Electoral history of Walter Nash
This is a summary of the electoral history of Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957–60), Leader of the Labour Party (1951–63) and Member of Parliament for Hutt (1929–68).
Parliamentary elections
1925 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 6,080 | 58.13 | ||
Labour | Walter Nash | 4,286 | 40.98 | ||
Informal votes | 92 | 0.87 | |||
Majority | 1,794 | 17.15 | |||
Turnout | 10,458 | 91.04 | |||
Registered electors | 11,487 | ||||
1928 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Thomas Wilford | 7,283 | 54.92 | -3.21 | |
Labour | Walter Nash | 5,978 | 45.08 | +4.10 | |
Informal votes | 288 | 2.13 | +1.26 | ||
Majority | 1,305 | 9.84 | -7.31 | ||
Turnout | 13,549 | 90.95 | -0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 14,898 | ||||
1929 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 5,047 | 40.53 | -4.55 | |
United | James Kerr[mb 1] | 4,835 | 38.83 | ||
Reform | Harold Johnston[mb 2] | 2,570 | 20.64 | ||
Majority | 212 | 1.70 | -8.14 | ||
Informal votes | 103 | 0.82 | -1.31 | ||
Turnout | 12,555 | 84.27 | -6.67 | ||
Registered electors | 14,898 |
Table footnotes:
- ↑ For some biographical details of Kerr refer to his father's article.
- ↑ For some biographical details of Johnston refer to his father's article.
1931 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 9,187 | 59.08 | +18.54 | |
United | James Kerr[nb 1] | 6,364 | 40.92 | +2.09 | |
Informal votes | 116 | 0.74 | |||
Majority | 2,823 | 18.15 | +16.45 | ||
Turnout | 15,667 | 86.98 | +3.39 | ||
Registered electors | 18,013 | ||||
Table footnotes:
- ↑ For some biographical details of James Kerr refer to his father's article.
1935 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 11,107 | 74.32 | +15.24 | |
United/Reform | Victor Emmanuel Jacobsen | 3,838 | 25.68 | ||
Majority | 7,269 | 48.63 | +30.48 | ||
Turnout | 14,945 | ||||
1938 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 10,687 | 72.84 | -1.48 | |
National | John William Andrews | 3,873 | 26.39 | ||
Majority | 6,814 | 46.44 | -2.19 | ||
Informal votes | 114 | 0.77 | |||
Turnout | 14,671 | 95.93 | |||
Registered electors | 15,292 | ||||
1943 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 8,823 | 60.87 | 11.97 | |
Independent | J H Hogan | 3,563 | 24.58 | ||
National | N P Croft | 3,017 | 20.81 | ||
Democratic Labour | P Connors | 437 | 3.01 | ||
Informal votes | 178 | 1.22 | +0.45 | ||
Majority | 5,260 | 36.29 | -10.15 | ||
Turnout | 14,493 | ||||
1946 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 8,025 | 58.7 | -2.17 | |
National | J E F Vogel | 5,438 | 39.7 | ||
Independent Labour | G Laing | 163 | 1.2 | ||
World Socialist | T F Simpson | 50 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 2,587 | 18.91 | -17.38 | ||
Turnout | 13,676 | ||||
1949 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 8,153 | 57.7 | -1.00 | |
National | H L Heatley | 5,880 | 41.6 | ||
World Socialist | T F Simpson | 100 | 0.7 | +0.30 | |
Majority | 2,273 | 16.1 | -2.79 | ||
Turnout | 15,480 | ||||
1951 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 8,872 | 57.7 | ±0 | |
National | J W Andrews | 6,424 | 41.8 | ||
World Socialist | T F Simpson | 71 | 0.5 | -0.20 | |
Majority | 2,248 | 15.9 | -0.20 | ||
Turnout | 17,161 | 89.9 | |||
1954 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 8,371 | 60.3 | +3.6 | |
National | C G Costello | 4,690 | 33.7 | ||
Social Credit | T O Maddison | 829 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 3,681 | 26.6 | +10.70 | ||
Turnout | 15,740 | 88.7 | -1.20 | ||
1957 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 8,975 | 62.7 | +2.40 | |
National | Lance Adams-Schneider | 4,545 | 31.7 | ||
Social Credit | D S Milne | 808 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 4,430 | 31.0 | +4.40 | ||
Turnout | 15,381 | 93.6 | +5.90 | ||
1960 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 7,614 | 54.3 | -8.40 | |
National | G L Barker | 5,265 | 37.5 | ||
Social Credit | D S Milne | 997 | 7.1 | +2.60 | |
Independent | G Wain | 115 | 0.8 | ||
Communist | R G Hegman | 40 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 2,349 | 16.8 | -14.20 | ||
Turnout | 15,712 | 90.1 | -3.50 | ||
1963 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Nash | 8,865 | 58.6 | +4.30 | |
National | V E Hampson-Tinadale | 5,217 | 34.5 | ||
Social Credit | D S Milne | 972 | 6.4 | -1.50 | |
Majority | 3,648 | 21.52 | +4.72 | ||
Turnout | 16,945 | 89.9 | -0.20 | ||
1966 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sir Walter Nash | 7,861 | 51.7 | -7.10 | |
National | John Kennedy-Good | 5,912 | 38.9 | ||
Social Credit | C B Dalglish | 1,431 | 9.4 | ||
Majority | 1,949 | 12.8 | -8.72 | ||
Turnout | 17,520 | 87.2 | -2.70 | ||
Local elections
1929 Wellington mayoral election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civic League | George Troup | 14,407 | 60.97 | +6.72 | |
Labour | Walter Nash | 9,034 | 38.23 | ||
Informal votes | 185 | 0.78 | |||
Majority | 5,373 | 22.74 | |||
Turnout | 23,626 | ||||
Leadership elections
1940 Deputy-leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Walter Nash | 51 | 100% |
1951 Leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Walter Nash | 34 | 100% |
1954 Leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Walter Nash | 15 | 62.5% | |
Arnold Nordmeyer | 9 | 37.5% |
Notes
- ↑ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ↑ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Hutt Seat". The Evening Post. CXII (108). 3 November 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. CXXXVI (76). 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ "City Nominations". Evening Post. CXXXVI (61). 9 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Norton 1988.
- ↑ "The Mayoralty". The Evening Post. CVII (100). 2 May 1929. p. 14. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
References
- Sinclair, Keith (1976). Walter Nash. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-647949-5.
- Mackenzie, Craig (1975). Walter Nash, Pioneer and Prophet. Dunmore Press.
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
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