Electoral history of Arnold Nordmeyer

Arnold Nordmeyer in the 1950s.

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).

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	Frank 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	Len Jacobsen‎	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[8]

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[8]

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[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Nordmeyer	7,459	53.26	−7.90
	National	Fairlie 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[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Nordmeyer	8,372	54.96	+1.70
	National	Fairlie 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[8]

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
	Democratic	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[9]

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	Don 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	—

1963 Leadership election

Candidate		Votes	%
	Arnold Nordmeyer	34	100.0
Turnout		34	—

1965 Leadership election

Candidate		Votes	%
	Norman Kirk	25	71.4
	Arnold Nordmeyer	10	28.6
Majority		15	42.8
Turnout		35	—

Party elections

1940 Party Conference

1940 Presidential election[10]
Candidate		Votes	%
	James Roberts	571	58.62%
	Gervan McMillan	320	32.85%
	Jim Barclay	48	4.92%
	Arnold Nordmeyer	35	3.59%

1948 Party Conference

1948 Presidential election[11]
Candidate		Votes	%
	James Roberts	387	57.76%
	Arnold Nordmeyer	252	37.61%
	Clyde Carr	14	2.08%
	John Mathison	14	2.08%
Informal		3	0.44%

1948 Vice Presidential election[11]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Arnold Nordmeyer	368	52.57%
	Dick Barter	124	17.71%
	Mabel Howard	77	11.00%
	Philip Connolly	44	6.28%
	Archie Grant	27	3.85%
	John Mathison	23	3.28%
	Alan Baxter	18	2.57%
	Martyn Finlay	15	2.14%
	Jim Kent	4	0.57%

1949 Party Conference

1949 Presidential election[12]
Candidate		Votes	%
	James Roberts	468	64.55%
	Arnold Nordmeyer	218	30.06%
	Mabel Howard	26	3.58%
	John Mathison	13	1.79%

1949 Vice Presidential election[12]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Arnold Nordmeyer	475	63.41%
	Dick Barter	101	13.48%
	Jim Collins	59	7.87%
	Philip Connolly	51	6.80%
	Martyn Finlay	31	4.13%
	Mabel Howard	22	2.93%
	Ben Waters	7	0.93%
	John Mathison	3	0.40%

1950 Party Conference

1950 Presidential election[13]
Candidate		Votes	%
	Arnold Nordmeyer	458	60.02%
	James Roberts	299	39.18%
	George Manning	6	0.78%

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. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 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. Norton 1988, pp. 255.
9. Petersen, G.A. (19 October 1971). Declaration of Election Results (Report). Wellington City Council.
10. "Labour Party". Otago Daily Times. No. 24257. 27 March 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
11. "Twelfth Time Labour President". Gisborne Herald. Vol. LXXV, no. 22629. 5 May 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
12. "Mr. Roberts Elected as President for Thirteenth Year". Gisborne Herald. Vol. LXXVI, no. 22954. 24 May 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
13. "New President". Otago Daily Times. Vol. 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.