Electoral history of Harry Holland

Harry Holland in 1922.

This is a summary of the electoral history of Harry Holland, Leader of the Opposition, (1926–28; 1931–33) Leader of the Labour Party (1919–33) and Member of Parliament for Grey (1918–19) and Buller (1919–33).

Parliamentary elections

New South Wales state election, 1907: Darling Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Norton	1,666	34.63
	Labor	William Daley	1,146	23.82
	Socialist	Harry Holland	746	15.50
	Liberal Reform	George Whatmore	650	13.51
	Independent	Evan Jones	435	9.04
	Independent	Sydney Green	6	0.12
Majority			520	10.81
Turnout			4,810	66.89
Registered electors			8,038

Australian federal election, 1910: West Sydney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Billy Hughes	13,000	69.8	+14.3
	Commonwealth Liberal	Stanley Cole	4,986	26.8	-17.7
	Socialist	Harry Holland	628	3.4
Informal votes			341	1.8
Majority			8,014	42.27
Turnout			18,955	60.7

General election, 1914: Wellington North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Alexander Herdman	4,550	55.23
	Liberal	William Turnbull	1,895	23.00
	Social Democrat	Harry Holland	1,688	20.49
Majority			2,655	32.23
Informal votes			104	1.26
Turnout			8,237	82.90
Registered electors			9,936

Wellington North by-election, 1918^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	John Luke	2,986	41.89
	Labour	Harry Holland	2,566	35.99
	Liberal	Alfred Brandon	816	11.44
	Independent Liberal	Angus (James Neville) Polson	720	10.10
Majority			420	5.89
Informal votes			40	0.56
Turnout			7,128
	Reform hold		Swing

Grey by-election, 1918^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Holland	2,853	51.91
	Reform	Thomas Eldon Coates	2,643	48.09
Majority			210	3.82
Turnout			5,599

General election, 1919: Buller^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Holland	3,545	57.70
	Liberal	D G O'Brien	2,542	41.38
Informal votes			56	0.91	-0.45
Majority			1,003	16.32
Turnout			6,143	93.11	+11.81
Registered electors			6,597

General election, 1922: Buller^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Holland	4,413	59.80	+2.10
	Reform	John Menzies	2,872	38.91
Informal votes			94	1.27	+0.36
Majority			1,541	20.88	+4.56
Turnout			7,379	91.80	-1.31
Registered electors			8,038

General election, 1925: Buller^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Holland	4,704	59.21	-0.59
	Reform	C S Bielby	3,172	39.92
Informal votes			68	0.85	-0.45
Majority			1,532	19.28	-1.60
Turnout			7,944	93.92	+2.12
Registered electors			8,458

General election, 1928: Buller^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Holland	5,988	70.33	+11.12
	Reform	Dugald Macdonald Robertson	2,371	27.85
Informal votes			154	1.80	+0.95
Majority			3,617	42.48	+23.20
Turnout			8,513	90.84	-3.08
Registered electors			9,371

General election, 1931: Buller^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Harry Holland	6,136	71.01	+0.78
	Reform	John Menzies^[10]	2,505	28.99
Informal votes			151	1.72
Majority			3,631	42.02	-0.46
Turnout			8,792	89.02	-1.82
Registered electors			9,876

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Harry Holland	3	50.0%
	James McCombs	3	50.0%

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Harry Holland	5	62.5%
	James McCombs	3	37.5%

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Harry Holland	5	71.42%
	James McCombs	2	28.57%

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Harry Holland	6	66.66%
	James McCombs	3	33.33%

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Harry Holland	14	82.35%
	Dan Sullivan	3	17.65%

↑ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
↑ "Wellington North". Colonist. LX (14665). 20 March 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Wellington North electorate". Free Lance. XVII (919). 22 February 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Grey By-Election". V (1340). Sun. 30 May 1918. p. 8. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
↑ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
↑ The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
↑ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
↑ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
↑ "Buller Electorate". The Evening Post. CXII (127). 25 November 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

O'Farrell, P.J. (1964). Harry Holland: Militant Socialist. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press.

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