1914 New Zealand general election

General election in New Zealand April 2024 December 2021 1914 New Zealand general election New Zealand 1914 parliamentary no 1911 New Zealand general election 1911 18th New Zealand Parliament 1919 New Zealand general election 1919 All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives 41 seats were needed for a majority 10 & 11 December 1914 elected members 84.7% 200x200px William Massey 11 February 1909 Reform Party (New Zealand) Franklin 38 seats, 33.4% 41 40 1 243,122 47.1% 13.7% 200x200px Sir Joseph Ward 11 September 1913 New Zealand Liberal Party Awarua 36 seats, 34.2% 32 34 2 222,299 43.1% 8.9% 200x200px Alfred Hindmarsh 7 April 1912 United Labour Party (New Zealand) Wellington South Not yet founded 2 3 1 22,672 4.2% 4.2% 200x200px James McCombs Unclear Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) Lyttelton Not yet founded 3 2 1 22,500 4.2% 4.2% 1914 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 1914 New Zealand general election was held on 10 December to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 19th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Maori vote was held on 11 December. A total number of 616,043 voters were registered, of which 84.7% 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 10 December 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 The election saw William Massey's Reform Government maintain power. Background The second-ballot voting system had been repealed in 1913, and first-past-the-post voting reinstated for the 1914 election. Soldiers serving overseas in the NZEF were given a vote by the Expeditionary Forces Voting Act, 1914. They voted for a party (Liberal, Labour or Reform) and their votes were allocated to a candidate for their electorate by a representative of their party; which sometimes required the representative to choose between rival "Liberal" or "Labour" candidates. Barry Gustafson Barry Gustafson Labour's Path to Political Independence 1980 Auckland University Press 87–88 Summary of results Party totals center Election resultsParty Candidates Total votes Percentage Seats wonReform Party (New Zealand)Reform Party84243,02545.4740New Zealand Liberal PartyLiberal Party77227,70642.6134United Labour Party (New Zealand)United Labour1022,672 4.243Social Democratic Party (New Zealand)Social Democrat1122,5004.212Independent politicianIndependents1218,5543.471Total valid votes534,45780Informal votes5,6181.04Registered voters616,043Total candidates 193 Auckland West, Hawke's Bay, Taumarunui, Wairarapa, Waitaki and Wellington Central were won by the Liberals from Reform Chalmers, Dunedin West, Motueka, and Northern Maori were won by Reform from the Liberals Nelson was won by Reform from an independent. Otaki was won by Reform from the Social Democrats. Dunedin North was won by United Labour from Reform Four electorates replaced their incumbent MP with another from the same party: Christchurch East and Temuka (Liberal), Eden and Wellington Suburbs and Country (Reform). Votes summary Popular Vote #ddd 675px 410px Reform Reform Party (New Zealand) 46.90 Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 43.10 United Labour United Labour Party (New Zealand) 4.24 Social Democrat Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) 4.21 Independents Independent politician 11.40 Parliament seats #ddd 675px 410px Reform Reform Party (New Zealand) 50.00 Liberal New Zealand Liberal Party 42.50 United Labour United Labour Party (New Zealand) 3.75 Social Democrat Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) 2.50 Independents Independent politician 1.25 Results The following are the results of the 1914 general election: Key New Zealand Liberal Party Reform Party (New Zealand) United Labour Party (New Zealand) Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) Independent Labour Independent politician Electorate results for the 1914 New Zealand general electionJ. Hislop The General Election, 1914 https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1915-I.2.3.2.36 National Library 1 August 2013 1–33 1915 |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | General electorates |- Ashburton William Nosworthy Reform Party (New Zealand) 157 William Maslin New Zealand Liberal Party Auckland Central Albert Glover New Zealand Liberal Party 2,302 Michael Joseph Savage Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) Auckland East Arthur Myers New Zealand Liberal Party 2,507 Arthur Holmes Reform Party (New Zealand) Auckland West James Bradney Reform Party (New Zealand) Charles Poole New Zealand Liberal Party 1,411 James Bradney Reform Party (New Zealand) Awarua Sir Joseph Ward New Zealand Liberal Party 1,226 John Hamilton Reform Party (New Zealand) Avon George Russell New Zealand Liberal Party 1,073 Dan Sullivan Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) Bay of Islands Vernon Reed Reform Party (New Zealand) 108 Peter Buck New Zealand Liberal Party Bay of Plenty William MacDonald New Zealand Liberal Party 965 Kenneth Williams Independent politician Bruce James Allen Reform Party (New