Electoral history of Jack Marshall

This is a summary of the electoral history of Jack Marshall, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972), Leader of the National Party (1972–74), and Member of Parliament for Mount Victoria (1946–54) then Karori (1954–75).

Parliamentary elections

1946 election

1946 general election: Mount Victoria[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	6,520	53.09
	Labour	Eugene Casey	5,609	45.67
	Independent Liberal	John Hart Parry	152	1.23
Majority			911	7.41
Turnout			12,281	88.44
Registered electors			13,885

1949 election

1949 general election: Mount Victoria[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	6,562	58.44	+5.35
	Labour	Nathan Richard Seddon	4,572	40.71
	Independent	Julius Hyde	94	0.83
Majority			1,808	16.10	+8.69
Turnout			11,228	87.45	+0.99
Registered electors			12,839

1951 election

1951 general election: Mount Victoria[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	6,556	60.06	+1.62
	Labour	Frank Kitts	4,358	39.94
Majority			2,198	20.12	+4.02
Turnout			10,914	84.36	-3.09
Registered electors			12,936

1954 election

General election, 1954: Karori[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	8,317	53.30
	Labour	Jim Bateman	6,506	41.72	+5.20
	Social Credit	Richard Donald McLaren	778	4.98
Majority			1,811	11.60
Turnout			15,601	87.88	+0.50
Registered electors			17,751

1957 election

General election, 1957: Karori[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	9,481	57.35	+4.05
	Labour	Keith Spry	6,420	38.83
	Social Credit	Barney Thomas Daniel	555	3.35
	Independent	Thomas Simpson	75	0.45
Majority			3,061	18.51	+6.91
Turnout			16,531	92.82	+4.94
Registered electors			17,809

1960 election

General election, 1960: Karori[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	9,841	61.99	+4.64
	Labour	Olive Smuts-Kennedy	5,528	34.83
	Social Credit	Dorothy Wild	505	3.18
Majority			4,313	27.17	+8.66
Turnout			15,874	88.22	-4.60
Registered electors			17,993

1963 election

General election, 1963: Karori[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	10,312	59.67	-2.32
	Labour	Keith Spry	6,292	36.41
	Social Credit	Barney Thomas Daniel	677	3.92
Majority			4,020	23.26	-3.91
Turnout			17,281	91.34	+3.12
Registered electors			18,919

1966 election

General election, 1966: Karori[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	10,961	59.40	-0.27
	Labour	Peter Blizard	5,691	30.84
	Social Credit	Stuart Dickson	1,798	9.74
Majority			5,270	28.56	+5.30
Turnout			18,450	86.59	-4.75
Registered electors			21,305

1969 election

General election, 1969: Karori[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	11,320	65.65	+6.25
	Labour	Roy Tombs	5,094	29.55
	Social Credit	Ron England	828	4.80
Majority			6,226	36.10	+7.54
Turnout			17,242	89.11	+2.23
Registered electors			19,349

1972 election

General election, 1972: Karori[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jack Marshall	9,825	55.80	-9.85
	Labour	Adam Floyd	5,417	30.76
	Values	Brian Dreadon	1,650	9.37
	Social Credit	Ron England	676	3.83	-0.97
	New Democratic	George John Ayo	38	0.21
Majority			4,408	25.03	-11.07
Turnout			17,606	89.77	-0.66
Registered electors			19,611

Leadership elections

1972 leadership election

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Jack Marshall	26	59.10%
	Robert Muldoon	18	40.90%

Notes

1. "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
2. "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
3. Norton 1988, p. 282.
4. Norton 1988, pp. 260.
5. Norton 1988, pp. 261.

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.