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Michael Joseph Savage

Prime Minister of New Zealand

Elections

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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).

Parliamentary elections

1911 election

1911 general election: Auckland Central[1]
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

1914 general election: Auckland Central[2]
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

1919 general election: Auckland West[3]
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

1922 general election: Auckland West[4][5][6]
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

1925 general election: Auckland West[7][8]
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

1928 general election: Auckland West[9]
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

1931 general election: Auckland West[10]
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

1935 general election: Auckland West[11]
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

1938 general election: Auckland West[12]
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

1919 Auckland Hospital Board election[13]
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

1921 Auckland Hospital Board election[14]
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

1927 Auckland Hospital Board election[15]
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

1929 Auckland Hospital Board election[16]
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

1931 Auckland Hospital Board election[17]
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

1933 Auckland Hospital Board election[18]
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

Leadership elections

1923 Deputy-leadership election

1923 Deputy-leadership election[19]
Name Votes Percentage
Michael Joseph Savage 11 64.70%
Dan Sullivan 6 35.30%

1933 Leadership election

1933 Leadership election[20]
Name Votes Percentage
Michael Joseph Savage 24 100%

Notes

  1. ^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  2. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
  6. ^ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
  7. ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ^ "General Election". The Evening Post. Vol. CX, no. 30. 4 August 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  9. ^ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  10. ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  11. ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  12. ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  13. ^ "Election of Members of the Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board". Vol. XXXIX, no. 37. Observer. 17 May 1919. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Election of Members of the Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board". Vol. LVIII, no. 17773. The New Zealand Herald. 5 May 1921. p. 10. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  15. ^ "New Hospital Board". Vol. LXIV, no. 19622. The New Zealand Herald. 28 April 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  16. ^ "City of Auckland". Vol. LXVI, no. 20248. The New Zealand Herald. 7 May 1929. p. 20. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Hospital Board". Vol. LXII, no. 106. Auckland Star. 7 May 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Local Elections". Vol. LXX, no. 21486. The New Zealand Herald. 9 May 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  19. ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 114.
  20. ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 153.

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