Electoral history of Michael Joseph Savage

Michael Joseph Savage in the 1930s.

This is a summary of the electoral history of Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1935-40) Leader of the Labour Party (1933-40) and Member of Parliament for Auckland West (1919-40).

Parliamentary elections

1911 election

General election, 1911: Auckland Central^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Albert Glover	4,061	53.20
	Socialist	Michael Joseph Savage	1,800	23.58
	Independent	James Gleeson	1,171	15.34
	Reform	William Richardson	601	7.87
Informal votes			99	1.29
Majority			2,261	29.62
Turnout			7,633

1914 election

General election, 1914: Auckland Central^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Albert Glover	4,053	56.93	+3.73
	Social Democrat	Michael Joseph Savage	1,751	24.59	+1.01
	Reform	William Richardson	1,315	18.47	+10.60
Informal votes			100	1.40
Majority			2,302	32.33
Turnout			7,119

1919 election

General election, 1919: Auckland West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Joseph Savage	3,750	44.51
	Reform	C F Bennett	3,270	38.81
	Liberal	A J Entrican	1,404	16.66
Majority			480	5.69
Turnout			8,424

1922 election

General election, 1922: Auckland West^[4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Joseph Savage	5,649	56.53	+12.02
	Reform	J Farrell	4,345	43.47
Majority			1,304	13.04
Turnout			9,994

1925 election

General election, 1925: Auckland West^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Joseph Savage	5,677	52.19	-4.34
	Reform	Samuel Oldfield	5,201	47.81
Majority			476	4.38
Informal votes			122	1.11
Turnout			11,000	89.55
Registered electors			12,283

1928 election

General election, 1928: Auckland West^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Joseph Savage	5,361	47.01	-5.18
	United	R B Spiers	4,020	35.25
	Reform	F Adeane	2,021	17.72
Majority			1,341	11.76
Turnout			11,402

1931 election

General election, 1931: Auckland West^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Joseph Savage	6,442	62.93	+15.92
	United	Hugh Ross Mackenzie	1,925	18.80
	Reform	John Allum	1,870	18.27
Majority			4,517	44.12
Informal votes			63	0.61
Turnout			10,300	79.78
Registered electors			12,911

1935 election

General election, 1935: Auckland West^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Joseph Savage	8,567	72.93	+10.00
	United/Reform	Ernest David Stallworthy	2,387	20.32
	Democrat	J A Govan	792	6.74
Majority			6,180	52.61
Turnout			11,746

1938 election

General election, 1938: Auckland West^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Joseph Savage	11,591	75.88	+2.95
	National	J W Kealy	3,584	23.46
Informal votes			100	0.65
Majority			8,007	52.41	-0.20
Turnout			15,275

Leadership elections

1923 Deputy-leadership election

1923 Deputy-leadership election[12]
	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Michael Joseph Savage	11	64.70%
	Dan Sullivan	6	35.30%

1933 Leadership election

1933 Leadership election[13]
	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Michael Joseph Savage	24	100%

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. Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
9. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
10. The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
11. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
12. Gustafson 1986, p. 114.
13. Gustafson 1986, p. 153.

References

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: A biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.