Electoral history of Gordon Coates

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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[edit]

1911 election[edit]

1911 general election: 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
1911 general election: 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

1914 election[edit]

1914 general election: 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[edit]

1919 general election: 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[edit]

1922 general election: 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[edit]

1925 general election: 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[edit]

1928 general election: Kaipara[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gordon Coates 5,190 65.65 -14.22
Labour Jim 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[edit]

1931 general election: 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[edit]

1935 general election: Kaipara[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gordon Coates 4,738 48.84 -14.30
Independent William Grounds 4,436 45.72
Democrat John 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[edit]

1938 general election: 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. 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. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  12. ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXV, no. 23181. 29 October 1938. p. 25. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

References[edit]

  • 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
  • Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
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