Electoral history of George Forbes

George Forbes, circa 1932.

This is a summary of the electoral history of George Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1930–35) and Member of Parliament for Hurunui (1908–43).

Parliamentary elections

1902 election

General election, 1902: Hurunui[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Rutherford 1,577 44.24
Conservative Henry Fear Reece 880 24.69
Liberal Richard Meredith 834 23.40
Liberal George Forbes 205 5.75
Independent Liberal George Pulley 68 1.90
Majority 697 19.55
Turnout 3,564 85.69
Registered electors 4,519

1908 election

General election, 1908: Hurunui, Second ballot[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Forbes 2,150 57.88 +9.66
Conservative Obed Cloither 1,553 41.81 +10.02
Informal votes 11 0.29 0.54
Majority 597 16.07
Turnout 3,714 64.99 −9.61
General election, 1908: Hurunui, First ballot[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Forbes 2,056 48.22
Conservative Obed Cloither 1,357 31.83
Ind. Labour League G D Greenwood 509 11.93
Independent Liberal George Pulley 309 7.24
Informal votes 32 0.75
Turnout 4,263 74.60
Registered electors 5,714

1911 election

General election, 1911: Hurunui, First ballot[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Forbes 2,940 58.89 +1.01
Reform David Macfarlane 2,001 40.08
Informal votes 51 1.02 +0.52
Majority 939 18.81 +2.74
Turnout 4,992 79.16 +14.17
Registered electors 6,306

1914 election

General election, 1914: Hurunui[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Forbes 3,233 64.91 +6.02
Reform William Banks 1,747 35.08
Informal votes 46 0.92 −0.10
Majority 1,486 29.83 +11.02
Turnout 4,980 82.79 +3.63
Registered electors 6,015

1919 election

General election, 1919: Hurunui[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Forbes 3,008 52.11 −12.80
Reform J G Armstrong 2,341 40.55
Independent G G Gardner 373 6.46
Informal votes 50 0.86 −0.16
Majority 667 11.55 −18.28
Turnout 5,772 80.76 −2.03
Registered electors 7,147

1922 election

General election, 1922: Hurunui[6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Forbes 3,963 58.09 +5.98
Reform S Andrew 2,765 40.53
Informal votes 94 1.37 +0.51
Majority 1,198 17.56 +6.01
Turnout 6,822 85.42 +4.66
Registered electors 7,986

1925 election

General election, 1925: Hurunui[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Forbes 3,989 55.14 −2.95
Reform J G Armstrong 3,178 43.93
Informal votes 67 0.92 −0.45
Majority 811 11.21 −5.35
Turnout 7,234 90.65 +5.23
Registered electors 7,980

1928 election

General election, 1928: Hurunui[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United George Forbes 5,344 56.05 +0.91
Reform L R C Macfarlane 3,505 36.76
Labour F Turley 576 6.04
Informal votes 108 1.13 +0.21
Majority 1,839 19.29 +8.08
Turnout 9,533 90.09 −0.56
Registered electors 10,581

1931 election

General election, 1931: Hurunui[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United George Forbes 6,151 73.67 +17.62
Labour R J Logan[12] 2,198 26.33
Informal votes 67 0.80 −0.33
Majority 3,953 47.35 +28.06
Turnout 8,416 79.83 −10.26
Registered electors 10,543

1935 election

General election, 1935: Hurunui[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United George Forbes 4,897 49.20 −24.47
Labour Donald Cyrus Davies 3,694 37.11
Independent Oliver Duff 1,362 13.68
Informal votes 67 0.67 −0.13
Majority 1,203 12.08 −35.27
Turnout 9,953 90.43 +10.60
Registered electors 11,006

1938 election

General election, 1938: Hurunui[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National George Forbes 5,679 52.23 +3.03
Labour Harold Denton 5,144 47.31
Informal votes 49 0.45 −0.22
Majority 535 4.92 −7.16
Turnout 10,872 94.71 +4.28
Registered electors 11,479

References

  1. ^ The General Election, 1902. National Library. 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  3. ^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  4. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  5. ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  6. ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
  8. ^ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
  9. ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  10. ^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  11. ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  12. ^ "In Canterbury". Auckland Star. Vol. LXII, no. 281. 27 November 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  13. ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  14. ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

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