Electoral history of Joseph Ward

Sir Joseph Ward, 1928

This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1906–12; 1928–30) Leader of the Liberal Party (1906–12; 1913–19; 1928–30) and Member of Parliament for Awarua (1887–1919) and Invercargill (1925–1930).

Parliamentary elections

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1887 election

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General election, 1887: Awarua[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Ward 660 50.84
Independent George Froggatt 401 30.89
Independent James Walker Bain 237 18.25
Majority 259 19.95
Turnout 1,298 62.46
Registered electors 2,078

1890 election

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General election, 1890: Awarua[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward Unopposed
Registered electors 2,158

1893 election

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General election, 1893: Awarua[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward Unopposed
Registered electors 3,129

1896 election

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General election, 1896: Awarua[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward 1,836 63.60
Conservative Cuthbert Cowan[6] 1,051 36.40
Turnout 2,887 72.68
Majority 785 27.19
Registered electors 3,887

1897 by-election

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1897 Awarua by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward 2,066 69.42 +5.82
Conservative Cuthbert Cowan 910 30.58 −5.82
Turnout 2,976
Majority 1,156 38.84 +11.65

1899 election

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General election, 1899: Awarua[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward 2,417 77.92 +14.06
Conservative W. T. Murray[9] 685 22.08
Majority 1,732 55.83 +28.12
Turnout 3,102 76.37
Registered electors 4,062

1902 election

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General election, 1902: Awarua[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 2,795 75.37 −2.55
Independent David Whyte 913 24.63
Majority 1,882 50.75
Turnout 3,708 76.69 +0.32
Registered electors 4,835

1905 election

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General election, 1905: Awarua[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 3,586 81.68 +6.31
Independent Henry Woodnorth 738 16.82
Informal votes 66 1.50
Majority 2,848 64.87 +14.12
Turnout 4,390 83.39 −6.70
Registered electors 5,264

1908 election

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General election, 1908: Awarua, First ballot[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 3,069 64.92 −16.76
Independent William Morris 886 18.74
Conservative Alfred Snowball 595 12.58
Informal votes 177 3.74 +2.24
Majority 2,183 46.18 −18.69
Turnout 4,727 81.65 −1.74
Registered electors 5,789

1911 election

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General election, 1911: Awarua, First ballot[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 2,893 53.65 −11.27
Reform John Hamilton 2,265 42.01
Independent William Morris 152 2.81 −15.93
Informal votes 82 1.52 −2.22
Majority 628 11.64 −34.18
Turnout 5,392 86.71 +5.06
Registered electors 6,218

1914 election

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General election, 1914: Awarua[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 3,132 62.16 +8.51
Reform John Hamilton 1,906 37.83 −4.18
Informal votes 34 0.67 +0.85
Majority 1,226 24.33 +12.69
Turnout 5,038 83.03 +3.68
Registered electors 6,067

1919 election

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General election, 1919: Awarua[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform John Hamilton 3,164 55.99 +18.16
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 2,407 42.59 −19.57
Informal votes 80 1.41 +0.74
Majority 757 13.39
Turnout 5,651 81.46 +1.57
Registered electors 6,937

1923 by-election

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1923 Tauranga by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Charles Macmillan 4,360 57.41
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 3,235 42.59
Informal votes 35 0.46
Majority 1,125 14.81
Turnout 7,630 85.53
Registered electors 8,921
Reform hold Swing

1925 election

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General election, 1925: Invercargill[17][18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 4,957 46.91
Reform James Hargest 4,798 45.41
Labour Pat Hickey 811 7.68
Majority 159 1.50 −9.22
Informal votes 55 0.52 −0.34
Turnout 10,621 93.73 +3.44
Registered electors 11,332

1928 election

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1928 general election: Invercargill[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Sir Joseph Ward 7,309 63.89 +16.98
Reform Morell Macalister 4,131 36.11
Majority 3,178 27.78 +26.27
Informal votes 88 0.76 +0.25
Turnout 11,528 93.12 −0.61
Registered electors 12,380

Local elections

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1881 election

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Campbelltown mayoral election, 1881[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Ward 52 75.36
Independent Walter Searle 17 24.64
Majority 35 50.72
Turnout 69

1882 election

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Campbelltown mayoral election, 1882[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Ward Unopposed
Registered electors

1883 election

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Campbelltown mayoral election, 1883[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Ward 35 71.43
Independent Timothy James Warren 14 28.57
Majority 21 42.85
Turnout 49

References

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  1. ^ "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  2. ^ "New Zealand General Election, 1890". 1891. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  3. ^ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. ^ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  5. ^ "The Awarua Election". Vol. LX, no. 2467. The Timaru Herald. 7 August 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. ^ "The General Election". The Press. Vol. LIII, no. 9565. 4 November 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. ^ "The Awarua Election". The Timaru Herald. Vol. LX, no. 2467. 7 August 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  8. ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Farewell to Mr and Mrs W. T. Murray and Mr and Mrs B. W. R. Dunn". The Southland Times. No. 14743. 12 September 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  10. ^ The General Election, 1902. National Library. 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  11. ^ The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  12. ^ "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  13. ^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  14. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  15. ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  16. ^ Hislop 1923, p. 10.
  17. ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  18. ^ "Missing Votes in Lyttelton Election". Auckland Star. Vol. LVI, no. LVI. 13 November 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  19. ^ "Amended Results". The Evening Post. Vol. CX, no. 117. 13 November 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  20. ^ "General Election". The Evening Post. Vol. CVI, no. 121. 27 November 1928. p. 14. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  21. ^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  22. ^ "Campbelltown". Southland Times. No. 4188. 1 December 1881. p. 4. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  23. ^ "Borough of Campbelltown". Southland Times. No. 4478. 16 November 1882. p. 3. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  24. ^ "Borough of Campbelltown". Southland Times. No. 4804. 30 November 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

Works cited

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