Electoral history of Joseph Ward

Sir Joseph Ward, 1928

This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1906–12; 1928–30) Leader of the Liberal Party (1906–12; 1913–19; 1928–30) and Member of Parliament for Awarua (1887–1919) and Invercargill (1925–1930).

Parliamentary elections

1887 election

General election, 1887: Awarua[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Ward 660 50.84
Independent George Froggatt 401 30.89
Independent James Walker Bain 237 18.25
Majority 259 19.95
Turnout 1,298 62.46
Registered electors 2,078

1890 election

General election, 1890: Awarua[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward Unopposed
Registered electors 2,158

1893 election

General election, 1893: Awarua[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward Unopposed
Registered electors 3,129

1896 election

General election, 1896: Awarua[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward 1,836 63.60
Conservative Cuthbert Cowan[6] 1,051 36.40
Turnout 2,887 72.68
Majority 785 27.19
Registered electors 3,887

1897 by-election

1897 Awarua by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward 2,066 69.42 +5.82
Conservative Cuthbert Cowan 910 30.58 −5.82
Turnout 2,976
Majority 1,156 38.84 +11.65

1899 election

General election, 1899: Awarua[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Ward 2,417 77.92 +14.06
Conservative W. T. Murray[9] 685 22.08
Majority 1,732 55.83 +28.12
Turnout 3,102 76.37
Registered electors 4,062

1902 election

General election, 1902: Awarua[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 2,795 75.37 −2.55
Independent David Whyte 913 24.63
Majority 1,882 50.75
Turnout 3,708 76.69 +0.32
Registered electors 4,835

1905 election

General election, 1905: Awarua[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 3,586 81.68 +6.31
Independent Henry Woodnorth 738 16.82
Informal votes 66 1.50
Majority 2,848 64.87 +14.12
Turnout 4,390 83.39 −6.70
Registered electors 5,264

1908 election

General election, 1908: Awarua, First ballot[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 3,069 64.92 −16.76
Independent William Morris 886 18.74
Conservative Alfred Snowball 595 12.58
Informal votes 177 3.74 +2.24
Majority 2,183 46.18 −18.69
Turnout 4,727 81.65 −1.74
Registered electors 5,789

1911 election

General election, 1911: Awarua, First ballot[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 2,893 53.65 −11.27
Reform John Hamilton 2,265 42.01
Independent William Morris 152 2.81 −15.93
Informal votes 82 1.52 −2.22
Majority 628 11.64 −34.18
Turnout 5,392 86.71 +5.06
Registered electors 6,218

1914 election

General election, 1914: Awarua[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 3,132 62.16 +8.51
Reform John Hamilton 1,906 37.83 −4.18
Informal votes 34 0.67 +0.85
Majority 1,226 24.33 +12.69
Turnout 5,038 83.03 +3.68
Registered electors 6,067

1919 election

General election, 1919: Awarua[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform John Hamilton 3,164 55.99 +18.16
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 2,407 42.59 −19.57
Informal votes 80 1.41 +0.74
Majority 757 13.39
Turnout 5,651 81.46 +1.57
Registered electors 6,937

1923 by-election

1923 Tauranga by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Charles Macmillan 4,360 57.41
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 3,235 42.59
Informal votes 35 0.46
Majority 1,125 14.81
Turnout 7,630 85.53
Registered electors 8,921
Reform hold Swing

1925 election

General election, 1925: Invercargill[17][18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Joseph Ward 4,957 46.91
Reform James Hargest 4,798 45.41
Labour Pat Hickey 811 7.68
Majority 159 1.50 −9.22
Informal votes 55 0.52 −0.34
Turnout 10,621 93.73 +3.44
Registered electors 11,332

1928 election

1928 general election: Invercargill[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Sir Joseph Ward 7,309 63.89 +16.98
Reform Morell Macalister 4,131 36.11
Majority 3,178 27.78 +26.27
Informal votes 88 0.76 +0.25
Turnout 11,528 93.12 −0.61
Registered electors 12,380

Local elections

1881 election

Campbelltown mayoral election, 1881[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Ward 52 75.36
Independent Walter Searle 17 24.64
Majority 35 50.72
Turnout 69

1882 election

Campbelltown mayoral election, 1882[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Ward Unopposed
Registered electors

1883 election

Campbelltown mayoral election, 1883[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Ward 35 71.43
Independent Timothy James Warren 14 28.57
Majority 21 42.85
Turnout 49

References

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