New Plymouth is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first created for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and has existed since, with one 32-year interruption. The electorate was initially called Town of New Plymouth.
The electorate is currently held by Glen Bennett for Labour, [1] as he defeated National's Jonathan Young in the 2020 general election.
In the 1927 electoral redistribution, the North Island gained a further electorate from the South Island due to faster population growth. Five electorates were abolished, two former electorates, including New Plymouth, were re-established, and three electorates were created for the first time. [2]
The electorate includes the following population centres:
The electorate was originally the Town of New Plymouth from 1853 to 1879. The name of the electorate was changed to New Plymouth from 1879 to 1896. The electorate was abolished in 1896, and was reconstituted under the same name in 1928. [3]
Oliver Samuel, Edward Smith, Thomas Kelly (incumbent) and Charles Brown contested the electorate in the 1884 election; Samuel won the contest. [4] [5]
The electorate has changed between National and Labour several times, and has been represented by two Christian ministers: Rev Fred Frost and then Rev Ernest Aderman.
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.
Key
Independent Liberal United National Labour
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the New Plymouth electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Roger Maxwell | |
2011 election | Andrew Little | |
2014 election |
2020 general election: New Plymouth [9] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Glen Bennett | 21,030 | 47.50 | +14.91 | 21,394 | 48.12 | +14.04 | ||
National | ![]() | 18,475 | 41.73 | -10.28 | 13,336 | 29.99 | -18.62 | ||
New Conservative | Murray Chong | 1,347 | 3.04 | — | 765 | 1.72 | +1.32 | ||
ACT | Ada Xiao | 864 | 1.95 | +0.86 | 3,534 | 7.94 | +7.39 | ||
Opportunities | Dan Thurston Crow | 745 | 1.68 | — | 787 | 1.77 | -0.95 | ||
Advance NZ | Rowena Wood | 601 | 1.35 | — | 567 | 1.27 | — | ||
Independent | Rusty Kane | 325 | 0.73 | — | |||||
Social Credit | Kath Lauderdale | 115 | 0.25 | — | 53 | 0.11 | +0.10 | ||
Green | 2,044 | 4.59 | +0.08 | ||||||
NZ First | 1,001 | 2.25 | -5.49 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 258 | 0.58 | +0.18 | ||||||
Māori Party | 212 | 0.47 | -0.15 | ||||||
ONE | 85 | 0.19 | — | ||||||
Outdoors | 40 | 0.08 | +0.02 | ||||||
Vision NZ | 35 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 20 | 0.04 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 10 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
TEA | 8 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 769 | 306 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 44,271 | 44,455 | |||||||
Turnout | 44,455 | ||||||||
Labour gain from National | Majority | 2,555 | 5.77 |
2017 general election: New Plymouth [10] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 20,711 | 52.01 | −5.74 | 19,517 | 48.63 | −7.05 | ||
Labour | Corie Haddock | 12,978 | 32.59 | +1.03 | 13,662 | 34.04 | +12.90 | ||
NZ First | Murray Chong | 3,041 | 7.63 | — | 3,107 | 7.74 | −1.26 | ||
Green | Stuart Jeanne Bramhall | 2,070 | 5.19 | −0.23 | 1,798 | 4.47 | −3.50 | ||
ACT | Anneka Carlson | 434 | 1.09 | +0.54 | 222 | 0.55 | +0.09 | ||
Independent | Basil Lawrence | 148 | 0.37 | — | |||||
Opportunities | 1,093 | 2.72 | — | ||||||
Māori Party | 250 | 0.62 | +0.09 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 163 | 0.40 | −0.18 | ||||||
Conservative | 65 | 0.16 | −3.03 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 39 | 0.09 | −0.06 | ||||||
United Future | 36 | 0.08 | −0.10 | ||||||
Outdoors | 26 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
People's Party | 16 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Democrats | 8 | 0.01 | −0.06 | ||||||
Mana | 8 | 0.01 | −0.69 | ||||||
Internet | 7 | 0.01 | −0.69 | ||||||
