1908 New Zealand general election Turnout 79.8% Results of the election.
The 1908 New Zealand general election was held on Tuesday, 17 and 24 November and 1 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 2 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 17th session of the New Zealand Parliament . A total number of 537,003 (79.8%) voters turned out to vote.[ 1]
Changes to the electoral law [ edit ] The Second Ballot Act 1908 provided for second or runoff ballots between the top two candidates where the top candidate did not get an absolute majority. The second ballot was held 7 days after the first ballot except in 10 large rural seats, where 14 days were allowed. In 1908, 22 second ballots were held on 24 November and 1 (Bay of Plenty ) on 1 December. At the 1911 election, all 30 second ballots were held 7 days later.[ 2] Rangitikei and Thames ) also required second ballots.
The Second Ballot Act of 1908, which did not apply to the Maori electorates, was repealed in 1913.
The following table gives party strengths and vote distribution.
Popular Vote Liberal
58.7% Conservative
27.8% Ind. Labour League
3.1% Socialist
0.6% Independents
9.4%
Parliament seats Liberal
62.50% Conservative
32.50% Ind. Labour League
1.25% Independents
3.75%
The following are the results of the 1908 general election:
Key
Liberal Conservative Ind. Labour League Independent Liberal Liberal–Labour Independent
Electorate results for the 1908 New Zealand general election[ 4] Electorate Incumbent Winner Majority Runner up General electorates [ nb 1] Ashburton John McLachlan William Nosworthy 747† Frederick Flatman Auckland Central Alfred Kidd Albert Glover 2,540 Alfred Kidd Auckland East Frederick Baume 1,096 William Richardson Auckland West Charles Poole 1,455 Robert Thompson Avon William Tanner George Warren Russell 541† William Tanner Awarua Joseph Ward 2,183 William Morris Bay of Islands Robert Houston Vernon Reed 265 John Charles Johnson Bay of Plenty William Herries William MacDonald 446† James Gow Bruce James Allen 1,393 Joseph Mosley Buller James Colvin 997 Fergus Ferguson Munro Chalmers Edmund Allen Edward Henry Clark 226 Edmund Allen Christchurch East Thomas Davey 1,666 James McCombs Christchurch North Charles Gray Tommy Taylor 1,698 Charles Gray Christchurch South Harry Ell [ nb 2] 1,273 Jim Thorn Clutha Alexander Malcolm 1,799 Frank Isitt Dunedin Central John A. Millar James Arnold 1,512 John McDonald Dunedin North Alfred Barclay George Thomson 6 Alfred Barclay Dunedin South James Arnold Thomas Sidey 1,830 Robert Rutherford Douglas Dunedin West New electorate John A. Millar 2,447 Jim Munro Eden John Bollard 2,164 John Shackelford Egmont William Thomas Jennings Bradshaw Dive 249 George Wake Ellesmere Heaton Rhodes 902 George Rennie Franklin William Massey 1,187 John McLarin Geraldine Frederick Flatman Thomas Buxton 92 William Jeffries Gisborne New electorate James Carroll 734 George Darton Grey Arthur Guinness 1,115 James Kerr[ nb 3] Grey Lynn George Fowlds 889 Oliver Nicholson Hawke's Bay Alfred Dillon 704 William Russell Hurunui Andrew Rutherford George Forbes 597 Obed Clothier Hutt Thomas Wilford 1,538 Richard Shortt Invercargill Josiah Hanan 848 Arthur Paape Kaiapoi David Buddo 77 Richard Moore Kaipara John Stallworthy 283 Alfred Harding Lyttelton George Laurenson 803 Henry Thacker Manawatu John Stevens Edward Newman 585 John Stevens Manukau Frederic Lang 1,369 Alfred Creamer Marsden Francis Mander 704 James Harrison Masterton Alexander Hogg 1,248 John Hunter Mataura Robert McNab George Anderson 366 Robert McNab Motueka Roderick McKenzie 1,501 Frederick Smith Napier Alfred Fraser Vigor Brown 1,035 Alfred Fraser Nelson John Graham 14 Harry Atmore Oamaru Thomas Young Duncan 613 James Mitchell Ohinemuri Hugh Poland 692† Frederick Haselden Oroua Frank Lethbridge David Guthrie 941 Owen Pleasants Otaki William Hughes Field William Hughes Field 93 Byron Brown Pahiatua Robert Beatson Ross 264 James Cooper Palmerston William Wood David Buick 81† William Wood Parnell Frank Lawry 219 Edward George Britton Moss Patea Walter Symes George Pearce 252 Charles E. Major Rangitikei Arthur Remington 158 Robert William Smith Riccarton George Witty 1,600 George Sheat Selwyn Charles Hardy 383 Joseph Ivess Stratford New electorate John Hine 724 Walter Symes Taranaki Henry Okey 1,295 William Malone Taieri Donald Reid Thomas Mackenzie 521 John Thomas Johnson Taumarunui New electorate William Thomas Jennings 1,850 William Bowater Tauranga New electorate William Herries 1,303 James Alexander Young Thames James McGowan 2,100 Ernest Deeble Timaru William Hall-Jones James Craigie 380† William David Campbell Tuapeka William Chapple Robert Scott 697† John MacPherson Wairarapa J. T. Marryat Hornsby Walter Clarke Buchanan 136 J. T. Marryat Hornsby Wairau Charles H. Mills John Duncan 252 Robert McArtney Waikato Henry Greenslade 493 Allen Bell Waipawa Charles Hall 50 George Hunter Waitaki William Steward 329 Francis Henry Smith Waitemata Ewen Alison Leonard Phillips 903† William Joseph Napier Wakatipu William Fraser 1,151 Andrew Martin Wallace John Charles Thomson 1,346 Dugald MacPherson Wanganui James Thomas Hogan 742† George Hutchison Wellington Central Francis Fisher 143 Thomas Hislop Wellington East John Aitken David McLaren 427† Arthur Atkinson Wellington North Charles Hayward Izard Alexander Herdman 826† Frederick Bolton Wellington South New electorate Robert Wright 558† William Barber Wellington Suburbs New electorate John Luke 1,148† John Edward Fitzgerald Westland Tom Seddon 110 Henry Michel Māori electorates [ nb 4] Eastern Maori Āpirana Ngata 3,010 Tiki Paaka Northern Maori Hone Heke 1,045 Hare te Rangi Southern Maori Tame Parata 7 Teone Hopere Wharewiti Uru Western Maori Henare Kaihau 757 Pepene Eketone
Table footnotes:
^ † in Majority column depicts electorates in which a second ballot was held. ^ Harry Ell was previously associated with the Liberal Party .^ For some biographical details of James Kerr refer to his father's article ^ The affiliation of many of the Māori candidates is unknown or uncertain; note that the Second Ballot Act 1908 did not apply to Māori constituencies. A boundary redistribution resulted in the abolition of seven seats: At the same time, seven new seats came into being: Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103 .
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