Electoral history of Walter Nash

Walter Nash in the 1950s.

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

General election, 1925: Hutt[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Wilford 6,080 58.13 +16.98
Labour Walter Nash 4,286 40.98
Informal votes 92 0.87 +0.01
Majority 1,794 17.15 +8.25
Turnout 10,458 91.04 -0.17
Registered electors 11,487

1928 election

General election, 1928: Hutt[2]
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

Hutt by-election, 1929[3]
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:

  1. ↑ For some biographical details of Kerr refer to his father's article.
  2. ↑ For some biographical details of Johnston refer to his father's article.

1931 election

General election, 1931: Hutt[4]
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:

  1. ↑ For some biographical details of James Kerr refer to his father's article.

1935 election

General election, 1935: Hutt[5]
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

General election, 1938: Hutt[6]
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

General election, 1943: Hutt[7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Nash 8,823 60.87 11.97
Real Democracy John H. Hogan[10] 3,563 24.58
National Norman Percival Croft 3,017 20.81
Democratic Labour Patrick Connors 437 3.01
Informal votes 178 1.22 +0.45
Majority 5,260 36.29 -10.15
Turnout 14,493

1946 election

General election, 1946: Hutt[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Nash 8,025 58.7 -2.17
National Jim Vogel 5,438 39.7
Independent Labour G Laing 163 1.2
World Socialist Thomas Simpson 50 0.4
Majority 2,587 18.91 -17.38
Turnout 13,676

1949 election

General election, 1949: Hutt[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Nash 8,153 57.7 -1.00
National H L Heatley 5,880 41.6
World Socialist Thomas Simpson 100 0.7 +0.30
Majority 2,273 16.1 -2.79
Turnout 15,480

1951 election

General election, 1951: Hutt[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Nash 8,872 57.7 ±0
National John William Andrews 6,424 41.8
World Socialist Thomas Simpson 71 0.5 -0.20
Majority 2,248 15.9 -0.20
Turnout 17,161 89.9

1954 election

General election, 1954: Hutt[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Nash 8,371 60.3 +3.6
National Clevedon 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

General election, 1957: Hutt[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Nash 8,975 62.7 +2.40
National Lance Adams-Schneider 4,545 31.7
Social Credit Donald Milne 808 5.6
Majority 4,430 31.0 +4.40
Turnout 15,381 93.6 +5.90

1960 election

General election, 1960: Hutt[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Nash 7,614 54.3 -8.40
National George Llewellyn Barker 5,265 37.5
Social Credit Donald Milne 997 7.1 +2.60
Independent George Wain 115 0.8
Communist Ralph Hegman 40 0.3
Majority 2,349 16.8 -14.20
Turnout 15,712 90.1 -3.50

1963 election

General election, 1963: Hutt[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Walter Nash 8,865 58.6 +4.30
National Vere Edward Hampson-Tinadale 5,217 34.5
Social Credit Donald Milne 972 6.4 -1.50
Majority 3,648 21.52 +4.72
Turnout 16,945 89.9 -0.20

1966 election

General election, 1966: Hutt[14]
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 mayoral election

Wellington mayoral election, 1929[15]
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

1940 Deputy-leadership election
NameVotesPercentage
Walter Nash51100%

1951 Leadership election

1951 Leadership election
NameVotesPercentage
Walter Nash34100%

1954 Leadership election

1954 Leadership election
NameVotesPercentage
Walter Nash1562.5%
Arnold Nordmeyer937.5%

Notes

  1. ↑ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ↑ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Hutt Seat". The Evening Post. CXII (108). 3 November 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. ↑ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. CXXXVI (76). 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "City Nominations". Evening Post. CXXXVI (61). 9 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Calderwood, David (2010). Not a Fair Go: A History and Analysis of Social Credit’s Struggle for Success in New Zealand’s Electoral System (PDF) (M.A. Political Science thesis). University of Waikato. p. 28. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 Norton 1988.
  15. ↑ "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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