Zealand) 693 Charles Smith New Zealand Liberal Party Buller James Colvin New Zealand Liberal Party 2,195 George Powell Reform Party (New Zealand) Chalmers Edward Clark New Zealand Liberal Party James Dickson Reform Party (New Zealand) 686 William Mason New Zealand Liberal Party Christchurch East Thomas Davey New Zealand Liberal Party Henry Thacker New Zealand Liberal Party 1,890 Hiram Hunter Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) Christchurch North Leonard Isitt New Zealand Liberal Party 1,217 Henry ToogoodHenry Featherston Toogood (1879–1962) https://www.engineeringnz.org/our-work/heritage/engineering-hall-fame/henry-featherston-toogood-18791962/ Engineering New Zealand 1 November 2019 1 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201421/https://www.engineeringnz.org/our-work/heritage/engineering-hall-fame/henry-featherston-toogood-18791962/ dead Reform Party (New Zealand) Christchurch South Harry Ell New Zealand Liberal Party 2,333 Gains Whiting United Labour Party (New Zealand) Clutha Alexander Malcolm Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,009 John Jenkinson New Zealand Liberal Party Dunedin Central Charles Statham Reform Party (New Zealand) 12 Jim Munro United Labour Party (New Zealand) Dunedin North George Thomson Reform Party (New Zealand) Andrew Walker United Labour Party (New Zealand) 322 George Thomson Reform Party (New Zealand) Dunedin South Thomas Sidey New Zealand Liberal Party 2,697 Thomas Dalton Reform Party (New Zealand) Dunedin West John A. Millar New Zealand Liberal Party William Downie Stewart Reform Party (New Zealand) 345 John Johnson New Zealand Liberal Party Eden John Bollard Reform Party (New Zealand) James Parr Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,456 William Tuck New Zealand Liberal Party Egmont Charles Wilkinson Reform Party (New Zealand) 894 David Astbury New Zealand Liberal Party Ellesmere Heaton Rhodes Reform Party (New Zealand) 273 James Free Independent politician Franklin William Massey Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,928 Arthur Glass New Zealand Liberal Party Gisborne Sir James Carroll New Zealand Liberal Party 1,249 Harry de Lautour Reform Party (New Zealand) Grey Paddy Webb Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) 980 Henry Michel Reform Party (New Zealand) Grey Lynn John Payne Independent Labour 89 Murdoch McLean Reform Party (New Zealand) Hawke's Bay Hugh Campbell Reform Party (New Zealand) Robert McNab New Zealand Liberal Party 40 Hugh Campbell Reform Party (New Zealand) Hurunui George Forbes New Zealand Liberal Party 1,486 William Banks Reform Party (New Zealand) Hutt Thomas Wilford New Zealand Liberal Party 943 Albert Samuel United Labour Party (New Zealand) Invercargill Josiah Hanan New Zealand Liberal Party 1,590 John Lillicrap Reform Party (New Zealand) Kaiapoi David Buddo New Zealand Liberal Party 1,181 David Jones Reform Party (New Zealand) Kaipara Gordon Coates Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,118 Richard Hoe New Zealand Liberal Party Lyttelton James McCombs Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) 1,598 Malcolm Miller Reform Party (New Zealand) Manukau Frederic Lang Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,224 John McLarin New Zealand Liberal Party Marsden Francis Mander Reform Party (New Zealand) 940 Edmund Purdie New Zealand Liberal Party Masterton George Sykes Reform Party (New Zealand) 193 Alexander Hogg New Zealand Liberal Party Mataura George Anderson Reform Party (New Zealand) 174 William Mehaffey New Zealand Liberal Party Motueka Roderick McKenzie New Zealand Liberal Party Richard Hudson Reform Party (New Zealand) 602 Roderick McKenzie New Zealand Liberal Party Napier Vigor Brown New Zealand Liberal Party 2,215 George William VenablesGeneral Election http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19141104.2.63 16 October 2015 The Press L 15116 4 November 1914 7 Reform Party (New Zealand) Nelson Harry Atmore Independent politician Thomas Field Reform Party (New Zealand) 90 Harry Atmore Independent politician Oamaru Ernest Lee Reform Party (New Zealand) 338 Jack MacPherson New Zealand Liberal Party Ohinemuri Hugh Poland New Zealand Liberal Party 100 Joseph Clark Reform Party (New Zealand) Oroua David Guthrie Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,119 John Morrison New Zealand Liberal Party Otago Central Robert Scott Reform Party (New Zealand) 999 William Bodkin New Zealand Liberal Party Otaki John Robertson Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) William Field Reform Party (New Zealand) 640 John Robertson Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) Pahiatua James Escott Reform Party (New Zealand) 683 John Mathews New Zealand Liberal Party Palmerston David Buick Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,109 Jim Thorn Social Democratic Party (New Zealand) Parnell James Dickson Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,172 Jeremiah Sullivan United Labour Party (New Zealand) Patea George Pearce Reform Party (New Zealand) 118 William Morrison New Zealand Liberal Party Raglan