Informal votes | 434 | 118 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 39,816 | 40,135 | |||||||
Turnout | 40,365 | 80.68 [11] | +2.63 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 7,733 | 19.42 | −6.76 |
2014 general election: New Plymouth [12] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 21,566 | 57.75 | +4.14 | 20,969 | 55.65 | +2.39 | ||
Labour | Andrew Little | 11,788 | 31.56 | −8.85 | 7,947 | 21.10 | −4.72 | ||
Green | Sarah Roberts | 2,025 | 5.42 | +1.56 | 3,005 | 7.97 | −1.68 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Jamie Dombroski | 701 | 1.88 | +0.55 | 218 | 0.58 | +0.06 | ||
Conservative | Angela Storr | 633 | 1.69 | +1.69 | 1,201 | 3.19 | +1.22 | ||
ACT | Lucy Gray (stood as James Gray) | 205 | 0.55 | +0.55 | 172 | 0.46 | −0.56 | ||
NZ First | 3,395 | 9.00 | +2.70 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 263 | 0.70 | +0.49 [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Māori Party | 199 | 0.53 | −0.08 | ||||||
United Future | 66 | 0.18 | −0.27 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 57 | 0.15 | +0.15 | ||||||
Civilian | 57 | 0.15 | +0.15 | ||||||
Democrats | 28 | 0.07 | +0.01 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 10 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Focus | 10 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Informal votes | 429 | 128 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 37,347 | 37,681 | |||||||
Turnout | 37,681 | 77.51 | +2.06 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 9,778 | 26.18 | +13.28 |
2011 general election: New Plymouth [13] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 17,644 | 53.31 | +5.13 | 18,073 | 53.26 | +2.79 | ||
Labour | Andrew Little | 13,374 | 40.41 | -7.47 | 8,761 | 25.82 | -5.60 | ||
Green | Geoff Steedman | 1,277 | 3.86 | +3.86 | 3,276 | 9.65 | +3.23 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Jamie Dombroski | 439 | 1.33 | +1.33 | 178 | 0.52 | +0.05 | ||
Independent | Rusty Kane | 361 | 1.09 | -1.11 | |||||
NZ First | 2,137 | 6.30 | +2.25 | ||||||
Conservative | 667 | 1.97 | +1.97 | ||||||
ACT | 347 | 1.02 | -2.16 | ||||||
Māori Party | 207 | 0.61 | -0.14 | ||||||
United Future | 154 | 0.45 | -0.20 | ||||||
Mana | 72 | 0.21 | +0.21 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 30 | 0.09 | +0.01 | ||||||
Democrats | 19 | 0.06 | -0.07 | ||||||
Alliance | 11 | 0.03 | -0.06 | ||||||
Informal votes | 808 | 235 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,095 | 33,932 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 4,270 | 12.90 | +12.60 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,973 [14]
2008 general election: New Plymouth [15] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Jonathan Young | 16,539 | 48.18 | 17,512 | 50.47 | ||||
Labour | ![]() | 16,434 | 47.88 | 10,901 | 31.42 | ||||
Independent | Rusty Kane | 756 | 2.20 | ||||||
ACT | Chris Albers | 455 | 1.33 | 1,106 | 3.19 | ||||
Libertarianz | Mike Webber | 141 | 0.41 | 27 | 0.08 | ||||
Green | 2,230 | 6.43 | |||||||
NZ First | 1,404 | 4.05 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 301 | 0.87 | |||||||
Māori Party | 260 | 0.75 | |||||||
Progressive | 232 | 0.67 | |||||||
United Future | 227 | 0.65 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 166 | 0.48 | |||||||
Family Party | 141 | 0.41 | |||||||
Kiwi | 78 | 0.22 | |||||||
Democrats | 43 | 0.12 | |||||||
Alliance | 31 | 0.09 | |||||||
Pacific | 23 | 0.07 | |||||||
Workers Party | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
RAM | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 349 | 175 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 34,325 | 34,699 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 105 | 0.31 |
2005 general election: New Plymouth [16] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 17,512 | 53.20 | 12,542 | 37.64 | ||||
National | Moira Irving | 12,073 | 36.67 | 14,836 | 44.53 | ||||
