Electoral history of Keith Holyoake

This is a summary of the electoral history of Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957, 1960–72), Leader of the National Party (1957–72), and Member of Parliament for Motueka (1932–38) then Pahiatua (1943–77).

Parliamentary elections

1931 election
1931 general election: Motueka[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Black 4,180 53.30 -0.75
Reform Keith Holyoake 3,663 46.70
Majority 517 6.59 -1.50
Informal votes 37 0.47 -0.21
Turnout 7,880 88.51 -1.71
Registered electors 8,903

1932 by-election
1932 Motueka by-election[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Keith Holyoake 3,887 49.04 +2.34
Labour Paddy Webb 3,210 40.50
Liberal–Labour Roderick McKenzie 829 10.46
Majority 677 8.54 +1.95
Turnout 7,926 89.03 +0.52
Registered electors 8,903
Reform gain from Independent Swing

1935 election
1935 general election: Motueka[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Keith Holyoake 5,115 51.40 +2.36
Labour Rubert York 4,835 48.59
Informal votes 86 0.86
Majority 280 2.81 -5.73
Turnout 9,950 91.94 +2.91
Registered electors 10,822

1938 election
1938 general election: Motueka[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jerry Skinner 5,142 54.16
National Keith Holyoake 4,272 44.99 -6.41
Informal votes 80 0.84 -0.02
Majority 870 9.16
Turnout 9,494 94.00 +2.06
Registered electors 10,099

1943 election
1943 general election: Pahiatua[6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 5,705 57.93
Labour George Anders Hansen 3,880 39.39
Democratic Labour Edward Ellis 190 1.92
Informal votes 73 0.74
Majority 1,825 18.53
Turnout 9,848 95.62
Registered electors 10,299

1946 election
1946 general election: Pahiatua[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 8,422 64.06 +6.13
Labour Otto Ernest Niederer 4,725 35.94
Majority 3,697 28.12 +9.59
Turnout 13,147 94.08 +1.54
Registered electors 13,973

1949 election
1949 general election: Pahiatua[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 8,663 67.57 +3.51
Labour G P O'Leary 4,156 32.43
Majority 4,507 35.15 -7.03
Turnout 12,819 92.26 -1.82
Registered electors 13,894

1951 election
1951 general election: Pahiatua[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 8,490 60.89 -6.68
Labour O Jones 3,892 27.91
Majority 4,598 32.97 -2.18
Turnout 12,382 88.81 -3.45
Registered electors 13,942

1954 election
1954 general election: Pahiatua[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 7,293 61.81 +0.92
Labour R Bell 3,774 31.98
Social Credit M M Whimp 731 6.19
Majority 3,519 29.82 -3.15
Turnout 11,798 90.73 +1.92
Registered electors 13,003

1957 election
1957 general election: Pahiatua[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 8,075 62.03 +0.22
Labour William Erle Rose 4,055 31.15
Social Credit R M Gunn 887 6.81
Majority 4,020 30.88 +1.06
Turnout 13,017 92.57 1.84
Registered electors 14,061

1960 election
1960 general election: Pahiatua[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 8,111 64.44 +2.41
Labour Kingsley McKane 3,177 25.24
Social Credit Percival John Dempsey 1,298 10.31
Majority 4,934 39.20 +8.32
Turnout 12,586 90.18 -2.39
Registered electors 13,955

1963 election
1963 general election: Pahiatua[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 9,039 65.70 +1.26
Labour E J Hemmingsen 3,306 24.03
Social Credit Oliver Marks 1,411 10.25
Majority 5,733 41.67 +2.47
Turnout 13,756 88.92 -1.26
Registered electors 15,469

1966 election
1966 general election: Pahiatua[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 7,914 61.75 -3.95
Labour F M O'Brien 2,623 20.46
Social Credit J H Morrow 2,207 17.22
Independent R E Cheer 71 0.55
Majority 5,291 41.28 -0.39
Turnout 12,815 85.89 -3.03
Registered electors 14,919

1969 election
1969 general election: Pahiatua[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 9,010 62.26 +0.51
Labour Trevor de Cleene 4,090 28.26
Social Credit Douglas Conway 1,131 7.81
Country Party C K R Farnsworth 240 1.65
Majority 4,920 33.99 -7.29
Turnout 14,471 86.75 +0.86
Registered electors 16,681

1972 election
1972 general election: Pahiatua[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 8,825 60.11 -2.15
Labour L J Cairns 4,466 30.42
Social Credit J H Morrow 1,022 6.96
Liberal Reform R E Cheer 253 1.72
New Democratic J W Duffy 115 0.78
Majority 4,359 29.69 -4.30
Turnout 14,681 86.00 +0.75
Registered electors 17,069

1975 election
1975 general election: Pahiatua[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Keith Holyoake 10,423 64.19 +4.08
Labour P R Thornicroft 3,654 22.50
Social Credit Graeme Hislop 1,585 9.76
Values P W McHugh 574 3.53
Majority 6,769 41.69 +12.00
Turnout 16,236 84.61 -1.39
Registered electors 19,188

Notes
  1. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  2. "Govt. wins Motueka by-election". Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle. XXVIII (1402). 6 December 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. "Nelson and Motueka". The Evening Post. CXX (97). 21 October 1935. p. 11. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  5. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  6. "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  7. "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. CXXXVI (76). 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  8. "City Nominations". Evening Post. CXXXVI (61). 9 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  9. "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  10. "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  11. Norton 1988, p. 304.
  12. Norton 1988, p. 305.

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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