Electoral history of Michael Joseph Savage
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Member of Parliament for Auckland West (1919–40).
Parliamentary elections
1911 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Albert Glover | 4,053 | 56.93 | +3.73 | |
Social Democrat | Michael Joseph Savage | 1,751 | 24.59 | +1.01 | |
Reform
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Florence Keller | 7,142 | 79.68 | ||
Citizens
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Patrick Nerheny | 4,322 | 48.22 | ||
Citizens
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Peter Mackay | 4,122 | 45.98 | ||
Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 3,993 | 44.54 | ||
Citizens
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George Knight | 3,958 | 44.15 | ||
Labour | George Davis | 3,880 | 43.28 | ||
Citizens
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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
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Paul Richardson | 2,441 | 27.23 |
1921 local-body elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Citizens'
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William Wallace | 8,963 | 60.44 | ||
Progressive Citizens'
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Peter Mackay | 7,494 | 50.53 | +4.35 | |
Progressive Citizens'
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George Knight | 7,196 | 48.52 | +4.37 | |
Independent | Horatio Bagnall
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6,939 | 46.79 | ||
Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 6,291 | 42.42 | -2.12 | |
Progressive Citizens'
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Alfred Hall-Skelton | 5,717 | 38.55 | -1.07 | |
Independent | Arthur Sexton | 5,597 | 37.74 | ||
Progressive Citizens'
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Citizens'
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William Wallace | 10,966 | 63.25 | ||
Progressive Citizens'
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Ethel Kidd | 8,525 | 49.17 | ||
Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 8,450 | 48.74 | ||
Progressive Citizens'
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John Dempsey | 7,288 | 42.03 | ||
Independent | George Knight | 6,792 | 39.17 | ||
Progressive Citizens'
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Sidney Takle | 5,266 | 30.37 | ||
Progressive Citizens'
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Citizens'
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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'
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Ethel Kidd | 9,534 | 49.18 | +0.01 | |
Independent | John Dempsey | 7,166 | 36.95 | -5.08 | |
Progressive Citizens'
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George Knight | 6,968 | 35.93 | -3.24 | |
Progressive Citizens'
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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'
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William John McMillan | 2,143 | 11.05 | ||
Independent | Harry Taylor | 1,911 | 9.85 |
1931 local-body elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Citizens Committee
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William Wallace | 16,007 | 92.98 | +20.57 | |
Citizens Committee
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Edward Gunson | 13,983 | 81.22 | +16.07 | |
Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 13,392 | 77.79 | +23.05 | |
Citizens Committee
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Citizens Committee
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William Wallace | 13,676 | 73.58 | -19.40 | |
Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | 12,852 | 69.14 | -8.65 | |
Citizens Committee
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Edward Gunson | 11,077 | 59.59 | -21.63 | |
Citizens Committee
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Ethel Kidd | 9,928 | 53.41 | -22.86 | |
Labour | Mary Dreaver | 8,088 | 43.51 | -12.16 | |
Citizens Committee
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Sydney Harbutt | 7,465 | 40.16 | ||
Citizens Committee
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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 | |
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Michael Joseph Savage | 11 | 64.70% | |
Dan Sullivan | 6 | 35.30% |
1933 Leadership election
1933 Leadership election[20] | |||
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
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Michael Joseph Savage | 24 | 100% |
Notes
- ^ "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 1 August 2013.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
- ^ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
- ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "General Election". The Evening Post. Vol. CX, no. 30. 4 August 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "New Hospital Board". Vol. LXIV, no. 19622. The New Zealand Herald. 28 April 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "City of Auckland". Vol. LXVI, no. 20248. The New Zealand Herald. 7 May 1929. p. 20. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Hospital Board". Vol. LXII, no. 106. Auckland Star. 7 May 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Local Elections". Vol. LXX, no. 21486. The New Zealand Herald. 9 May 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 114.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 153.
References
- ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
- Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.