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Revision as of 12:17, 5 January 2017
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1906–12, 1928–30) Leader of the Liberal Party (1906–12, 1913–19, 1928–30) and Member of Parliament for Awarua (1887–1919) and Invercargill (1925–1930).
Parliamentary elections
1887 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Ward | 660 | 50.84 | ||
Independent | George Froggatt | 401 | 30.89 | ||
Independent | James Walker Bain | 237 | 18.25 | ||
Majority | 259 | 19.95 | |||
Turnout | 1,298 | 62.46 | |||
Registered electors | 2,078 |
1890 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ward | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,158 |
1893 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ward | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,129 |
1896 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ward | 1,836 | 63.60 | ||
Conservative | Cuthbert Cowan[6] | 1,051 | 36.40 | ||
Turnout | 2,887 | 72.68 | |||
Majority | 785 | 27.19 | |||
Registered electors | 3,887 |
1897 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ward | 2,066 | 69.42 | +5.82 | |
Conservative | Cuthbert Cowan | 910 | 30.58 | −5.82 | |
Turnout | 2,976 | ||||
Majority | 1,156 | 38.84 | +11.65 |
1899 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Ward | 2,417 | 77.92 | +14.06 | |
Conservative | W. T. Murray[9] | 685 | 22.08 | ||
Majority | 1,732 | 55.83 | +28.12 | ||
Turnout | 3,102 | 76.37 | |||
Registered electors | 4,062 |
1902 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Joseph Ward | 2,795 | 75.37 | −2.55 | |
Independent | David Whyte | 913 | 24.63 | ||
Majority | 1,882 | 50.75 | |||
Turnout | 3,708 | 76.69 | +0.32 | ||
Registered electors | 4,835 |
1905 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Joseph Ward | 3,586 | 81.68 | +6.31 | |
Independent | Henry Woodnorth | 738 | 16.82 | ||
Informal votes | 66 | 1.50 | |||
Majority | 2,848 | 64.87 | +14.12 | ||
Turnout | 4,390 | 83.39 | −6.70 | ||
Registered electors | 5,264 |
1908 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Joseph Ward | 3,069 | 64.92 | −16.76 | |
Independent | William Morris | 886 | 18.74 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Snowball | 595 | 12.58 | ||
Informal votes | 177 | 3.74 | +2.24 | ||
Majority | 2,183 | 46.18 | −18.69 | ||
Turnout | 4,727 | 81.65 | −1.74 | ||
Registered electors | 5,789 |
1911 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Joseph Ward | 2,893 | 53.65 | −11.27 | |
Reform | John Hamilton | 2,265 | 42.01 | ||
Independent | William Morris | 152 | 2.81 | −15.93 | |
Informal votes | 82 | 1.52 | −2.22 | ||
Majority | 628 | 11.64 | −34.18 | ||
Turnout | 5,392 | 86.71 | +5.06 | ||
Registered electors | 6,218 |
1914 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Joseph Ward | 3,132 | 62.16 | +8.51 | |
Reform | John Hamilton | 1,906 | 37.83 | −4.18 | |
Informal votes | 34 | 0.67 | +0.85 | ||
Majority | 1,226 | 24.33 | +12.69 | ||
Turnout | 5,038 | 83.03 | +3.68 | ||
Registered electors | 6,067 |
1919 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | John Hamilton | 3,164 | 55.99 | +18.16 | |
Liberal | Sir Joseph Ward | 2,407 | 42.59 | −19.57 | |
Informal votes | 80 | 1.41 | +0.74 | ||
Majority | 757 | 13.39 | |||
Turnout | 5,651 | 81.46 | +1.57 | ||
Registered electors | 6,937 |
1923 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Charles Macmillan | 4,360 | 57.41 | ||
Liberal | Sir Joseph Ward | 3,235 | 42.59 | ||
Informal votes | 35 | 0.46 | |||
Majority | 1,125 | 14.81 | |||
Turnout | 7,630 | 85.53 | |||
Registered electors | 8,921 | ||||
Reform hold | Swing |
1925 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Joseph Ward | 4,957 | 46.91 | ||
Reform | James Hargest | 4,798 | 45.41 | ||
Labour | Pat Hickey | 811 | 7.68 | ||
Majority | 159 | 1.50 | −9.22 | ||
Informal votes | 55 | 0.52 | −0.34 | ||
Turnout | 10,621 | 93.73 | +3.44 | ||
Registered electors | 11,332 |
1928 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Sir Joseph Ward | 7,309 | 63.89 | +16.98 | |
Reform | Morell Macalister | 4,131 | 36.11 | ||
Majority | 3,178 | 27.78 | +26.27 | ||
Informal votes | 88 | 0.76 | +0.25 | ||
Turnout | 11,528 | 93.12 | −0.61 | ||
Registered electors | 12,380 |
Local elections
1881 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Ward | 52 | 75.36 | ||
Independent | Walter Searle | 17 | 24.64 | ||
Majority | 35 | 50.72 | |||
Turnout | 69 |
1882 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Ward | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors |
1883 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joseph Ward | 35 | 71.43 | ||
Independent | Timothy James Warren | 14 | 28.57 | ||
Majority | 21 | 42.85 | |||
Turnout | 49 |
References
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- ^ "New Zealand General Election, 1890". 1891. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
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