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. ^ a b c d e f 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.