Electoral history of Gordon Coates

Gordon Coates in 1926.

This is a summary of the electoral history of Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1925–28), Leader of the Reform Party (1925–36), Member of Parliament for Kaipara (1911–43).

Parliamentary elections

1911 election

General election, 1911: Kaipara, Second ballot^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Gordon Coates	2,744	55.69	+19.32
	Liberal	John Stallworthy	2,172	44.08	-1.33
Informal votes			11	0.22	-1.26
Majority			572	11.60
Turnout			4,927	78.20	-2.22

General election, 1911: Kaipara, First ballot^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Stallworthy	2,301	45.41
	Independent	Gordon Coates	1,843	36.37
	Reform	Edward Thurlow Field	848	16.73
Informal votes			75	1.48
Turnout			5,067	80.42
Registered electors			6,300

1914 election

General election, 1914: Kaipara^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	Gordon Coates	3,596	59.21	+3.52
	Liberal	Richard Hoe	2,478	40.79
Informal votes			92	1.51	1.29
Majority			1,118	18.40	+6.80
Turnout			6,074	85.83	+7.63
Registered electors			7,076

1919 election

General election, 1919: Kaipara^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	Gordon Coates	4,214	78.98	+19.77
	Labour	Alfred Gregory	923	17.30
Informal votes			198	3.71	+2.20
Majority			3,291	61.68	+43.28
Turnout			5,335	77.64	-8.19
Registered electors			6,871

1922 election

General election, 1922: Kaipara^[4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	Gordon Coates	5,001	65.45	-13.53
	Liberal	Robert Hornblow	2,537	33.20
Informal votes			102	1.33	-2.38
Majority			2,464	32.25	-29.43
Turnout			7,640	88.88	+11.24
Registered electors			8,595

1925 election

General election, 1925: Kaipara^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	Gordon Coates	6,307	79.87	+14.42
	Labour	Bill Barnard	1,472	18.64
Informal votes			117	1.48	+0.15
Majority			4,835	61.23	+28.98
Turnout			7,896	89.82	+0.04
Registered electors			8,790

1928 election

General election, 1928: Kaipara^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	Gordon Coates	5,190	65.65	-14.22
	Labour	James Gillespie Barclay	2,715	34.35
Informal votes			111	1.38	-0.10
Majority			2,475	31.31	-29.92
Turnout			8,016	87.85	-1.07
Registered electors			9,125

1931 election

General election, 1931: Kaipara^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	Gordon Coates	5,008	63.14	-2.52
	Country Party	Albert Edward Robinson[10]	2,924	36.86
Majority			2,084	26.27	-5.04
Informal votes			23	0.29	-1.10
Turnout			7,955	84.47	-3.38
Registered electors			9,418

1935 election

General election, 1935: Kaipara^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	Gordon Coates	4,738	48.84	-14.30
	Independent	W Grounds	4,436	45.72
	Democrat	J Caughley	528	5.44
Informal votes			141	1.45	+1.06
Majority			302	3.11	-23.16
Turnout			9,702	89.68	+5.21
Registered electors			10,818

1938 election

General election, 1938: Kaipara^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Gordon Coates	5,414	57.62	+8.78
	Labour	Percy MacGregor Stewart	3,725	39.64
	Country Party	James Scott-Davidson	257	2.74
Informal votes			65	0.69	-0.74
Majority			1,689	17.98	+14.87
Turnout			9,461	92.85	+3.17
Registered electors			10,190

Notes

1. "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
2. Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
3. Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
4. The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
5. McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
6. Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
7. The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
8. The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
9. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
10. "Notice of Nominations received and Polling Places appointed". Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette. 25 November 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
11. The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
12. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
13. "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. LXXV (23181). 29 October 1938. p. 25. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

References

• Bassett, Michael (1995). Coates of Kaipara. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 1-86940-117-4.
• Farland, Bruce (1995), Coates' tale: war hero, politician, statesman, Joseph Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925–1928, Wellington, [N.Z.]: B. Farland, ISBN 0-473-03182-5