Franklin by-election, 1925

The Franklin by-election of 1925 was a by-election during the 21st New Zealand Parliament. The seat became vacant due to the death of the sitting Member, William Massey.^[1] It was held on 17 June 1925.^[2] Two candidates contested the seat:^[3]

Previous general election result

General election, 1922: Franklin^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	William Massey	5,276	67.62
	Liberal	J Rea	2,526	32.38
Majority			2,750	35.25
Turnout			7,802
	Reform hold		Swing

By-election result

Franklin by-election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Ewen McLennan	6,056	72.96
	Labour	John Sommerville Montgomerie^[6]	2,245	27.04
Informal votes			43	0.5
Majority			3,811	45.91
Turnout			8,344
	Reform hold		Swing

Notes

↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 126.
↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 124.
↑ "Reform Defeats Labour". Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 141. 18 June 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
↑ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
↑ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
↑ "Reform Triumph". The Northern Advocate. 18 June 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.

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