Results of the 1915 South African general election

The Second Delimitation Commission (1913) expanded the House of Assembly from 121 to 130 seats, with all nine new seats going to the Transvaal, but the Commission also made significant changes to the Cape Province's constituency boundaries. The smaller provinces of Natal and the Orange Free State were largely left unchanged.^[1]

Province	Seats 1910	Created	Abolished	Seats 1915
Cape of Good Hope	51	Calvinia Rondebosch	Clanwilliam Jansenville	51
Natal	17			17
Orange Free State	17			17
Transvaal	36	Benoni Bethal Bezuidenhout Hospital Klerksdorp Maraisburg Ophirton Parktown Pretoria Central Randfontein Siemert Witwatersberg	Braamfontein Jeppes Roodepoort	45

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
	South African Party	46,219	37.81	21
	National Party	35,264	28.85	7
	Unionist Party	26,551	21.72	20
	Labour Party	7,348	6.01	1
	Independents	6,847	5.60	2
Total		122,229	100.00	51
Source: Schoeman[2]

Unopposed candidates: Unionists 2.

General election 1915: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Frederick van der Riet	1,196	51.8	N/A
	South African	W. M. Espin	1,111	48.2	New
Majority			85	3.6	N/A
Turnout			2,307	69.8	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Albert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	L. P. Vorster	1,403	54.7	New
	South African	Henry Burton	1,164	45.3	N/A
Majority			239	9.4	N/A
Turnout			2,567	90.0	N/A
	National gain from South African		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Aliwal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	C. A. Schweizer	1,405	64.7	N/A
	National	H. S. van Zyl	768	35.3	New
Majority			637	29.4	N/A
Turnout			2,173	81.5	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Barkly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	A. H. Watkins	1,403	69.6	N/A
	National	J. C. Scholtz	585	29.0	New
	Independent	H. D. Roux	27	1.3	New
Majority			818	40.6	N/A
Turnout			2,015	64.1	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Beaconsfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sir David Harris	1,298	81.2	N/A
	Labour	G. A. Hay	301	18.8	New
Majority			997	62.4	N/A
Turnout			1,599	50.9	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Beaufort West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	O. A. Oosthuizen	1,536	50.9	N/A
	National	W. A. Hofmeyr	1,480	49.1	New
Majority			56	1.8	N/A
Turnout			3,016	81.7	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Bechuanaland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	D. H. W. Wessels	1,668	56.1	N/A
	National	J. J. Booysen	1,303	43.9	New
Majority			365	12.2	N/A
Turnout			2,971	73.3	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Border

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Blaine	1,150	61.1	N/A
	Independent	T. A. Stephen	731	38.9	New
Majority			419	3.6	N/A
Turnout			1,881	60.7	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Caledon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	Joel Krige	1,652	64.0	N/A
	National	P. J. Cillié	928	36.0	New
Majority			724	28.0	N/A
Turnout			2,580	85.1	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Calvinia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	W. P. Louw	1,327	56.4	New
	South African	H. J. Nel	1,024	43.6	New
Majority			301	12.8	N/A
Turnout			2,351	82.8	N/A
	National win (new seat)

General election 1915: Cape Town Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Morris Alexander	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1915: Cape Town Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John William Jagger	1,595	66.0	−19.1
	Labour	W. J. Laite	820	34.0	New
Majority			775	32.0	N/A
Turnout			2,415	70.2	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Cape Town Gardens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Duncan Baxter	1,700	68.7	+8.3
	Labour	Robert Forsyth	773	31.3	New
Majority			927	37.4	N/A
Turnout			2,473	60.5	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Cape Town Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lawrence Woodhead	2,092	74.2	+4.1
	Labour	A. F. Betty	726	25.8	New
Majority			812	48.4	N/A
Turnout			2,818	59.3	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Ceres

