Electoral history of Alfred Hindmarsh
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Alfred Hindmarsh, c.1915.
This is a summary of the electoral history of Alfred Hindmarsh, Leader of the Labour Party (1916–18) and Member of Parliament for Wellington South (1911–18).
Parliamentary elections
1905 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Henry Peter Barber | 3,231 | 42.87 | +15.27 | |
Conservative | Thomas William Hislop | 2,018 | 26.78 | -0.26 | |
Independent Liberal | William Chapple | 1,795 | 23.82 | +3.56 | |
Ind. Labour League | Alfred Hindmarsh | 383 | 5.08 | +5.08 | |
Majority | 1213 | 16.09 | +15.54 | ||
Informal votes | 108 | 1.43 | |||
Turnout | 7,535 | 84.13 | |||
Registered electors | 8,956 | ||||
1911 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour (original) | Alfred Hindmarsh | 3,598 | 51.76 | +14.62 | |
Reform | Robert Alexander Wright | 3,344 | 48.10 | +6.73 | |
Majority | 254 | 3.65 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.12 | -1.18 | ||
Turnout | 6,951 | 76.66 | -2.61 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Robert Alexander Wright | 2,974 | 41.37 | ||
Labour (original) | Alfred Hindmarsh | 2,670 | 37.14 | ||
Liberal | William Henry Peter Barber | 1,264 | 17.58 | ||
Independent | Albert Couzens | 185 | 2.57 | ||
Informal votes | 95 | 1.32 | |||
Turnout | 7,188 | 79.27 | |||
Registered electors | 9,067 | ||||
1914 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Labour | Alfred Hindmarsh | 4,279 | 56.12 | +4.36 | |
Liberal | John Luke | 3,064 | 40.18 | ||
Independent | Robert Bradford Williams | 221 | 2.89 | ||
Majority | 1,215 | 15.93 | |||
Informal votes | 60 | 0.78 | |||
Turnout | 7,624 | 86.29 | |||
Registered electors | 8,835 | ||||
Local elections
1908 local elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citizens League | Robert Fletcher | 12,478 | |||
Citizens League | John Fitzgerald | 8,219 | |||
Ind. Labour League | Alfred Hindmarsh | 7,455 | |||
Citizens League | James Trevor | 6,500 | |||
Citizens League | William Hildreth | 5,819 | |||
Ind. Labour League | Tom Young | 5,716 | |||
Independent | Paul Coffey | 3,842 | |||
Independent | George Farland | 1,809 | |||
Notes
- ↑ The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- 1 2 "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ "Wellington City Council". Evening Post. LXXXI (99). 28 April 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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