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General election in New Zealand
1914 New Zealand general election Turnout 84.7%
Results of the election.
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The second-ballot voting system had been repealed in 1913, and first-past-the-post voting reinstated for the 1914 election.[ 1]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]
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).
Popular Vote
Reform
46.90%
Liberal
43.10%
United Labour
4.24%
Social Democrat
4.21%
Independents
11.40%
Parliament seats
Reform
50.00%
Liberal
42.50%
United Labour
3.75%
Social Democrat
2.50%
Independents
1.25%
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
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