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	Owen 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	Ronald 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	Ernie 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	Paul Thornicroft	3,654	22.50
	Social Credit	Graeme Hislop	1,585	9.76
	Values	Peter 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. Vol. XXVIII, no. 1402. 6 December 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
3. "Nelson and Motueka". The Evening Post. Vol. CXX, no. 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. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 76. 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
8. "City Nominations". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 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.