1925 New Zealand general election
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The 1925 New Zealand general election was held 4 November (the MÄori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament.
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3 (MÄori) & 4 November (general) 1925
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The result was a landslide victory for the Reform Party. A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.[1][2]
In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except MÄori).
Results
Gordon Coates continued as Prime Minister, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30. Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks".[3] Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates.
After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in Lyttelton (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April 1926 by-election in Eden, Labour became the official opposition.[4]
Party totals
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| Party | Candidates | Total votes | Percentage | Seats won | ||
| Reform | 72 | 324,239 | 47.18 | 55 | ||
| Labour | 58 | 187,610 | 27.30 | 12 | ||
| Liberal | 52 | 143,931 | 20.94 | 11 | ||
| Country Party | 5 | 2,398 | 0.35 | 0 | ||
| Independent | 10 | 29,107 | 4.24 | 2 | ||
| Total | 202 | 687,285 | 80 | |||
Votes summary
Electorate results
The election results were as follows:
Key
Reform Labour Liberal Country Party Independent Liberal Independent
Table footnotes:
- Melville Lyons was elected for the Reform Party, originally the votes were equal (4900), then a recount found for Lyons. But on appeal his election was declared void on 13 March 1926, and the previous holder, James McCombs, was restored as the electorate representative.