Electoral history of Alfred Hindmarsh

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

General election, 1905: Newtown[1]
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

General election, 1911: Wellington South, Second ballot[2]
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
General election, 1911: Wellington South, First ballot[2]
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

General election, 1914: Wellington South[3]
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

Wellington Harbour Board election, 1908: Wellington[4]
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

  1. ↑ The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Wellington City Council". Evening Post. LXXXI (99). 28 April 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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