Electoral history of Gordon Coates

Gordon Coates in 1926.

This is a summary of the electoral history of Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1925–28), Leader of the Reform Party (1925–36), Member of Parliament for Kaipara (1911–43).

Parliamentary elections

1911 election

1911 general election: Kaipara, First ballot[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Stallworthy 2,301 45.41
Independent Gordon Coates 1,843 36.37
Reform Edward Thurlow Field 848 16.73
Informal votes 75 1.48
Turnout 5,067 80.42
Registered electors 6,300
1911 general election: Kaipara, Second ballot[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gordon Coates 2,744 55.69 +19.32
Liberal John Stallworthy 2,172 44.08 −1.33
Informal votes 11 0.22 −1.26
Majority 572 11.60
Turnout 4,927 78.20 −2.22

1914 election

1914 general election: Kaipara[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gordon Coates 3,596 59.21 +3.52
Liberal Richard Hoe 2,478 40.79
Informal votes 92 1.51 1.29
Majority 1,118 18.40 +6.80
Turnout 6,074 85.83 +7.63
Registered electors 7,076

1919 election

1919 general election: Kaipara[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gordon Coates 4,214 78.98 +19.77
Labour Alfred Gregory 923 17.30
Informal votes 198 3.71 +2.20
Majority 3,291 61.68 +43.28
Turnout 5,335 77.64 −8.19
Registered electors 6,871

1922 election

1922 general election: Kaipara[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gordon Coates 5,001 65.45 −13.53
Liberal Robert Hornblow 2,537 33.20
Informal votes 102 1.33 −2.38
Majority 2,464 32.25 −29.43
Turnout 7,640 88.88 +11.24
Registered electors 8,595

1925 election

1925 general election: Kaipara[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gordon Coates 6,307 79.87 +14.42
Labour Bill Barnard 1,472 18.64
Informal votes 117 1.48 +0.15
Majority 4,835 61.23 +28.98
Turnout 7,896 89.82 +0.04
Registered electors 8,790

1928 election

1928 general election: Kaipara[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gordon Coates 5,190 65.65 −14.22
Labour Jim Barclay 2,715 34.35
Informal votes 111 1.38 −0.10
Majority 2,475 31.31 −29.92
Turnout 8,016 87.85 −1.07
Registered electors 9,125

1931 election

1931 general election: Kaipara[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gordon Coates 5,008 63.14 −2.52
Country Party Albert Edward Robinson[10] 2,924 36.86
Majority 2,084 26.27 −5.04
Informal votes 23 0.29 −1.10
Turnout 7,955 84.47 −3.38
Registered electors 9,418

1935 election

1935 general election: Kaipara[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gordon Coates 4,738 48.84 −14.30
Independent William Grounds 4,436 45.72
Democrat John Caughley 528 5.44
Informal votes 141 1.45 +1.06
Majority 302 3.11 −23.16
Turnout 9,702 89.68 +5.21
Registered electors 10,818

1938 election

1938 general election: Kaipara[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Gordon Coates 5,414 57.62 +8.78
Labour Percy MacGregor Stewart 3,725 39.64
Country Party James Scott-Davidson 257 2.74
Informal votes 65 0.69 −0.74
Majority 1,689 17.98 +14.87
Turnout 9,461 92.85 +3.17
Registered electors 10,190

Notes

  1. ^ a b "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  2. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
  6. ^ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
  7. ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  9. ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Notice of Nominations received and Polling Places appointed". Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette. 25 November 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  11. ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  12. ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXV, no. 23181. 29 October 1938. p. 25. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

References

  • Bassett, Michael (1995). Coates of Kaipara. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 1-86940-117-4.
  • Farland, Bruce (1995), Coates' tale: war hero, politician, statesman, Joseph Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925–1928, Wellington, [N.Z.]: B. Farland, ISBN 0-473-03182-5
  • Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.