1923 Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives election

The 1923 election of the Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives occurred on 7 February 1923, following the 1922 general election result. The election saw the incumbent speaker Sir Frederic Lang lose his parliamentary seat. It resulted in the election of Independent MP Charles Statham as Speaker.

1923 Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives election

7 February 1923 1996 →
 
Candidate Charles Statham James McCombs
Party Independent Labour
Popular vote 61 17
Percentage 78.20 21.79

Speaker before election

Sir Frederic Lang
Reform

Elected Speaker

Charles Statham
Independent

Nominated candidates

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Two candidates were nominated:

John Luke, the MP for Wellington North, declined nomination for the role of speaker.

Election

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The election was conducted by means of a conventional parliamentary motion. The Clerk of the House of Representatives conducted a vote on the question of the election of the Speaker.

The following table gives the election results:[1]

Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Charles Statham 61 78.20
Labour James McCombs 17 21.79
Majority 44 56.41
Turnout 78

How each MP voted:[1]

Party Name Speaker Vote
Reform George James Anderson Statham
Labour Tim Armstrong McCombs
Independent Harry Atmore Statham
Labour Fred Bartram McCombs
Independent Allen Bell Statham
Reform John Bitchener Statham
Reform Richard Bollard Statham
Liberal David Buddo Statham
Reform Thomas Burnett Statham
Reform Gordon Coates Statham
Liberal James Randall Corrigan Statham
Liberal Philip De La Perrelle Statham
Reform James Dickson Statham
Reform James Samuel Dickson Statham
Reform William Downie Stewart Jr Statham
Liberal John Edie Statham
Reform Billy Glenn Statham
Reform William Hughes Field Statham
Liberal George Forbes Statham
Labour Peter Fraser McCombs
Reform William Girling Statham
Reform David Guthrie Statham
Liberal Josiah Hanan Statham
Reform Alexander Harris Statham
Reform Oswald Hawken Statham
Reform Taurekareka Henare Statham
Reform William Herries Statham
Reform Frank Hockly Statham
Labour Harry Holland McCombs
Liberal James Horn Statham
Labour Ted Howard McCombs
Reform Richard Hudson Statham
Reform George Hunter Statham
Liberal Leonard Isitt Statham
Labour Bill Jordan McCombs
Labour Frank Langstone McCombs
Labour John A. Lee McCombs
Reform Joseph Linklater Statham
Reform John Luke Statham
Liberal Frederick Lye Statham
Reform Douglas Lysnar Statham
Liberal John Andrew MacPherson Statham
Reform William Massey Statham
Liberal Robert Masters Statham
Labour Lew McIlvride McCombs
Liberal Gilbert McKay Statham
Labour Robert McKeen McCombs
Reform Alex McLeod Statham
Labour Alec Monteith McCombs
Labour Jim Munro McCombs
Independent Liberal Alfred Murdoch Statham
Reform William Nosworthy Statham
Reform Jimmy Nash Statham
Liberal Āpirana Ngata Statham
Labour James O'Brien McCombs
Reform James Parr Statham
Labour Bill Parry McCombs
Independent Liberal Hugh Poland McCombs
Reform Māui Pōmare Statham
Reform Vivian Potter Statham
Liberal Alfred Ransom Statham
Reform Heaton Rhodes Statham
Reform Thomas William Rhodes Statham
Reform Frank Rolleston Statham
Reform John Rolleston Statham
Labour Michael Joseph Savage McCombs
Liberal Thomas Sidey Statham
Liberal Sydney George Smith Statham
Labour Dan Sullivan McCombs
Independent George Sykes Statham
Liberal John Charles Thomson Statham
Reform Henare Uru Statham
Liberal Bill Veitch Statham
Liberal Thomas Wilford Statham
Reform Kenneth Williams Statham
Independent Liberal George Witty Statham
Reform Robert Wright Statham
Reform Alexander Young Statham

References

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  1. ^ a b Parliamentary Debates. Vol. 199. Wellington. 1923. pp. 10–11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)