The 1922 New Zealand general election was held on Monday, 6 December in the Māori electorates, and on Tuesday, 7 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 700,111 (87.7%) voters turned out to vote.[1] In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.[2][3]
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1922 was the year when residents of the Chatham Islands were enfranchised for the first time (included in Lyttelton and Western Māori electorates).
Result
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William Massey formed a government, but with the loss in support for the Reform Party he had to negotiate for support with Independents, and with two Liberal Party members.[4]
Liberal was in decline and disorganised. Just before the 1925 election (held on 4 November), two Liberal MPs from Christchurch who had supported Massey (along with Independents Harry Atmore and Allen Bell) were appointed to the Legislative Council. They were Leonard Isitt and George Witty who were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925. Both were Liberals and their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party’s ranks (Coates rewarded them with seats in the Legislative Council the day after the election)".[5] Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their seats went to Reform candidates in 1925.
Party Totals
editParty totals
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| Party | Candidates | Total votes | Percentage | Seats won | |
| Reform Party | 76 | 249,735 | 39.35 | 37 | |
| Liberal Party | 56 | 166,708 | 26.26 | 22 | |
| Labour Party | 41 | 150,448 | 23.70 | 17 | |
| Others | 39 | 67,837 | 10.69 | 4 | |
| Total | 212 | 634,728 | 80 | ||
*Note: For numbers of candidates see Wilson (1985) p. 295; for numbers of votes and percentage see Wilson (1985) p. 289. Electorate results given below include 38 Reform and 21 Liberal members. The figures given in the table agree with Mackie and Rose, as well as the article on New Zealand elections.
Votes summary
editElectorate results
editThe results of the 1922 election were as follows:
Key
Reform Liberal Labour Independent Liberal Independent
Summary of changes
editA boundary redistribution resulted in the abolition of one seat:
At the same time, one new seat was created:
Notes
edit- ^ "General elections 1853-2005 - dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ Bassett 1982, p. 666.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 286.
- ^ Bassett 1982, p. 32.
- ^ Bassett 1982, p. 35.
- ^ The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
- ^ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Official Counts". The Evening Post. Vol. CIV, no. 144. 15 December 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Awarua". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. XLII. 14 December 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Labour's Candidates". Maoriland Worker. Vol. 12, no. 299. 22 November 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Women Take Part". The Evening Post. Vol. CXX, no. 107. 1 November 1935. p. 14. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Pugsley, Chris. "Russell, Andrew Hamilton". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "The Official Count". Auckland Star. Vol. LIII, no. 295. 13 December 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Electoral". Auckland Star. Vol. LIII, no. 296. 14 December 1922. p. 16. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "The Final Counts". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LIX, no. 18276. 18 December 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
References
edit- 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). Massey University.
- Chapman, Robert M. (1969). The Political Scene 1919–1931. Heinemann.
- Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- Mackie, Thomas T.; Rose, Richard (1991). The International Almanac of Electoral History (3rd ed.). Macmillan.
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.