Electoral history of Michael Joseph Savage
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1935–40), Leader of the Labour Party (1933–40), and Member of Parliament for Auckland West (1919–40).
1911 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Albert Glover | 4,061 | 53.20 | −10.87 | |
| Socialist | Michael Joseph Savage | 1,800 | 23.58 | ||
| Independent | James Gleeson | 1,171 | 15.34 | ||
| Reform | William Richardson | 601 | 7.87 | ||
| Informal votes | 99 | 1.29 | −0.92 | ||
| Majority | 2,261 | 29.62 | −10.56 | ||
| Turnout | 7,633 | 71.25 | −0.53 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,712 | ||||
1914 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Albert Glover | 4,053 | 56.93 | +3.73 | |
| Social Democrat | Michael Joseph Savage | 1,751 | 24.59 | +1.01 | |
| Reform | William Richardson | 1,315 | 18.47 | +10.60 | |
| Informal votes | 100 | 1.40 | |||
| Majority | 2,302 | 32.33 | |||
| Turnout | 7,119 | 78.11 | +6.86 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,114 | ||||
1919 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 4,008 | 44.24 | ||
| Reform | Charles Frederick Bennett | 3,475 | 38.35 | ||
| Liberal | Andrew Entrican | 1,493 | 16.48 | ||
| Informal votes | 83 | 0.91 | −0.10 | ||
| Majority | 533 | 5.88 | |||
| Turnout | 9,059 | 85.47 | +2.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,599 | ||||
1922 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 5,649 | 55.42 | +11.18 | |
| Reform | John Farrell | 4,345 | 42.63 | ||
| Informal votes | 153 | 1.50 | +0.59 | ||
| Majority | 1,304 | 13.04 | +7.16 | ||
| Turnout | 10,192 | 92.08 | +6.61 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,068 | ||||
1925 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 5,677 | 52.19 | −3.23 | |
| Reform | Samuel Oldfield | 5,201 | 47.81 | ||
| Informal votes | 122 | 1.11 | −0.39 | ||
| Majority | 476 | 4.38 | −8.66 | ||
| Turnout | 11,000 | 89.55 | −2.53 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,283 | ||||
1928 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 5,361 | 47.01 | −5.18 | |
| United | Richard Speirs | 4,020 | 35.25 | ||
| Reform | Frank Adeane | 2,021 | 17.72 | ||
| Informal votes | 97 | 0.84 | −0.27 | ||
| Majority | 1,341 | 11.76 | +7.38 | ||
| Turnout | 11,499 | 86.25 | −3.30 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,331 | ||||
1931 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 6,442 | 62.93 | +15.92 | |
| United | Hugh Ross Mackenzie | 1,925 | 18.80 | ||
| Reform | John Allum | 1,870 | 18.27 | ||
| Informal votes | 63 | 0.61 | −0.23 | ||
| Majority | 4,517 | 44.12 | +32.36 | ||
| Turnout | 10,300 | 79.78 | −6.47 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,911 | ||||
1935 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 8,567 | 72.93 | +10.00 | |
| United | Ernest David Stallworthy | 2,387 | 20.32 | ||
| Democrat | Joseph Alexander Govan | 792 | 6.74 | ||
| Informal votes | 131 | 1.11 | +0.50 | ||
| Majority | 6,180 | 52.61 | +8.49 | ||
| Turnout | 11,746 | 88.56 | +8.78 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,263 | ||||
1938 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 11,591 | 75.88 | +2.95 | |
| National | John W. Kealy | 3,584 | 23.46 | ||
| Informal votes | 100 | 0.65 | −0.46 | ||
| Majority | 8,007 | 52.41 | −0.20 | ||
| Turnout | 15,275 | 89.76 | +1.20 | ||
| Registered electors | 17,017 | ||||
Local-body elections
1919 local-body elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Florence Keller | 7,142 | 79.68 | ||
| Citizens | Patrick Nerheny | 4,322 | 48.22 | ||
| Citizens | Peter Mackay | 4,122 | 45.98 | ||
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 3,993 | 44.54 | ||
| Citizens | George Knight | 3,958 | 44.15 | ||
| Labour | George Davis | 3,880 | 43.28 | ||
| Citizens | Alfred Hall-Skelton | 3,552 | 39.62 | ||
| Independent | Ethel Kidd | 3,241 | 36.15 | ||
| Independent | James Francis Hosking | 2,748 | 30.65 | ||
| Labour | Bob Way | 2,696 | 30.07 | ||
| Independent | Archibald Bryden | 2,616 | 29.18 | ||
| Citizens | Paul Richardson | 2,441 | 27.23 | ||