Green | Sarah Brown | 1,165 | 3.54 | 1,816 | 5.45 | ||||
Destiny | Keren Roberts | 555 | 1.69 | 244 | 0.73 | ||||
United Future | Matt Collier | 539 | 1.64 | 791 | 2.37 | ||||
Māori Party | Tony Ruakere | 312 | 0.95 | 148 | 0.44 | ||||
ACT | Kerry O'Connor | 301 | 0.91 | 394 | 1.18 | ||||
Independent | Rusty Kane | 252 | 0.77 | ||||||
Democrats | Kevin Smith | 121 | 0.37 | 52 | 1.18 | 0.16 | |||
NZ First | 2,036 | 6.11 | |||||||
Progressive | 249 | 0.75 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 86 | 0.26 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 36 | 0.11 | |||||||
Alliance | 18 | 0.05 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 15 | 0.05 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
One NZ | 12 | 0.04 | |||||||
99 MP | 12 | 0.04 | |||||||
Family Rights | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 7 | 0.03 | |||||||
Informal votes | 338 | 126 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,919 | 33,319 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 5,439 |
1999 general election: New Plymouth | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 22,118 | 68.48 | +6.81 | 13,612 | 41.98 | +12.80 | ||
National | Len Jury | 7,026 | 21.75 | 9,487 | 29.26 | -6.90 | |||
Christian Democrats | Tom Smithers | 1,048 | 3.24 | 606 | 1.87 | ||||
Alliance | Bonnie Johnstone | 870 | 2.69 | 2,425 | 7.48 | -2.26 | |||
ACT | Moira Irving | 595 | 1.84 | 1,804 | 5.56 | +1.13 | |||
NZ First | Mae Neuman | 515 | 1.59 | 1,201 | 3.70 | -8.17 | |||
The People's Choice | Rusty Kane | 80 | 0.25 | 48 | 0.15 | ||||
Mana Wahine Te Ira Tangata | Shona Eriksen | 25 | 0.08 | ||||||
Mauri Pacific | Sharon Faloon | 21 | 0.07 | 13 | 0.04 | ||||
Green | 1,734 | 5.35 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 678 | 2.09 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 426 | 1.31 | -0.60 | ||||||
United NZ | 126 | 0.39 | -0.27 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 104 | 0.32 | +0.29 | ||||||
Animals First | 67 | 0.21 | -0.02 | ||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 45 | 0.14 | -0.14 | ||||||
One NZ | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
Natural Law | 12 | 0.04 | -0.10 | ||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 7 | 0.02 | -0.04 | ||||||
NMP | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
Freedom Movement | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Republican | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
South Island | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 464 | 340 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,298 | 32,422 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 15,092 | 46.73 | +12.45 |
1996 general election: New Plymouth [17] [18] [19] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 20,746 | 61.67 | +12.70 | 9,833 | 29.18 | |||
National | ![]() | 9,213 | 27.39 | 12,185 | 36.16 | ||||
NZ First | Harry Slaats | 1,771 | 5.26 | 3,999 | 11.87 | ||||
Alliance | Sue Gaffy | 1,277 | 3.80 | 3,282 | 9.74 | ||||
ACT | Tony Huston | 391 | 1.16 | 1,492 | 4.43 | ||||
Progressive Green | Paul O'Neill | 181 | 0.54 | 100 | 0.30 | ||||
Natural Law | Bruce Sowry | 63 | 0.19 | -0.16 | 48 | 0.14 | |||
Christian Coalition | 1,619 | 4.80 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 642 | 1.91 | |||||||
United NZ | 223 | 0.66 | |||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 93 | 0.28 | |||||||
Animals First | 77 | 0.23 | |||||||
Green Society | 21 | 0.06 | |||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 20 | 0.06 | |||||||
Conservatives | 19 | 0.06 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 205 | 151 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,642 | 33,696 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 11,533 | 34.28 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Duynhoven | 10,481 | 48.97 | +8.56 | |
National | John Armstrong | 7,355 | 34.37 | -14.44 | |
Alliance | Heather Smith | 2,182 | 10.19 | ||