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	J. G. du Toit	1,388	55.8	N/A
	National	J. W. J. W. Roux	1,099	44.2	New
Majority			289	11.6	N/A
Turnout			2,487	82.0	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Colesberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	G. A. Louw	1,424	55.3	N/A
	National	J. A. Venter	1,151	44.7	New
Majority			273	10.6	N/A
Turnout			2,575	85.2	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Cradock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	Harry van Heerden	1,488	55.5	N/A
	National	D. F. Malan	1,195	44.5	New
Majority			293	11.0	N/A
Turnout			2,683	88.2	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: East London

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	C. P. Crewe	1,478	47.3	−19.8
	Labour	James Stewart	1,214	38.8	New
	Independent	F. L. Gregg	435	13.9	New
Majority			264	8.5	N/A
Turnout			3,127	64.8	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Fort Beaufort

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Thomas Smartt	1,616	73.6	N/A
	South African	G. C. Vosloo	580	26.4	New
Majority			1,036	47.2	N/A
Turnout			2,196	76.2	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	H. P. Raubenheimer	1,392	52.6	New
	South African	H. J. Raubenheimer	1,255	47.4	N/A
Majority			137	5.2	N/A
Turnout			2,647	80.9	N/A
	National gain from South African		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Graaff-Reinet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	J. M. Enslin	1,234	53.6	New
	South African	G. H. Maasdorp	1,067	46.4	−36.1
Majority			167	7.2	N/A
Turnout			2,301	80.0	N/A
	National gain from South African		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Griqualand

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	J. G. King	1,718	84.2	+27.7
	National	A. van Zijl	323	15.8	New
Majority			1,395	68.4	N/A
Turnout			2,041	64.8	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Hopetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	P. S. Cilliers	1,474	63.7	N/A
	National	N. D. Geldenhuys	840	36.3	New
Majority			634	27.4	N/A
Turnout			2,314	76.0	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Humansdorp

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Charl W. Malan	1,494	53.4	New
	South African	J. M. Rademeyer	1,302	46.6	−7.7
Majority			192	6.8	N/A
Turnout			2,796	92.2	N/A
	National gain from South African		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Kimberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	H. A. Oliver	1,434	73.5	+7.8
	Labour	Frederic Creswell	516	26.5	−7.8
Majority			918	47.0	+15.6
Turnout			1,950	63.4	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	+7.8

General election 1915: King William's Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Whitaker	1,607	59.2	N/A
	South African	L. W. Luyt	1,108	40.8	New
Majority			499	18.4	N/A
Turnout			2,715	79.9	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Ladismith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	H. C. Becker	1,442	52.1	N/A
	National	J. J. M. van Zijl	1,302	47.0	New
	Labour	C. F. Marincowitz	26	0.9	New
Majority			140	5.1	N/A
Turnout			2,770	90.4	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Liesbeek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Maginess	1,143	43.3	N/A
	Independent	B. Upington	1,142	43.3	New
	National	H. Stiglingh	352	13.3	New
Majority			1	0.0	N/A
Turnout			2,637	64.8	N/A
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Malmesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	F. S. Malan	1,519	57.5	N/A
	National	A. P. W. Immelman	1,125	42.5	New
Majority			394	15.0	N/A
Turnout			2,644	88.4	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Namaqualand

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	Sir David Graaff, Bt.	1,140	55.0	N/A
	National	A. H. Stander	708	34.1	New
	Independent	J. Studer	226	10.9	New
Majority			432	20.9	N/A
Turnout			2,074	77.6	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Newlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	G. S. Withinshaw	1,672	79.7	+17.0
	Labour	C. H. Hagger	425	20.3	New
Majority			1,247	59.4	N/A
Turnout			2,097	55.4	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Oudtshoorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	J. H. Schoeman	1,350	55.0	−8.6
	National	C. J. Langenhoven	1,069	43.5	New
	Labour	A. F. Symons	36	1.5	New
Majority			281	11.5	N/A
Turnout			2,455	75.9	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Paarl

