Electoral history of Arnold Nordmeyer

This is a summary of the electoral history of Arnold Nordmeyer, Leader of the Labour Party (1963–65) and Member of Parliament for Oamaru (1935–49), Brooklyn (1951–54) & Island Bay (1954–69).

Arnold Nordmeyer in the 1950s.

Parliamentary elections

1935 election
1935 general election: Oamaru[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 5,296 50.93
United John MacPherson 4,154 39.94 -1.53
Democrat Herbert Gladstone Hill 948 9.11
Informal votes 136 1.30 +0.92
Majority 1,142 10.98
Turnout 10,398 92.36 +3.84
Registered electors 11,257

1938 election
1938 general election: Oamaru[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 5,971 53.07 +3.14
National Michael Francis Edward Cooney 5,213 46.33
Informal votes 66 0.58 -0.72
Majority 758 6.73 -4.25
Turnout 11,250 95.33 +2.97
Registered electors 11,801

1943 election
1943 general election: Oamaru[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 5,151 47.81 -5.26
National Thomas Ross Beatty 5,026 46.65
Democratic Labour George Barclay 339 3.14
People's Movement George Percival Cuttriss 167 1.55
Informal votes 90 0.83 +0.25
Majority 125 1.16 -5.57
Turnout 10,773 96.67 +1.34
Registered electors 11,143

1946 election
1946 general election: Oamaru[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 7,079 50.6 +2.8
National Thomas Ross Beatty 6,847 49.0 +2.4
Independent Liberal George Percival Cuttriss 56 0.4 -1.51
Informal votes 53 0.3 -0.5
Majority 232 1.6 +0.5
Turnout 14,035 94.8 -1.8
Registered electors 14,736

1949 election
1949 general election: Oamaru[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Thomas Hayman 7,415 54.6
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 6,721 45.4 -3.1
Informal votes 64 0.4 +0.1
Majority 694 5.0
Turnout 14,950 95.0 +0.2
Registered electors 15,658

1951 by-election
1951 Brooklyn by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 5,287 63.56
National Leonard Theodor Jacobsen[8] 2,902 34.88
Communist Connie Birchfield 129 1.55 -0.59
Majority 2,385 28.67
Turnout 8,318 63.60 -22.13
Registered electors 13,077
Labour hold Swing

1951 election
1951 general election: Brooklyn[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 6,375 58.35 -5.21
National Charles William Clift 4,549 41.64
Majority 1,826 16.71 -11.96
Turnout 10,924 83.53 +19.93
Registered electors 13,077

1954 election
1954 general election: Island Bay[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 8,594 58.48
National John Maurice Whitta 5,159 35.10
Social Credit Daniel Gardiner 821 5.58
Communist Ron Smith 120 0.81
Majority 3,824 26.02
Turnout 14,694 87.29 -1.37
Registered electors 16,833

1957 election
1957 general election: Island Bay[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 9,368 61.16 +2.68
National Saul Goldsmith 5,159 33.68
Social Credit Eric Elliott 683 4.45
Communist Ray Nunes 105 0.68
Majority 4,209 27.48 +1.46
Turnout 15,315 91.20 +3.91
Registered electors 16,792

1960 election
1960 general election: Island Bay[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 7,459 53.26 -7.90
National Fairlie Fergus Curry 5,668 40.47
Social Credit John Albert Cameron 748 5.34
Communist Ron Smith 128 0.91
Majority 1,791 12.79 -14.69
Turnout 14,003 85.96 -5.24
Registered electors 16,290

1963 election
1963 general election: Island Bay[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 8,372 54.96 +1.70
National Fairlie Fergus Curry 5,984 39.28 -1.19
Social Credit John Albert Cameron 711 4.66 -0.68
Communist Ron Smith 164 1.07 +0.16
Majority 2,388 15.67 +2.88
Turnout 15,231 87.43 +1.47
Registered electors 17,419

1966 election
1966 general election: Island Bay[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 7,267 53.71 -1.25
National Saul Goldsmith 4,461 32.97
Social Credit K A Marshall 1,487 10.99
Ind. Social Credit John Albert Cameron 174 1.28 -3.38
Communist Ron Smith 139 1.02 -0.05
Majority 2,806 20.74 +5.07
Turnout 13,528 78.89 -8.54
Registered electors 17,147

Local elections

1971 civic election
1971 civic elections: Wellington Hospital Board[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Nordmeyer 22,915 79.31
Citizens' Alan Fraser 15,610 54.03
Citizens' Phoebe Brown 15,295 52.94
Citizens' Malcolm Nicholson 15,247 52.77
Citizens' Gilbert McLean 13,645 47.23
Citizens' Gerald Bridge 13,530 46.83
Citizens' Nancy Horrocks 12,690 43.92
Labour Florence Vincent 12,606 43.63
Labour Warwick McKean 12,323 42.65
Labour June Lewin 11,174 38.67
Labour Stan Rodger 9,615 33.28
Labour Terrence Hayden 9,575 33.14
Civic Reform Catherine Stafford 3,773 13.05
Civic Reform Donald McMillan 3,562 12.32
Civic Reform Colin Percy 1,784 6.17
Turnout 28,890

Leadership elections

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 N/A

1963 Leadership election
Candidate Votes %
Arnold Nordmeyer 34 100.0
Turnout 34 N/A

1965 Leadership election
Candidate Votes %
Norman Kirk 25 71.4
Arnold Nordmeyer 10 28.6
Majority 15 42.8
Turnout 35 N/A

Party elections

1940 Party Conference
1940 Presidential election[11]
Candidate Votes %
James Roberts57158.62%
Gervan McMillan32032.85%
Jim Barclay484.92%
Arnold Nordmeyer353.59%

1948 Party Conference
1948 Presidential election[12]
Candidate Votes %
James Roberts38757.76%
Arnold Nordmeyer25237.61%
Clyde Carr142.08%
John Mathison142.08%
Informal 3 0.44%
1948 Vice Presidential election[12]
Candidate Votes %
Arnold Nordmeyer36852.57%
Richard French Barter12417.71%
Mabel Howard7711.00%
Philip Connolly446.28%
Archie Grant273.85%
John Mathison233.28%
Alan Baxter182.57%
Martyn Finlay152.14%
Jim Kent40.57%

1949 Party Conference
1949 Presidential election[13]
Candidate Votes %
James Roberts46864.55%
Arnold Nordmeyer21830.06%
Mabel Howard263.58%
John Mathison131.79%
1949 Vice Presidential election[13]
Candidate Votes %
Arnold Nordmeyer47563.41%
Richard French Barter10113.48%
Jim Collins597.87%
Philip Connolly516.80%
Martyn Finlay314.13%
Mabel Howard222.93%
Ben Waters70.93%
John Mathison30.40%

1950 Party Conference
1950 Presidential election[14]
Candidate Votes %
Arnold Nordmeyer45860.02%
James Roberts29939.18%
George Manning60.78%

Notes
  1. The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  2. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  3. "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  4. "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. CXXXVI (76). 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  7. Norton 1988, p. 203.
  8. "Public Notices". The Evening Post. CXXXVI (136). 6 December 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  9. Norton 1988, pp. 255.
  10. Petersen, G.A. (19 October 1971). Declaration of Election Results (Report). Wellington City Council.
  11. "Labour Party". Otago Daily Times (24257). 27 March 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  12. "Twelfth Time Labour President". Gisborne Herald. LXXV (22629). 5 May 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  13. "Mr. Roberts Elected as President for Thirteenth Year". Gisborne Herald. LXXVI (22954). 24 May 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  14. "New President". Otago Daily Times. 27385. 10 May 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

References
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
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