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

1925 general election: 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

1928 general election: 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

1929 Hutt by-election[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

1931 general election: 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

1935 general election: Hutt[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 11,873 74.25 +15.17
Reform Victor Jacobsen 4,116 25.74
Informal votes 243 1.51 +0.77
Majority 7,757 48.51 +30.36
Turnout 15,989 89.88 +2.90
Registered electors 17,788

1938 election

1938 general election: Hutt[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 10,687 72.84 -1.41
National Jack Andrews 3,873 26.39
Majority 6,814 46.44 +2.07
Informal votes 114 0.77 -0.74
Turnout 14,671 95.93 +6.05
Registered electors 15,292

1943 election

1943 general election: 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 16,018 93.93 -2.00
Registered electors 17,052

1946 election

1946 general election: Hutt[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 8,025 58.67 -2.20
National Jim Vogel 5,438 39.76
Independent Labour George Laing 163 1.19
World Socialist Thomas Simpson 50 0.36
Majority 2,587 18.91 -17.38
Turnout 13,676 92.80 -1.13
Registered electors 14,737

1949 election

1949 general election: Hutt[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 8,153 57.68 -0.99
National Horace Leonard Heatley 5,880 41.60
World Socialist Thomas Simpson 100 0.70 +0.34
Majority 2,273 16.08 -2.83
Turnout 14,133 91.29 -1.51
Registered electors 15,480

1951 election

1951 general election: Hutt[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 8,872 57.73 +0.05
National Jack Andrews 6,424 41.80
World Socialist Thomas Simpson 71 0.46 -0.24
Majority 2,248 14.62 -1.46
Turnout 15,367 89.54 -1.75
Registered electors 17,161

1954 election

1954 general election: Hutt[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 8,371 60.26 +2.53
National Clevedon Costello 4,690 33.76
Social Credit Terry Maddison 829 5.96
Majority 3,681 26.50 +11.88
Turnout 13,890 88.24 -1.30
Registered electors 15,740

1957 election

1957 general election: Hutt[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 8,975 62.63 +2.37
National Lance Adams-Schneider 4,545 31.72
Social Credit Donald Milne 808 5.63
Majority 4,430 30.91 +4.41
Turnout 14,328 93.15 +4.91
Registered electors 15,381

1960 election

1960 general election: Hutt[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 7,614 54.26 -8.37
National George Barker 5,265 37.52
Social Credit Donald Milne 997 7.10 +1.47
Independent George Wain 115 0.81
Communist Ralph Hegman 40 0.28
Majority 2,349 16.74 -14.17
Turnout 14,031 89.30 -3.85
Registered electors 15,712

1963 election

1963 general election: Hutt[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 8,865 58.61 +4.35
National Vere Hampson-Tinadale 5,217 34.49
Social Credit Donald Milne 972 6.42 -0.68
Majority 3,648 24.11 +7.37
Turnout 15,125 89.25 -0.05
Registered electors 16,945

1966 election

1966 general election: Hutt[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sir Walter Nash 7,861 51.70 -6.91
National John Kennedy-Good 5,912 38.88
Social Credit Christina Dalglish 1,431 9.41
Majority 1,949 12.81 -11.30
Turnout 15,204 86.78 -2.47
Registered electors 17,520

Local elections

1929 local elections

1929 Wellington City mayoral election[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civic League George Troup 14,528 60.82 +6.37
Labour Walter Nash 9,142 38.27
Informal votes 214 0.89
Majority 5,386 22.55 +13.64
Turnout 23,884 51.55 -3.31

1933 local elections

Wellington Harbour Board, Hutt[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 6,593 79.44
Labour Mark Fagan 3,003 36.18
Citizens' Colin Francis Post 2,546 30.67
Citizens' Herbert George Teagle 2,373 28.59
Independent Archibald Walker 1,888 22.74
Informal votes 196 2.36
Turnout 8,299

1935 local elections

Wellington Harbour Board, Hutt[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Walter Nash 8,312 81.06 +1.62
Labour Mark Fagan 5,498 53.61 +17.43
Legion Jack Andrews 4,109 40.07
Independent Alexander Anderson 2,454 23.93
Informal votes 136 1.32 -1.04
Turnout 10,254

Leadership elections

1940 Deputy-leadership election

Candidate Votes %
Walter Nash 51 100.00
Turnout 51 —

1951 Leadership election

Candidate Votes %
Walter Nash 34 100.00
Turnout 34 —

1954 Leadership election

Candidate Votes %
Walter Nash 17 56.67
Arnold Nordmeyer 9 30.00
Abstentions 4 13.33
Majority 6 20.00
Turnout 30 —

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. Vol. CXII, no. 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 General Election, 1935. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  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. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 76. 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  9. ^ "City Nominations". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 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. ^ a b c d e f Norton 1988, pp. 251.
  14. ^ "Election Notices". The Dominion. Vol. 22, no. 191. 10 May 1929. p. 2.
  15. ^ "Hutt Valley Polls". The Evening Post. Vol. CXV, no. 106. 8 May 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Harbour Board Poll". The Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 112. 14 May 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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