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	A. L. de Jager	1,785	64.5	+13.8
	National	W. B. de Villiers [af]	982	35.5	New
Majority			805	29.0	N/A
Turnout			2,767	87.0	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Piketberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	J. H. H. de Waal [af]	1,387	56.2	New
	South African	W. J. van der Merwe	1,082	43.8	N/A
Majority			305	12.4	N/A
Turnout			2,469	84.5	N/A
	National gain from South African		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Port Elizabeth Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	E. H. Walton	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1915: Port Elizabeth Southwest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Macintosh	1,855	75.7	New
	Labour	A. J. C. Webb	596	24.3	New
Majority			1,259	51.4	N/A
Turnout			2,451	74.0	N/A
	Unionist gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Prieska

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	J. P. Coetzee	1,154	55.7	N/A
	National	J. H. Conradie	914	44.1	New
	South African	R. W. F. Steyn	4	0.2	New
Majority			240	11.6	N/A
Turnout			2,072	71.3	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Queenstown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	W. B. Berry	1,380	67.4	+12.2
	South African	L. H. Brinkman	668	32.6	New
Majority			712	34.8	N/A
Turnout			2,048	70.5	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Riversdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	A. I. Vintcent	1,740	57.0	N/A
	National	J. F. Badenhorst	1,315	43.0	New
Majority			425	14.0	N/A
Turnout			3,055	89.3	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Rondebosch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	R. W. Close	1,286	57.9	New
	Independent	A. Palmer	895	40.3	New
	Labour	I. Carver	41	1.8	New
Majority			391	17.6	N/A
Turnout			2,222	61.2	N/A
	Unionist win (new seat)

General election 1915: Somerset

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	Andries Stockenström	1,398	52.2	N/A
	National	H. J. Moolman	1,278	47.8	New
Majority			120	4.4	N/A
Turnout			2,676	86.7	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: South Peninsula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Murray Bisset	1,440	55.4	−3.0
	South African	A. J. Chiappini	734	28.3	+23.9
	National	R. Cloete	280	10.8	New
	Labour	C. Hughes	144	5.5	New
Majority			706	27.1	N/A
Turnout			2,598	70.4	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Stellenbosch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	John X. Merriman	1,674	66.2	+12.5
	National	C. L. Marais	856	33.8	New
Majority			818	32.4	N/A
Turnout			2,530	87.4	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Swellendam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	J. W. van Eeden	1,895	68.7	N/A
	National	N. J. Ackermann	864	31.3	New
Majority			1,031	37.4	N/A
Turnout			2,759	85.3	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Tembuland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	W. H. Stuart	1,171	47.3	N/A
	South African	C. P. Bligh-Wall	785	31.7	New
	National	W. E. Warner	518	20.9	New
Majority			386	15.6	N/A
Turnout			2,474	74.5	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Three Rivers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	D. M. Brown	1,171	41.0	N/A
	South African	J. Wynne	868	30.4	New
	National	A. H. du Preez	815	28.6	New
Majority			303	10.6	N/A
Turnout			2,854	80.0	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Uitenhage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	A. H. Garcia	1,646	60.8	+5.4
	National	H. E. S. Fremantle	1,061	39.2	New
Majority			585	21.6	N/A
Turnout			2,707	86.1	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Victoria West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	A. G. Visser	1,247	52.9	+5.4
	National	J. N. Louw	1,110	47.1	New
Majority			137	5.8	N/A
Turnout			2,357	75.4	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Wodehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	O. S. Vermooten	1,292	50.9	New
	South African	J. A. Venter	1,247	49.1	N/A
Majority			45	1.8	N/A
Turnout			2,539	87.3	N/A
	National gain from South African		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Woodstock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Hewat	1,119	35.3	−15.3
	South African	Isaac Purcell	903	28.5	New
	Labour	W. Freestone	587	18.5	−30.9
	Independent	J. W. Mushet	486	15.3	New
	Unionist	W. D. Hare	75	2.4	New
Majority			216	6.8	N/A
Turnout			3,170	60.4	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Worcester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	C. B. Heatlie	1,872	66.7	+5.4
	National	J. N. Louw	934	33.3	New
Majority			938	33.4	N/A
Turnout			2,806	86.4	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
	South African Party	7,574	40.68	11
	Labour Party	4,461	23.96	1
	Unionist Party	3,668	19.70	4
	National Party	1,274	6.84	0
	Independents	1,640	8.81	1
Total		18,617	100.00	17
Source: Schoeman[3]

Unopposed candidates: Unionists 2, SAP 1.