1921 local-body elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Citizens' | William Wallace | 8,963 | 60.44 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' | Peter Mackay | 7,494 | 50.53 | +4.35 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | George Knight | 7,196 | 48.52 | +4.37 | |
| Independent | Horatio Bagnall | 6,939 | 46.79 | ||
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 6,291 | 42.42 | −2.12 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | Alfred Hall-Skelton | 5,717 | 38.55 | −1.07 | |
| Independent | Arthur Sexton | 5,597 | 37.74 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' | Patrick Nerheny | 5,544 | 37.38 | −10.84 | |
| Labour | George Davis | 5,145 | 34.69 | −8.59 | |
| Labour | Fred Bartram | 4,114 | 27.74 | ||
| Independent | Charles Rossiter | 3,905 | 26.33 | ||
| Labour | Oscar McBrine | 3,666 | 24.72 | ||
| Labour | Winnifred Moore | 3,470 | 23.40 | ||
1927 local-body elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Citizens' | William Wallace | 10,966 | 63.25 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' | Ethel Kidd | 8,525 | 49.17 | ||
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 8,450 | 48.74 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' | John Dempsey | 7,288 | 42.03 | ||
| Independent | George Knight | 6,792 | 39.17 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' | Sidney Takle | 5,266 | 30.37 | ||
| Progressive Citizens' | William Thompson | 5,064 | 29.21 | ||
| Labour | Ivy McCready | 4,567 | 26.34 | ||
| Independent | Alexander Eccles | 4,377 | 25.24 | ||
| Labour | Dick Barter | 4,349 | 25.08 | ||
| Labour | Jim Purtell | 4,072 | 23.48 | ||
| Labour | Charles Stephen Morris | 4,042 | 23.31 | ||
| Independent | Robert Darlow | 4,010 | 23.13 | ||
| Independent | Emily Elizabeth Nicol | 3,883 | 22.39 | ||
| Independent | John Lundon | 3,277 | 18.90 | ||
| Independent | Samuel Zobel | 1,751 | 10.11 | ||
1929 local-body elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Citizens' | William Wallace | 14,041 | 72.41 | +9.16 | |
| Independent | Edward Gunson | 12,633 | 65.15 | ||
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 10,614 | 54.74 | +6.00 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | Ethel Kidd | 9,534 | 49.18 | +0.01 | |
| Independent | John Dempsey | 7,166 | 36.95 | −5.08 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | George Knight | 6,968 | 35.93 | −3.24 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | George Finlay | 5,815 | 29.99 | ||
| Independent | John Lundon | 4,958 | 25.57 | +6.67 | |
| Labour | Mary Dreaver | 4,840 | 24.96 | ||
| Labour | Alice Cassie | 4,826 | 24.89 | ||
| Independent | William Thompson | 4,084 | 21.06 | −8.15 | |
| Independent | Harold Schmidt | 3,837 | 19.78 | ||
| Labour | Ivy McCready | 3,573 | 18.42 | −7.92 | |
| Progressive Citizens' | William John McMillan | 2,143 | 11.05 | ||
| Independent | Harry Taylor | 1,911 | 9.85 | ||
1931 local-body elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Committee | William Wallace | 16,007 | 92.98 | +20.57 | |
| Citizens Committee | Edward Gunson | 13,983 | 81.22 | +16.07 | |
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 13,392 | 77.79 | +23.05 | |
| Citizens Committee | Ethel Kidd | 13,130 | 76.27 | +27.09 | |
| Labour | Fred Bartram | 9,631 | 55.94 | ||
| Labour | Mary Dreaver | 9,584 | 55.67 | +30.71 | |
| Independent | John Lundon | 6,645 | 38.60 | +13.03 | |
| Independent | Harold Schmidt | 3,702 | 21.50 | +1.72 | |
1933 local-body elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Committee | William Wallace | 13,676 | 73.58 | −19.40 | |
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 12,852 | 69.14 | −8.65 | |
| Citizens Committee | Edward Gunson | 11,077 | 59.59 | −21.63 | |
| Citizens Committee | Ethel Kidd | 9,928 | 53.41 | −22.86 | |
| Labour | Mary Dreaver | 8,088 | 43.51 | −12.16 | |
| Citizens Committee | Sydney Harbutt | 7,465 | 40.16 | ||
| Citizens Committee | Morris Copeland | 6,361 | 34.22 | ||
| Labour | Bill Anderton | 6,269 | 33.72 | ||
| Labour | James Purtell | 5,955 | 32.04 | ||
| Labour | Hypatia Martin | 5,521 | 29.70 | ||
| Independent | John Lundon | 3,889 | 20.92 | −17.68 | |
| Independent | Gerald Bell | 2,115 | 11.37 | ||
