1925 New Zealand general election

4 November 1925 (1925-11-04)
All 80 seats in the House of Representatives 41 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	90.02%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordon Coates Harry Holland George Forbes Party Reform Labour Liberal Leader since 1925 1919 1925 Leader's seat Kaipara Buller Hurunui Last election 37 seats, 39.4% 17 seats, 23.7% 22 seats, 26.3% Seats won 55 12 11 Seat change 18 5 11 Popular vote 324,462 184,650 152,697 Percentage 47.79% 27.20% 22.49% Swing 8.39% 3.50% 3.81%
Prime Minister before election Gordon Coates Reform Prime Minister-designate Gordon Coates Reform

The New Zealand general election of 1925 was held 4 November (the Māori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.

In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except Māori).

Results

Gordon Coates continued as Prime Minister, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30. Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks". Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates.

After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in Lyttelton (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April 1926 by-election in Eden, Labour became the official opposition.

Party totals

Election results
Party		Total votes	Percentage	Seats won
	Reform	324,239	47.18	55
	Labour	187,610	27.30	12
	Liberal	143,931	20.94	11
	Country Party	2,398	0.35	0
	Independent	29,107	4.24	2
Total		687,285		80

Votes summary

Popular Vote
Reform			47.18%
Labour			27.30%
Liberal			20.94%
Country			0.35%
Independent			4.24%

Parliament seats
Reform			68.75%
Labour			15.00%
Liberal			13.75%
Independent			2.50%

Electorate results

The election results were as follows:

Key

  Liberal     Reform     Labour     Country Party     Independent  

Electorate results for the New Zealand general election, 1925

Electorate	Incumbent		Winner		Majority	Runner up
General electorates
Ashburton		William Nosworthy			2,117		John Nicholson Harle
Auckland Central		Bill Parry			3,500		Charles Augustus Wilson
Auckland East		John A. Lee			288		James Stewart
Auckland West		Michael Joseph Savage			476		Samuel Oldfield
Avon		Dan Sullivan			1,789		Walter Edmund Leadley
Awarua		Philip De La Perrelle		John Hamilton	220		Philip De La Perrelle
Bay of Islands		Allen Bell		Allen Bell	2,787		Hugh James Sweeney
Bay of Plenty		Kenneth Williams			(uncontested)
Buller		Harry Holland					C S Bielby
Chalmers		James McColl Dickson					Michael Connelly
Christchurch East		Tim Armstrong					D F Dennehy
Christchurch North		Leonard Isitt		Henry Holland			Henry Thacker
Christchurch South		Ted Howard					Harry Ell
Clutha		John Edie		Fred Waite			John Edie
Dunedin Central		Charles Statham					John Gilchrist
Dunedin North		James Wright Munro		Harold Livingstone Tapley			James Wright Munro
Dunedin South		Thomas Sidey					John McManus
Dunedin West		William Downie Stewart					R Harrison
Eden		James Parr					Rex Mason
Egmont		Oswald Hawken					W C G Green
Ellesmere		Heaton Rhodes		David Jones			Jeremiah Connolly
Franklin		Ewen McLennan					D McClymont
Gisborne		Douglas Lysnar					David William Coleman
Grey Lynn		Fred Bartram					Ellen Melville
Hamilton		Alexander Young					Lee Martin
Hawke's Bay		Gilbert McKay		Hugh Campbell			Gilbert McKay
Hurunui		George Forbes					J G Armstrong
Hutt		Thomas Wilford					Walter Nash
Invercargill		Josiah Hanan		Joseph Ward	159		James Hargest
Kaiapoi		David Buddo			556		William Brock
Kaipara		Gordon Coates					Bill Barnard
Lyttelton		James McCombs			6		Melville Lyons
Manawatu		Joseph Linklater					Ben Roberts
Manukau		William Jordan					Jack Massey
Marsden		Alfred Murdoch		William Jones	651		Alfred Murdoch
Masterton		George Sykes					J W Andrews
Mataura		George Anderson					W Hinchey
Motueka		Richard Hudson			2,102		Mark Fagan
Napier		Lewis McIlvride		John Mason			Lewis McIlvride
Nelson		Harry Atmore					A Gilbert
Oamaru		John MacPherson		Ernest Lee			John MacPherson
Ohinemuri		Hugh Poland		Albert Samuel			Hugh Poland
Oroua		David Guthrie		John Gordon Eliott			John Cobbe
Otaki		William Hughes Field					Bob Semple
Pahiatua		Alfred Ransom					Archibald McNicol
Palmerston		Jimmy Nash			3,240		Walter Bromley
Parnell		James Samuel Dickson					R F Way
Patea		James Randall Corrigan		Harold Dickie			James Randall Corrigan
Raglan		Richard Bollard			2,856		Ernest Piggott
Rangitikei		William Glenn					C J Duggan
Riccarton		George Witty		Herbert Kyle			W Cole
Roskill		Vivian Potter					Alfred Hall-Skelton
Rotorua		Frank Hockly			2,776		Cecil Clinkard
Stratford		Robert Masters		Edward Walter			Robert Masters
Taranaki		Sydney George Smith		Charles Bellringer			Sydney George Smith
Tauranga		Charles MacMillan					Robert Coulter
Temuka		Thomas Burnett			535		Charles John Talbot
Thames		Thomas William Rhodes					W E G Willy
Timaru		Frank Rolleston					Percy Vinnell
Waikato		Frederick Lye		Stewart Reid			Frederick Lye
Waimarino		Frank Langstone		Robert William Smith			Frank Langstone
Waipawa		George Hunter			1,781		William Ashton Chambers
Wairarapa		Alexander Donald McLeod					F T Arkle
Wairau		William Girling					Richard McCallum
Waitaki		John Bitchener					G Barclay
Waitemata		Alexander Harris			3,577		Arthur Osborne
Waitomo		John Rolleston					Walter Broadfoot
Wakatipu		James Horn					James Ritchie
Wallace		John Charles Thomson		Adam Hamilton			J M MacKenzie
Wanganui		Bill Veitch			891		John Coull
Wellington Central		Peter Fraser					A D Sloane
Wellington East		Alec Monteith		Thomas Forsyth	1,195		Alec Monteith
Wellington North		John Luke					Harry Ernest Combs
Wellington South		Robert McKeen					Archibald Burnett Sievwright
Wellington Suburbs		Robert Wright					Charles Chapman
Westland		James O'Brien		Tom Seddon			James O'Brien
Māori electorates
Eastern Maori		Apirana Ngata					Hone Mokena
Northern Maori		Taurekareka Henare					Hone Wi Kaitaia
Southern Maori		Henare Uru					Tuiti MacDonald
Western Maori		Māui Pōmare					Rangi Mawhete

Table footnotes:

External links

• Labour Party candidates 1925 (photomontage)