NZ First | Lindsay Calvert | 1,087 | 5.07 | ||
Christian Heritage | H Starrenburgh | 217 | 1.01 | ||
Natural Law | Bruce Sowry | 77 | 0.35 | ||
Majority | 3,126 | 14.60 | |||
Turnout | 21,399 | 85.31 | -0.78 | ||
Registered electors | 25,082 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | John Armstrong | 9,883 | 48.81 | ||
Labour | Harry Duynhoven | 8,182 | 40.41 | -9.11 | |
Green | Leon Roborgh | 1,425 | 7.03 | ||
NewLabour | P Mepham | 476 | 2.35 | ||
Democrats | Harry Alchin-Smith | 179 | 0.88 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | M B Johnston | 100 | 0.49 | ||
Majority | 1,701 | 8.40 | |||
Turnout | 20,245 | 86.09 | -3.60 | ||
Registered electors | 23,515 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Duynhoven | 10,320 | 49.52 | ||
National | Tony Friedlander | 9,883 | 47.43 | +2.74 | |
Democrats | K D Steele | 413 | 1.98 | ||
NZ Party | B A McCready | 131 | 0.62 | ||
Values | G A McDonald | 89 | 0.42 | ||
Majority | 337 | 1.61 | |||
Turnout | 20,836 | 89.69 | -3.08 | ||
Registered electors | 23,229 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Tony Friedlander | 9,900 | 44.99 | -1.49 | |
Labour | Ida Gaskin | 9,631 | 43.77 | ||
NZ Party | Lloyd Horn | 1,656 | 7.52 | ||
Social Credit | George McPeak | 645 | 2.93 | -10.37 | |
Values | Janet Roborgh | 154 | 0.69 | -0.59 | |
Republican | M J K Petrie | 17 | 0.07 | ||
Majority | 269 | 1.22 | -6.32 | ||
Turnout | 22,003 | 92.77 | +1.83 | ||
Registered electors | 23,717 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Tony Friedlander | 9,649 | 46.48 | +3.87 | |
Labour | Dennis Duggan | 8,082 | 38.93 | -3.13 | |
Social Credit | George McPeak | 2,762 | 13.30 | ||
Values | Janet Roborgh | 266 | 1.28 | -1.06 | |
Majority | 1,567 | 7.54 | +6.99 | ||
Turnout | 20,759 | 90.94 | +16.23 | ||
Registered electors | 22,827 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Tony Friedlander | 8,650 | 42.61 | -6.80 | |
Labour | Dennis Duggan | 8,538 | 42.06 | ||
Social Credit | R A Kirk | 2,634 | 12.97 | ||
Values | Janet Roborgh | 476 | 2.34 | ||
Majority | 112 | 0.55 | -8.70 | ||
Turnout | 20,298 | 74.71 | -12.29 | ||
Registered electors | 27,167 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Tony Friedlander | 10,330 | 49.41 | ||
Labour | Ron Barclay | 8,395 | 40.15 | -10.48 | |
Social Credit | A J Swanney | 1,381 | 6.60 | + | |
Values | Edith Green | 798 | 3.81 | ||
Majority | 1,935 | 9.25 | |||
Turnout | 20,904 | 87.00 | -5.13 | ||
Registered electors | 24,027 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ron Barclay | 9,429 | 50.63 | +0.22 | |
National | Terry Boon | 8,133 | 43.67 | ||
Social Credit | A J Swanney | 715 | 3.83 | ||
Values | W P Neilson | 280 | 1.50 | ||
Liberal Reform | D V Hannah | 49 | 0.26 | ||
New Democratic | M A Pinkney | 16 | 0.08 | ||
Majority | 1,296 | 6.95 | +1.44 | ||
Turnout | 18,622 | 92.13 | -0.22 | ||
Registered electors | 20,212 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ron Barclay | 9,149 | 50.41 | +5.93 | |
National | Brian Clark | 8,149 | 44.90 | +0.85 | |
Social Credit | Stuart Dickson | 763 | 4.20 | ||
Country Party | Clifford Stanley Emeny | 85 | 0.46 | ||
Majority | 1,000 | 5.51 | +5.09 | ||
Turnout | 18,146 | 92.35 | +3.57 | ||
Registered electors | 19,649 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ron Barclay | 8,073 | 44.48 | -4.09 | |
National | Brian Clark | 7,995 | 44.05 | ||
Social Credit | T G Mullins | 1,129 | 6.22 | ||
Majority | 78 | 0.42 | |||
Turnout | 18,146 | 95.92 | -4.21 | ||
Registered electors | 18,916 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ernest Aderman | 8,535 | 51.42 | -0.36 | |
Labour | Ron Barclay | 8,061 | 48.57 | +6.46 | |
Majority | 474 | 2.85 | -6.82 | ||
Turnout | 16,596 | 91.71 | +0.05 | ||
Registered electors | 18,095 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ernest Aderman | 9,063 | 51.78 | +1.87 | |
Labour | Ron Barclay | 7,370 | 42.11 | -3.89 | |
Social Credit | Ken Lattimer | 1,068 | 6.10 | +2.02 | |
