Electoral history of Alfred Hindmarsh
This is a summary of the electoral history of Alfred Hindmarsh, Leader of the Labour Party (1916–18) and Member of Parliament for Wellington South (1911–18).
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Alfred Hindmarsh, c.1915.
Parliamentary elections
1905 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Henry Peter Barber | 3,231 | 42.87 | +15.27 | |
Conservative | Thomas William Hislop | 2,018 | 26.78 | -0.26 | |
Independent Liberal | William Chapple | 1,795 | 23.82 | +3.56 | |
Ind. Labour League | Alfred Hindmarsh | 383 | 5.08 | +5.08 | |
Majority | 1213 | 16.09 | +15.54 | ||
Informal votes | 108 | 1.43 | |||
Turnout | 7,535 | 84.13 | |||
Registered electors | 8,956 |
1911 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Robert Alexander Wright | 2,974 | 41.37 | ||
Labour | Alfred Hindmarsh | 2,670 | 37.14 | ||
Liberal | William Henry Peter Barber | 1,264 | 17.58 | ||
Independent | Albert Couzens | 185 | 2.57 | ||
Informal votes | 95 | 1.32 | |||
Turnout | 7,188 | 79.27 | |||
Registered electors | 9,067 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Hindmarsh | 3,598 | 51.76 | +14.62 | |
Reform | Robert Alexander Wright | 3,344 | 48.10 | +6.73 | |
Majority | 254 | 3.65 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.12 | -1.18 | ||
Turnout | 6,951 | 76.66 | -2.61 |
1914 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Labour | Alfred Hindmarsh | 4,279 | 56.12 | +4.36 | |
Reform | John Luke | 3,064 | 40.18 | ||
Independent | Robert Bradford Williams | 221 | 2.89 | ||
Majority | 1,215 | 15.93 | |||
Informal votes | 60 | 0.78 | |||
Turnout | 7,624 | 86.29 | |||
Registered electors | 8,835 |
Local elections
1911 local elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citizens League | Robert Fletcher | 12,478 | 96.28 | ||
Citizens League | John Fitzgerald | 8,219 | 63.41 | ||
Labour | Alfred Hindmarsh | 7,455 | 57.52 | ||
Citizens League | James Trevor | 6,500 | 50.15 | ||
Citizens League | William Hildreth | 5,819 | 44.89 | ||
Labour | Tom Young | 5,716 | 44.10 | ||
Independent | Paul Coffey | 3,842 | 29.64 | ||
Independent | George Farland | 1,809 | 13.95 | ||
Turnout | 12,960 |
1913 local elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Fletcher | 12,230 | 74.81 | 21.47 | |
Civic League | Robert Alexander Wright | 9,261 | 56.65 | ||
Civic League | James Trevor | 7,855 | 48.05 | -2.10 | |
United Labour | Alfred Hindmarsh | 7,507 | 45.92 | -11.60 | |
Civic League | A. Leigh Hunt | 7,458 | 45.62 | ||
Independent | John Edward Fitzgerald | 7,023 | 42.96 | ||
United Labour | Michael Reardon | 4,310 | 26.36 | ||
United Labour | Elijah Carey | 4,018 | 24.58 | ||
Independent | Michael Francis Bourke | 3,604 | 22.04 | ||
Independent | George Farland | 2,152 | 13.16 | -0.79 | |
Total votes | 16,346 |
1915 local elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Fletcher | 9,861 | 61.59 | -13.22 | |
Civic League | William Cable | 9,030 | 56.40 | ||
United Labour | Alfred Hindmarsh | 8,977 | 56.07 | +10.15 | |
Civic League | Robert Alexander Wright | 8,607 | 53.76 | -2.89 | |
Civic League | A. Leigh Hunt | 5,835 | 36.44 | -9.18 | |
Independent | John Edward Fitzgerald | 5,747 | 35.89 | -7.07 | |
Civic League | Herbert G. Hill | 4,701 | 29.36 | ||
Independent | William Hildreth | 4,504 | 28.13 | ||
United Labour | George Bruce | 3,529 | 22.04 | ||
United Labour | Tom Young | 3,243 | 20.25 | ||
Total votes | 16,009 |
Notes
- The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- "Wellington Harbour Board". The Evening Post. LXXXI (99). 28 April 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- "Wellington Harbour Board". Free Lance. XIII (671). 10 May 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- "Wellington Harbour Board". The Dominion. 6 (2456). 8 May 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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