1914 New Zealand general election

General election in New Zealand

1914 New Zealand general election

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All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
41 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout| 84.7%
|  | First party  | Second party

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Leader  | William Massey | Joseph Ward
Party  | Reform | Liberal
Leader since  | 11 February 1909  | 11 September 1913
Leader's seat  | Franklin | Awarua
Last election  | 38 seats, 33.4%  | 36 seats, 34.2%
Seats before  | 41  | 32
Seats won  | 40 | 34
Seat change  |  1  |  2
Popular vote  | 243,122 | 222,299
Percentage  | 47.1% | 43.1%
Swing  |  13.7%  |  8.9%

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Leader  | Alfred Hindmarsh | James McCombs
Party  | United Labour | Social Democrat
Leader since  | 7 April 1912  | Unclear
Leader's seat  | Wellington South | Lyttelton
Last election  | Not yet founded | Not yet founded
Seats before  | 2  | 3
Seats won  | 3  | 2
Seat change  |  1  |  1
Popular vote  | 22,672  | 22,500
Percentage  | 4.2%  | 4.2%
Swing  |  4.2%  |  4.2%

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Results of the election.

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| Prime Minister before election

William Massey
Reform

| Subsequent Prime Minister

William Massey
Reform

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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.[1]

The election saw William Massey's Reform Government maintain power.

The second-ballot voting system had been repealed in 1913, and first-past-the-post voting reinstated for the 1914 election.[1]

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.[2]

## Summary of results

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### Party totals

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Election results
Party  | Candidates  | Total votes  | Percentage  | Seats won
| Reform Party | 84  | 243,025  | 45.47  | 40
| Liberal Party | 77  | 227,706  | 42.61  | 34
| United Labour | 10  | 22,672  | 4.24  | 3
| Social Democrat | 11  | 22,500  | 4.21  | 2
| Independents  | 12  | 18,554  | 3.47  | 1
Total valid votes  |  | 534,457  |  | 80
Informal votes  |  | 5,618  | 1.04  |
Registered voters  |  | 616,043  |  |
Total 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

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| Popular Vote

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Reform |

| 46.90%
Liberal |

| 43.10%
United Labour |

| 4.24%
Social Democrat |

| 4.21%
Independents |

| 11.40%

| Parliament seats

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Reform |

| 50.00%
Liberal |

| 42.50%
United Labour |

| 3.75%
Social Democrat |

| 2.50%
Independents |

| 1.25%

## Results

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The following are the results of the 1914 general election:

Key

Liberal Reform United Labour Social Democrat Independent Labour Independent

Electorate results for the 1914 New Zealand general election[3] Electorate  | Incumbent  | Winner  | Majority  | Runner up

