New Zealand general election, 1925

New Zealand general election, 1925

4 November 1925 (1925-11-04)

All 80 seats in the House of Representatives 41 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 90.02%   First party Second party   Leader Gordon Coates Harry Holland Party Reform Labour Leader since 1925 1919 Leader's seat Kaipara Buller Last election 37 seats, 39.4% 17 seats, 23.7% Seats won 55 12 Seat change 18 5 Popular vote 324,462 184,650 Percentage 47.79% 27.20% Swing 8.39% 3.50%   Third party Fourth party   Leader George Forbes Unknown Party Liberal Country Party Leader since 1925 Leader's seat Hurunui Last election 22 seats, 26.3% Seats won 11 0 Seat change 11 0 Popular vote 152,697 2,398 Percentage 22.49% 0.35% Swing 3.81%

Prime Minister before election Gordon Coates Reform Prime Minister-designate Gordon Coates Reform

The New Zealand general election of 1925 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 Parliament of New Zealand. 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

Gordon 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

Votes summary

Electorate results

The results of the 1925 election were as follows:

Key

  Liberal     Reform     Labour     Country Party     Independent  

Table footnotes:

Notes

External links

• Labour Party candidates 1925 (photomontage)

References

• 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. 
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. 

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