
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Frederick Lye
New Zealand Liberal Party
44
John Thomas Johnson
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Waimarino
Robbie Smith
New Zealand Liberal Party
Frank Langstone
New Zealand Labour Party
887
Robbie Smith
New Zealand Liberal Party
Waipawa
George Hunter
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,076
John Langridge
New Zealand Liberal Party
Wairarapa
Alex McLeod
Reform Party (New Zealand)
698
John Wiltshire Card
New Zealand Liberal Party
Waitemata
Alexander Harris
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,271
Frank Henry BurbushElectoral https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19221214.2.153.2 5 December 2014 Auckland Star LIII 296 14 December 1922 16
New Zealand Liberal Party
Wairau
Richard McCallum
New Zealand Liberal Party
William Girling
Reform Party (New Zealand)
186
Richard McCallum
New Zealand Liberal Party
Waitaki
John Bitchener
Reform Party (New Zealand)
William Paul
New Zealand Labour Party
Waitomo
Bill Jennings
New Zealand Liberal Party
John Rolleston
Reform Party (New Zealand)
25
Bill Jennings
New Zealand Liberal Party
Wakatipu
James Horn
New Zealand Liberal Party
1,637
James Ritchie
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Wallace
Adam Hamilton
Reform Party (New Zealand)
John Charles Thomson
New Zealand Liberal Party
205
Adam Hamilton
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Wanganui
Bill Veitch
New Zealand Liberal Party
1,072
John Coull
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Wellington Central
Peter Fraser
New Zealand Labour Party
4,202
William Bennett
Independent politician
Wellington North
John Luke
Reform Party (New Zealand)
375
Harry Combs
New Zealand Labour Party
Wellington East
Alfred Newman
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Alec Monteith
New Zealand Labour Party
473
Thomas Forsyth
Reform Party (New Zealand)
Wellington South
George Mitchell
Independent Liberal
Robert McKeen
New Zealand Labour Party
422
George Mitchell
Independent Liberal
Wellington Suburbs
Robert Wright
Reform Party (New Zealand)
291
Alexander Croskery
New Zealand Labour Party
Westland
Tom Seddon
New Zealand Liberal Party
James O'Brien
New Zealand Labour Party
487
Tom Seddon
New Zealand Liberal Party
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Eastern Maori
Āpirana Ngata
New Zealand Liberal Party
1,501
Taranaki Kanara te Uamairangi
Independent politician
Northern Maori
Taurekareka Henare
Reform Party (New Zealand)
1,441
Nau Parone Kawiti
Independent politician
Southern Maori
Henare Uru
Reform Party (New Zealand)
87
Peter MacDonald
Independent politician
Western Maori
Māui Pōmare
Reform Party (New Zealand)
798
Ngarangi Katitia
Independent politician
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Summary of changes
A boundary redistribution resulted in the abolition of one seat:
Bruce, held by John Edie
At the same time, one new seat was created:
Hamilton
References
Citations
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
Chapman Robert M. The Political Scene 1919–1931 Heinemann 1969
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
Mackie Thomas T. Rose Richard The International Almanac of Electoral History 3rd Macmillan 1991
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
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