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General electorates
Ashburton |  | William Nosworthy | 157  |  | William Maslin
Auckland Central |  | Albert Glover | 2,302  |  | Michael Joseph Savage
Auckland East |  | Arthur Myers | 2,507  |  | Arthur Holmes
Auckland West |  | James Bradney |  | Charles Poole | 1,411  |  | James Bradney
Awarua |  | Joseph Ward | 1,226  |  | John Hamilton
Avon |  | George Russell | 1,073  |  | Dan Sullivan
Bay of Islands |  | Vernon Reed | 108  |  | Peter Buck
Bay of Plenty |  | William MacDonald | 965  |  | Kenneth Williams
Bruce |  | James Allen | 693  |  | Charles Smith
Buller |  | James Colvin | 2,195  |  | George Powell
Chalmers |  | Edward Clark |  | James Dickson | 686  |  | William Mason
Christchurch East |  | Thomas Davey |  | Henry Thacker | 1,890  |  | Hiram Hunter
Christchurch North |  | Leonard Isitt | 1,217  |  | Henry Toogood[4]
Christchurch South |  | Harry Ell | 2,333  |  | Gains Whiting
Clutha |  | Alexander Malcolm | 1,009  |  | John Jenkinson
Dunedin Central |  | Charles Statham | 12  |  | Jim Munro
Dunedin North |  | George Thomson |  | Andrew Walker | 322  |  | George Thomson
Dunedin South |  | Thomas Sidey | 2,697  |  | Thomas Dalton
Dunedin West |  | John A. Millar |  | William Downie Stewart | 345  |  | John Johnson
Eden |  | John Bollard |  | James Parr | 2,456  |  | William Tuck
Egmont |  | Charles Wilkinson | 894  |  | David Astbury
Ellesmere |  | Heaton Rhodes | 273  |  | James Free
Franklin |  | William Massey | 2,928  |  | Arthur Glass
Gisborne |  | James Carroll | 1,249  |  | Harry de Lautour
Grey |  | Paddy Webb | 980  |  | Henry Michel
Grey Lynn |  | John Payne | 89  |  | Murdoch McLean
Hawke's Bay |  | Hugh Campbell |  | Robert McNab | 40  |  | Hugh Campbell
Hurunui |  | George Forbes | 1,486  |  | William Banks
Hutt |  | Thomas Wilford | 943  |  | Albert Samuel
Invercargill |  | Josiah Hanan | 1,590  |  | John Lillicrap
Kaiapoi |  | David Buddo | 1,181  |  | David Jones
Kaipara |  | Gordon Coates | 1,118  |  | Richard Hoe
Lyttelton |  | James McCombs | 1,598  |  | Malcolm Miller
Manukau |  | Frederic Lang | 1,224  |  | John McLarin
Marsden |  | Francis Mander | 940  |  | Edmund Purdie
Masterton |  | George Sykes | 193  |  | Alexander Hogg
Mataura |  | George Anderson | 174  |  | William Mehaffey
Motueka |  | Roderick McKenzie |  | Richard Hudson | 602  |  | Roderick McKenzie
Napier |  | Vigor Brown | 2,215  |  | George William Venables[5]
Nelson |  | Harry Atmore |  | Thomas Field | 90  |  | Harry Atmore
Oamaru |  | Ernest Lee | 338  |  | John MacPherson
Ohinemuri |  | Hugh Poland | 100  |  | Joseph Clark
Oroua |  | David Guthrie | 1,119  |  | John Morrison
Otago Central |  | Robert Scott | 999  |  | William Bodkin
Otaki |  | John Robertson |  | William Field | 640  |  | John Robertson
Pahiatua |  | James Escott | 683  |  | John Mathews
Palmerston |  | David Buick | 1,109  |  | Jim Thorn
Parnell |  | James Dickson | 1,172  |  | Jeremiah Sullivan
Patea |  | George Pearce | 118  |  | William Morrison
Raglan |  | Richard Bollard | 1,448  |  | William Thompson
Rangitikei |  | Edward Newman | 903  |  | Robert Hornblow
Riccarton |  | George Witty | 1,215  |  | Bertram Bunn
Selwyn |  | William Dickie | 1,227  |  | George Sheat
Stratford |  | John Hine | 637  |  | William Hawkins
Taranaki |  | Henry Okey | 201  |  | Daniel Hughes
Taumarunui |  | Charles Wilson |  | William Jennings | 205  |  | Charles Wilson
Tauranga |  | William Herries | 1,992  |  | Ralph Stewart
Temuka |  | Thomas Buxton |  | Charles Talbot | 407  |  | Charles Kerr
Thames |  | Thomas Rhodes | 515  |  | Edmund Taylor
Timaru |  | James Craigie | 1,110  |  | Francis Smith
Waikato |  | Alexander Young | 2,193  |  | Alexander Scholes
Waimarino |  | Robert Smith | 1,995  |  | Hugh Speed
Waipawa |  | George Hunter | 138  |  | Albert Jull
Wairarapa |  | Walther Buchanan |  | J. T. Marryat Hornsby | 60  |  | Walter Buchanan
Wairau |  | Richard McCallum | 369  |  | John Duncan
Waitaki |  | Francis Smith |  | John Anstey | 156  |  | Norton Francis
Waitemata |  | Alexander Harris | 1,013  |  | Henry Cromwell Tewsley[6]
Wanganui |  | Bill Veitch | 852  |  | Frederick Pirani
Wakatipu |  | William Fraser | 897  |  | Joseph Stephens[7]
Wallace |  | John Thomson | 881  |  | Alexander Rodger
Wellington Central |  | Francis Fisher |  | Robert Fletcher | 2,329  |  | Francis Fisher
Wellington East |  | Alfred Newman | 48  |  | David McLaren
Wellington North |  | Alexander Herdman | 2,655  |  | William Turnbull
Wellington South |  | Alfred Hindmarsh | 1,215  |  | John Luke
Wellington Suburbs and Country |  | William Bell |  | Robert Wright | 1,002  |  | Frank Moore
Westland |  | Tom Seddon | 826  |  | Arthur Paape
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori |  | Sir Āpirana Ngata | 2,825  |  | Hetekia Pere
Northern Maori |  | Te Rangi Hīroa |  | Taurekareka Henare | 176  |  | Hemi te Paa
Southern Maori |  | Taare Parata | 238  |  | Teone Matapura Erihana
Western Maori |  | Māui Pōmare |  | Māui Pōmare | 2,107  |  | Hema te Ao

## References

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1. ^ a b "General elections 1853–2005 – dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
2. ^ Barry Gustafson (1980). Labour's Path to Political Independence. Auckland University Press. pp. 87–88.
3. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
4. ^ "Henry Featherston Toogood (1879–1962)". Engineering New Zealand. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
5. ^ "General Election". The Press. Vol. L, no. 15116\. 4 November 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
6. ^ "Mr. H.C. Tewsley". Observer. Vol. XXXV, no. 14\. 12 December 1914. p. 15. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
7. ^ "Labour's Candidates". Maoriland Worker. Vol. 12, no. 299\. 22 November 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

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