Electoral history of Walter Nash

Walter Nash in the 1950s.

This is a summary of the electoral history of Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957–60), Leader of the Labour Party (1951–63) and Member of Parliament for Hutt (1929–68).

Parliamentary elections

1925 election

General election, 1925: Hutt^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	6,080	58.13
	Labour	Walter Nash	4,286	40.98
Informal votes			92	0.87
Majority			1,794	17.15
Turnout			10,458	91.04
Registered electors			11,487

1928 election

General election, 1928: Hutt^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Thomas Wilford	7,283	54.92	-3.21
	Labour	Walter Nash	5,978	45.08	+4.10
Informal votes			288	2.13	+1.26
Majority			1,305	9.84	-7.31
Turnout			13,549	90.95	-0.9
Registered electors			14,898

1929 by-election

Hutt by-election, 1929^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	5,047	40.53	-4.55
	United	James Kerr^{[mb 1]}	4,835	38.83
	Reform	Harold Johnston^{[mb 2]}	2,570	20.64
Majority			212	1.70	-8.14
Informal votes			103	0.82	-1.31
Turnout			12,555	84.27	-6.67
Registered electors			14,898

Table footnotes:

↑ For some biographical details of Kerr refer to his father's article.
↑ For some biographical details of Johnston refer to his father's article.

1931 election

General election, 1931: Hutt^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	9,187	59.08	+18.54
	United	James Kerr^{[nb 1]}	6,364	40.92	+2.09
Informal votes			116	0.74
Majority			2,823	18.15	+16.45
Turnout			15,667	86.98	+3.39
Registered electors			18,013

Table footnotes:

↑ For some biographical details of James Kerr refer to his father's article.

1935 election

General election, 1935: Hutt^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	11,107	74.32	+15.24
	United/Reform	Victor Emmanuel Jacobsen	3,838	25.68
Majority			7,269	48.63	+30.48
Turnout			14,945

1938 election

General election, 1938: Hutt^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	10,687	72.84	-1.48
	National	John William Andrews	3,873	26.39
Majority			6,814	46.44	-2.19
Informal votes			114	0.77
Turnout			14,671	95.93
Registered electors			15,292

1943 election

General election, 1943: Hutt^[7]^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,823	60.87	11.97
	Independent	J H Hogan	3,563	24.58
	National	N P Croft	3,017	20.81
	Democratic Labour	P Connors	437	3.01
Informal votes			178	1.22	+0.45
Majority			5,260	36.29	-10.15
Turnout			14,493

1946 election

General election, 1946: Hutt^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,025	58.7	-2.17
	National	J E F Vogel	5,438	39.7
	Independent Labour	G Laing	163	1.2
	World Socialist	T F Simpson	50	0.4
Majority			2,587	18.91	-17.38
Turnout			13,676

1949 election

General election, 1949: Hutt^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,153	57.7	-1.00
	National	H L Heatley	5,880	41.6
	World Socialist	T F Simpson	100	0.7	+0.30
Majority			2,273	16.1	-2.79
Turnout			15,480

1951 election

General election, 1951: Hutt^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,872	57.7	±0
	National	J W Andrews	6,424	41.8
	World Socialist	T F Simpson	71	0.5	-0.20
Majority			2,248	15.9	-0.20
Turnout			17,161	89.9

1954 election

General election, 1954: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,371	60.3	+3.6
	National	C G Costello	4,690	33.7
	Social Credit	T O Maddison	829	6.0
Majority			3,681	26.6	+10.70
Turnout			15,740	88.7	-1.20

1957 election

General election, 1957: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,975	62.7	+2.40
	National	Lance Adams-Schneider	4,545	31.7
	Social Credit	D S Milne	808	5.6
Majority			4,430	31.0	+4.40
Turnout			15,381	93.6	+5.90

1960 election

General election, 1960: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	7,614	54.3	-8.40
	National	G L Barker	5,265	37.5
	Social Credit	D S Milne	997	7.1	+2.60
	Independent	G Wain	115	0.8
	Communist	R G Hegman	40	0.3
Majority			2,349	16.8	-14.20
Turnout			15,712	90.1	-3.50

1963 election

General election, 1963: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Walter Nash	8,865	58.6	+4.30
	National	V E Hampson-Tinadale	5,217	34.5
	Social Credit	D S Milne	972	6.4	-1.50
Majority			3,648	21.52	+4.72
Turnout			16,945	89.9	-0.20

1966 election

General election, 1966: Hutt^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Sir Walter Nash	7,861	51.7	-7.10
	National	John Kennedy-Good	5,912	38.9
	Social Credit	C B Dalglish	1,431	9.4
Majority			1,949	12.8	-8.72
Turnout			17,520	87.2	-2.70

Local elections

1929 Wellington mayoral election

Wellington mayoral election, 1929^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Civic League	George Troup	14,407	60.97	+6.72
	Labour	Walter Nash	9,034	38.23
Informal votes			185	0.78
Majority			5,373	22.74
Turnout			23,626

Leadership elections

1940 Deputy-leadership election

	Name	Votes	Percentage
1940 Deputy-leadership election
	Walter Nash	51	100%

1951 Leadership election

	Name	Votes	Percentage
1951 Leadership election
	Walter Nash	34	100%

1954 Leadership election

	Name	Votes	Percentage
1954 Leadership election
	Walter Nash	15	62.5%
	Arnold Nordmeyer	9	37.5%

Notes

↑ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
↑ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
↑ "The Hutt Seat". The Evening Post. CXII (108). 3 November 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
↑ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
↑ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
↑ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
↑ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
↑ "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. CXXXVI (76). 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
↑ "City Nominations". Evening Post. CXXXVI (61). 9 September 1943. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
↑ "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 Norton 1988.
↑ "The Mayoralty". The Evening Post. CVII (100). 2 May 1929. p. 14. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

References

Sinclair, Keith (1976). Walter Nash. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-647949-5.
Mackenzie, Craig (1975). Walter Nash, Pioneer and Prophet. Dunmore Press.
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.

Walter Nash

12 February 1882 – 4 June 1968 Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957–60) • Leader of the Labour Party (1951–63) • Member of Parliament for Hutt (1929–68)

Premiership	1957–1960

Elections	1951 1954 1957 1960

Leadership elections	1951 1954

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