Portrait of Massey by Sir William Orpen This is a summary of the electoral history of William Massey , Prime Minister of New Zealand , (1912–1925). He represented two electorates during his political career.
Parliamentary elections 1893 election General election, 1893 : Franklin[1] [2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Benjamin Harris 1,684 51.36 +3.21 Conservative William Massey 1,595 48.64 Majority 89 2.71 Turnout 3,279 79.55 +18.16 Registered electors 4,122
1894 by-election 1894 Waitemata by-election[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Massey 1,619 52.82 Independent Liberal Jackson Palmer 1,446 47.17 Majority 173 5.64 Turnout 3,065
1896 election General election, 1896 : Franklin[4] [5] [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Massey 2,184 55.76 +7.12 Liberal Benjamin Harris 1,710 43.66 -7.70 Informal votes 23 0.58 Majority 474 12.10 Turnout 3,917
1899 election 1902 election 1905 election 1908 election 1911 election 1914 election 1919 election 1922 election Notes ^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library . 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013 . ^ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times . 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013 . ^ "Waitemata Election". Thames Advertiser . Vol. XXVI, no. 7794. 13 April 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 7 April 2016 . ^ "List of Candidates". Hawera & Normanby Star . Vol. XXXIII, no. 3411. 2 December 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014 . ^ "The New Parliament". Hawke's Bay Herald . Vol. XXXI, no. 10478. 7 December 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 6 January 2014 . ^ "The Elections". The Star . No. 5739. Christchurch. 5 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 14 April 2010 . ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2014 . ^ The General Election, 1902 . National Library . 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ The General Election, 1905 . p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015 . ^ "The General Election, 1908". National Library . 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012 . ^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013 . ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914 . National Library . pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013 . ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919 . National Library . pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014 . ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book . Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013 . References Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922 . Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014 . Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.