Electoral history of Michael Joseph Savage

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Michael Joseph Savage


Prime Minister of New Zealand



Elections



This is a summary of the electoral history of Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1935–40), Leader of the Labour Party (1933–40), and Member of Parliament for Auckland West (1919–40).

Parliamentary elections

1911 election

General election, 1911: Auckland Central[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Albert Glover 4,061 53.20 -10.87
Socialist Michael Joseph Savage 1,800 23.58
Independent James Gleeson 1,171 15.34
Reform William Richardson 601 7.87
Informal votes 99 1.29 -0.92
Majority 2,261 29.62 -10.56
Turnout 7,633

1914 election

General election, 1914: Auckland Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Albert Glover 4,053 56.93 +3.73
Social Democrat Michael Joseph Savage 1,751 24.59 +1.01
Reform William Richardson 1,315 18.47 +10.60
Informal votes 100 1.40
Majority 2,302 32.33
Turnout 7,119

1919 election

General election, 1919: Auckland West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Joseph Savage 3,750 44.51
Reform Charles Frederick Bennett 3,270 38.81
Liberal Andrew Jack Entrican 1,404 16.66
Majority 480 5.69
Turnout 8,424

1922 election

General election, 1922: Auckland West[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Joseph Savage 5,649 56.53 +12.02
Reform John Farrell 4,345 43.47
Majority 1,304 13.04
Turnout 9,994

1925 election

General election, 1925: Auckland West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Joseph Savage 5,677 52.19 -4.34
Reform Samuel Oldfield 5,201 47.81
Majority 476 4.38
Informal votes 122 1.11
Turnout 11,000 89.55
Registered electors 12,283

1928 election

General election, 1928: Auckland West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Joseph Savage 5,361 47.01 -5.18
United R B Spiers 4,020 35.25
Reform Frank Adeane 2,021 17.72
Majority 1,341 11.76
Turnout 11,402

1931 election

General election, 1931: Auckland West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Joseph Savage 6,442 62.93 +15.92
United Hugh Ross Mackenzie 1,925 18.80
Reform John Allum 1,870 18.27
Majority 4,517 44.12
Informal votes 63 0.61
Turnout 10,300 79.78
Registered electors 12,911

1935 election

General election, 1935: Auckland West[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Joseph Savage 8,567 72.93 +10.00
United Ernest David Stallworthy 2,387 20.32
Democrat Joseph Alexander Govan 792 6.74
Majority 6,180 52.61
Turnout 11,746

1938 election

General election, 1938: Auckland West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Joseph Savage 11,591 75.88 +2.95
National John W. Kealy 3,584 23.46
Informal votes 100 0.65
Majority 8,007 52.41 -0.20
Turnout 15,275

Leadership elections

1923 Deputy-leadership election

1923 Deputy-leadership election[12]
NameVotesPercentage
Michael Joseph Savage1164.70%
Dan Sullivan635.30%

1933 Leadership election

1933 Leadership election[13]
NameVotesPercentage
Michael Joseph Savage24100%

Notes

  1. "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  2. Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
  6. Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
  7. The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  9. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  10. The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  11. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  12. Gustafson 1986, p. 114.
  13. Gustafson 1986, p. 153.

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