The 1925 New Zealand general election was held 4 November (the Māori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament.
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The result was a landslide victory for the Reform Party. A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.[1][2]
In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except Māori).
Results
editGordon Coates continued as Prime Minister, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30. Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks".[3] Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates.
After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in Lyttelton (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April 1926 by-election in Eden, Labour became the official opposition.[4]
Party totals
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| Party | Candidates | Total votes | Percentage | Seats won | ||
| Reform | 72 | 324,239 | 47.18 | 55 | ||
| Labour | 58 | 187,610 | 27.30 | 12 | ||
| Liberal | 52 | 143,931 | 20.94 | 11 | ||
| Country Party | 5 | 2,398 | 0.35 | 0 | ||
| Independent | 10 | 29,107 | 4.24 | 2 | ||
| Total | 202 | 687,285 | 80 | |||
Votes summary
editElectorate results
editThe election results were as follows:
Key
Reform Labour Liberal Country Party Independent Liberal Independent
Table footnotes:
- ^ Melville Lyons was elected for the Reform Party, originally the votes were equal (4900), then a recount found for Lyons. But on appeal his election was declared void on 13 March 1926, and the previous holder, James McCombs, was restored as the electorate representative.
Notes
edit- ^ Bassett 1982, p. 67.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 286.
- ^ Bassett 1982, p. 35.
- ^ Bassett 1982, p. 36-37.
- ^ NZ Electoral Commission http://www.elections.org.nz/events/past-events/general-elections-1890-1993 Archived 30 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1926. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ Skinner 1926, pp. 1–6.
- ^ "Candidates in the Contest". The Evening Post. Vol. CX, no. 109. 4 November 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Awarua". The Evening Post. Vol. 116, no. 116. 12 November 1925. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Election Notices". The Press. Vol. LXI, no. 18524. 28 October 1925. p. 17. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Labour in Raglan". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 19149. 15 October 1925. p. 14. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "General Election". The Evening Post. Vol. CX, no. 30. 4 August 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Local and General News". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 19163. 31 October 1925. p. 12. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
References
edit- Bassett, Michael (1982). Three Party Politics in New Zealand 1911–1931. Auckland: Historical Publications. ISBN 0-86870-006-1.
- Chapman, Robert M. (1948). The Significance of the 1928 General Election: A Study in Certain Trends in New Zealand Politics During the Nineteen-Twenties (Thesis). Palmerston North: Massey University.
- Skinner, W. A. G. (1926). The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.