Majority | 1,693 | 9.67 | +5.76 | ||
Turnout | 17,501 | 91.66 | -2.56 | ||
Registered electors | 19,092 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ernest Aderman | 8,386 | 49.91 | -0.29 | |
Labour | Ron Barclay | 7,729 | 46.00 | ||
Social Credit | Ken Lattimer | 686 | 4.08 | ||
Majority | 657 | 3.91 | -3.69 | ||
Turnout | 16,801 | 94.22 | +0.55 | ||
Registered electors | 17,831 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ernest Aderman | 7,780 | 50.20 | -7.43 | |
Labour | Clarence Robert Parker | 6,602 | 42.60 | +0.24 | |
Social Credit | C A Lattimer | 1,114 | 7.18 | ||
Majority | 1,178 | 7.60 | -7.66 | ||
Turnout | 15,496 | 93.67 | +0.67 | ||
Registered electors | 16,542 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ernest Aderman | 8,816 | 57.63 | +2.57 | |
Labour | Clarence Robert Parker | 6,481 | 42.36 | -2.57 | |
Majority | 2,335 | 15.26 | +5.14 | ||
Turnout | 15,297 | 93.00 | -3.11 | ||
Registered electors | 16,448 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ernest Aderman | 8,250 | 55.06 | +3.66 | |
Labour | Clarence Robert Parker | 6,733 | 44.93 | ||
Majority | 1,517 | 10.12 | +7.32 | ||
Turnout | 14,983 | 96.11 | +0.29 | ||
Registered electors | 15,589 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ernest Aderman | 7,426 | 51.40 | +5.17 | |
Labour | George Nimmo | 7,021 | 48.59 | ||
Majority | 405 | 2.80 | +2.40 | ||
Turnout | 14,447 | 96.40 | -0.08 | ||
Registered electors | 14,985 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ernest Aderman | 6,608 | 46.23 | ||
Labour | Fred Frost | 6,550 | 45.83 | -7.22 | |
Independent | Havelock Victor McCready | 689 | 4.82 | ||
Democratic Labour | Leonard Arthur Jury | 299 | 2.09 | ||
Informal votes | 145 | 1.01 | -0.49 | ||
Majority | 58 | 0.40 | |||
Turnout | 14,291 | 96.32 | +0.36 | ||
Registered electors | 14,836 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Frost | 6,958 | 53.05 | +13.52 | |
National | Sydney George Smith | 6,089 | 46.43 | +0.10 | |
Informal votes | 69 | 0.52 | -0.87 | ||
Majority | 869 | 6.62 | |||
Turnout | 13,116 | 95.96 | +3.91 | ||
Registered electors | 13,668 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Sydney George Smith | 5,662 | 46.33 | -19.70 | |
Labour | Fred Frost | 4,831 | 39.53 | ||
Independent | Elsie Andrews | 786 | 6.43 | ||
Democrat | H Cave | 676 | 5.53 | ||
Independent Labour | William Sheat | 264 | 2.16 | -31.81 | |
Informal votes | 170 | 1.39 | ±0.00 | ||
Majority | 831 | 6.80 | -25.25 | ||
Turnout | 12,219 | 92.05 | +5.34 | ||
Registered electors | 13,273 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Sydney George Smith | 7,152 | 66.03 | +15.23 | |
Labour | William Sheat | 3,680 | 33.97 | ||
Informal votes | 153 | 1.39 | +0.78 | ||
Majority | 3,472 | 32.05 | +18.69 | ||
Turnout | 10,985 | 86.71 | -4.86 | ||
Registered electors | 12,668 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Sydney George Smith | 5,577 | 50.79 | ||
Reform | Charles Bellringer | 4,110 | 37.43 | ||
Labour | W G Simpson | 1,293 | 11.78 | ||
Majority | 1,467 | 13.36 | |||
Informal votes | 68 | 0.62 | |||
Turnout | 11,048 | 91.57 | |||
Registered electors | 12,065 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Smith | 1,782 | 55.07 | +15.21 | |
Conservative | Robert Trimble [34] | 1,291 | 39.89 | ||
Independent | Richard Price [35] | 163 | 5.04 | ||
Majority | 491 | 15.17 | +13.47 | ||
Turnout | 3,236 | 78.73 | +16.60 | ||
Registered electors | 4,110 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Smith | 539 | 39.86 | ||
Conservative | John Elliot | 516 | 38.16 | ||
Independent | R C Hughes | 297 | 21.96 | ||
Majority | 23 | 1.70 | |||
Turnout | 1,352 | 62.13 | |||
Registered electors | 2,176 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Kelly | 57 | 48.72 | ||
Independent | Frederic Carrington | 45 | 38.46 | ||
Independent | James Thomas Upjohn | 15 | 12.82 | ||
Majority | 12 | 10.26 | |||
Turnout | 117 |
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