General election 1915: Dundee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	Thomas Watt	823	64.6	+2.7
	Labour	R. J. Hall	285	22.4	New
	Independent	J. Dyson	166	13.0	New
Majority			538	42.2	N/A
Turnout			1,274	65.0	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Durban Berea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Henderson	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1915: Durban Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charlie Henwood	966	60.9	+10.1
	Labour	Morris Kentridge	620	39.1	+21.6
Majority			346	21.8	N/A
Turnout			1,586	69.4	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	-5.7

General election 1915: Durban Greyville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Boydell	951	53.1	+17.1
	Unionist	Walter Greenacre	839	46.9	New
Majority			112	6.2	N/A
Turnout			1,790	75.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Durban Point

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. A. Silburn	1,059	67.8	−6.1
	Labour	H. Humphrey	498	31.9	+5.8
	Independent	J. E. Palmer	5	0.3	New
Majority			561	35.9	−11.9
Turnout			1,562	72.1	N/A
	Independent gain from Unionist		Swing	-5.9

General election 1915: Durban Umbilo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	C. P. Robinson	969	62.1	+3.4
	Labour	N. P. Palmer	592	37.9	−3.4
Majority			377	24.2	+6.8
Turnout			1,561	68.3	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	+3.4

General election 1915: Durban Umlazi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	Alfred Fawcus	849	77.2	+42.4
	Labour	T. McCrystal	219	19.9	−11.6
	Independent	D. St. J. Stephens	32	2.9	New
Majority			630	57.3	+54.0
Turnout			1,100	62.4	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	+27.0

General election 1915: Klip River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	Henry Wiltshire	912	76.8	+26.6
	National	L. W. Meyer	276	23.2	New
Majority			636	53.6	N/A
Turnout			1,188	64.1	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Newcastle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	T. J. Nel	473	39.2	−13.8
	Unionist	R. H. Struben	395	32.8	New
	National	A. T. Spies	338	28.0	New
Majority			78	6.4	N/A
Turnout			1,206	65.7	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Pietermaritzburg North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	Thomas Orr	880	69.8	+9.6
	Labour	F. G. E. Tilbury	379	30.2	−9.6
Majority			295	39.6	+19.2
Turnout			1,259	63.6	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	+9.6

General election 1915: Pietermaritzburg South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	R. A. Buntine	868	67.2	New
	Labour	W. H. Griffin	424	32.8	−5.4
Majority			444	34.4	N/A
Turnout			1,292	67.6	N/A
	South African gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Umvoti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	George Leuchars	636	42.2	−20.9
	National	Ernest George Jansen	493	32.7	New
	Independent	W. A. Deane	378	25.1	−11.8
Majority			143	9.5	N/A
Turnout			1,507	79.2	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Umzimkulu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	Frank Reynolds	Unopposed
	South African hold

General election 1915: Victoria County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	J. G. Hunter	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1915: Vryheid

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	M. W. Myburgh	606	60.8	New
	National	F. W. van Raenen	390	39.2	New
Majority			216	21.6	N/A
Turnout			996	58.5	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1915: Weenen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	J. W. Moor	536	51.8	+4.2
	Unionist	G. R. Richards	499	48.2	−4.2
Majority			37	3.6	N/A
Turnout			1,035	66.7	N/A
	South African gain from Unionist		Swing	+4.2

General election 1915: Zululand

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	South African	W. F. Clayton	991	78.6	+22.3
	National	E. E. Dalton	270	21.4	New
Majority			721	57.2	N/A
Turnout			1,261	59.2	N/A
	South African hold		Swing	N/A