Richard Bollard Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,448 William Thompson New Zealand Liberal Party Rangitikei Edward Newman Reform Party (New Zealand) 903 Robert Hornblow New Zealand Liberal Party Riccarton George Witty New Zealand Liberal Party 1,215 Bertram Bunn Reform Party (New Zealand) Selwyn William Dickie New Zealand Liberal Party 1,227 George Sheat Reform Party (New Zealand) Stratford John Hine Reform Party (New Zealand) 637 Bill Hawkins New Zealand Liberal Party Taranaki Henry Okey Reform Party (New Zealand) 201 Daniel Hughes New Zealand Liberal Party Taumarunui Charles Wilson Reform Party (New Zealand) Bill Jennings New Zealand Liberal Party 205 Charles Wilson Reform Party (New Zealand) Tauranga William Herries Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,992 Ralph Stewart New Zealand Liberal Party Temuka Thomas Buxton New Zealand Liberal Party Charles Talbot New Zealand Liberal Party 407 Charles Kerr Reform Party (New Zealand) Thames Thomas Rhodes New Zealand Liberal Party 515 Edmund Taylor Reform Party (New Zealand) Timaru James Craigie New Zealand Liberal Party 1,110 Frank Smith Reform Party (New Zealand) Waikato Alexander Young Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,193 Alexander Scholes New Zealand Liberal Party Waimarino Robbie Smith New Zealand Liberal Party 1,995 Hugh Speed Reform Party (New Zealand) Waipawa George Hunter Reform Party (New Zealand) 138 Albert Jull New Zealand Liberal Party Wairarapa Walther Buchanan Reform Party (New Zealand) J. T. Marryat Hornsby New Zealand Liberal Party 60 Walther Buchanan Reform Party (New Zealand) Wairau Richard McCallum New Zealand Liberal Party 369 John Duncan Reform Party (New Zealand) Waitaki Francis Smith Reform Party (New Zealand) John Anstey New Zealand Liberal Party 156 Norton Francis Reform Party (New Zealand) Waitemata Alexander Harris Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,013 Henry Cromwell TewsleyMr. H.C. Tewsley https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TO19141212.2.25 5 December 2014 Observer XXXV 14 12 December 1914 15 New Zealand Liberal Party Wanganui Bill Veitch United Labour Party (New Zealand) 852 Frederick Pirani Independent politician Wakatipu William Fraser Reform Party (New Zealand) 897 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 Liberal Party Wallace John Thomson New Zealand Liberal Party 881 Alexander Rodger Reform Party (New Zealand) Wellington Central Frank Fisher Reform Party (New Zealand) Robert Fletcher New Zealand Liberal Party 2,329 Frank Fisher Reform Party (New Zealand) Wellington East Alfred Newman Reform Party (New Zealand) 48 David McLarennb Labour was narrowly ahead on election night, but after a counting error was discovered, the seat was won by ReformBassett 1982 17 United Labour Party (New Zealand) Wellington North Alexander Herdman Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,655 William Turnbull New Zealand Liberal Party Wellington South Alfred Hindmarsh United Labour Party (New Zealand) 1,215 John Luke Reform Party (New Zealand) Wellington Suburbs and Country William Bell Reform Party (New Zealand) Robert Wright Reform Party (New Zealand) 1,002 Frank Moore United Labour Party (New Zealand) Westland Tom Seddon New Zealand Liberal Party 826 Arthur Paape Reform Party (New Zealand) |- |colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" | Māori electorates |- Eastern Maori Sir Āpirana Ngata New Zealand Liberal Party 2,825 Hetekia Pere Reform Party (New Zealand) Northern Maori Te Rangi Hīroa New Zealand Liberal Party Taurekareka Henare Reform Party (New Zealand) 176 Hemi te Paa New Zealand Liberal Party Southern Maori Taare Parata New Zealand Liberal Party 238 Teone Matapura Erihana Reform Party (New Zealand) Western Maori Māui Pōmare Independent politician Māui Pōmare Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,107 Hema te Ao New Zealand Liberal Party |} Table footnotes: nb Aftermath There were many close results in dozens of electorates, six were decided by less than 100 votes. The government's majority was precarious for many months and it was particularly disappointed by their losses in Taumarunui and Hawkes Bay to the Liberals. The Reform Party filed a record number of electoral petitions, alleging irregularities. Several by-elections were necessitated on grounds of irregularities in Dunedin Central, Bay of Islands and Taumarunui.Bassett 1982 19 The Liberal Party campaigned vigorously to gain Bay of Islands, retain Taumarunui and supported the United Labour Party candidate (Jim Munro) in Dunedin Central. If all results went his way, it was conceivable for Liberal leader, Sir Joseph Ward, to form a minority government with Labour support. Ward even made preparations for a return to power, but the Reform Party managed to hold their two seats and continue in power.Bassett 1982 18 Citations References Bassett Michael Three Party Politics in New Zealand 1911–1931 Michael Bassett 1982 Historical Publications Auckland 0-86870-006-1 See also Politics of New Zealand Elections in New Zealand Category:December 1914 in Oceania