Electoral history of Joseph Ward

Sir Joseph Ward, ca 1910-1920.

This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1906–12, 1928–30) Leader of the Liberal Party (1906–12, 1913–19, 1928–30) and Member of Parliament for Awarua (1887–1919) and Invercargill (1925–1930).

Parliamentary elections

1887 election

General election, 1887: Awarua^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Joseph Ward	660	50.84
	Independent	Froggatt	401	30.89
	Independent	James Walker Bain	237	18.25
Majority			259	19.95
Turnout			1,298	62.46
Registered electors			2,078

1890 election

General election, 1890: Awarua^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joseph Ward	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,158

1893 election

General election, 1893: Awarua^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joseph Ward	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,129

1896 election

General election, 1896: Awarua^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joseph Ward	1,836	63.60
	Conservative	Cuthbert Cowan[6]	1,051	36.40
Turnout			2,887	72.68
Majority			785	27.19
Registered electors			3,887

1897 by-election

Awarua by-election, 1897^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joseph Ward	2,066	69.42	+5.82
	Conservative	Cuthbert Cowan	910	30.58	-5.82
Turnout			2,976
Majority			1,156	38.84	+11.65

1899 election

General election, 1899: Awarua^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joseph Ward	2,417	77.92	+14.06
	Conservative	W. T. Murray[9]	685	22.08
Majority			1,732	55.83	+28.12
Turnout			3,102	76.37
Registered electors			4,062

1902 election

General election, 1902: Awarua^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Ward	2,795	75.37	-2.55
	Independent	David Whyte	913	24.63
Majority			1,882	50.75
Turnout			3,708	76.69	+0.32
Registered electors			4,835

1905 election

General election, 1905: Awarua^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Ward	3,586	81.68	+6.31
	Independent	Henry Woodnorth	738	16.82
Informal votes			66	1.50
Majority			2,848	64.87	+14.12
Turnout			4,390	83.39	-6.70
Registered electors			5,264

1908 election

General election, 1908: Awarua, First ballot^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Ward	3,069	64.92	-16.76
	Independent	William Morris	886	18.74
	Independent	Alfred Snowball	595	12.58
Informal votes			177	3.74	+2.24
Majority			2,183	46.18	-18.69
Turnout			4,727	81.65	-1.74
Registered electors			5,789

1911 election

General election, 1911: Awarua, First ballot^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Ward	2,893	53.65	-11.27
	Reform	John Hamilton	2,265	42.01
	Independent	William Morris	152	2.81	-15.93
Informal votes			82	1.52	-2.22
Majority			628	11.64	-34.18
Turnout			5,392	86.71	+5.06
Registered electors			6,218

1914 election

General election, 1914: Awarua^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Ward	3,132	62.16	+8.51
	Reform	John Hamilton	1,906	37.83	-4.18
Informal votes			34	0.67	+0.85
Majority			1,226	24.33	+12.69
Turnout			5,038	83.03	+3.68
Registered electors			6,067

1919 election

General election, 1919: Awarua^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	John Hamilton	3,164	55.99	+18.16
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Ward	2,407	42.59	-19.57
Informal votes			80	1.41	+0.74
Majority			757	13.39
Turnout			5,651	81.46	+1.57
Registered electors			6,937

1923 by-election

Tauranga by-election, 1923^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Reform	Charles MacMillan	4,360	57.41
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Ward	3,235	42.59
Informal votes			35	0.46
Majority			1,125	14.81
Turnout			7,630	85.53
Registered electors			8,921
	Reform hold		Swing

1925 election

General election, 1925: Invercargill^[17][18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Ward	4,957	46.91
	Reform	James Hargest	4,798	45.41
	Labour	Pat Hickey	811	7.68
Majority			159	1.50	-9.22
Informal votes			55	0.52	-0.34
Turnout			10,621	93.73	+3.44
Registered electors			11,332

1928 election

1928 general election: Invercargill^[20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Sir Joseph Ward	7,309	63.89	+16.98
	Reform	Morell Macalister	4,131	36.11
Majority			3,178	27.78	+26.27
Informal votes			88	0.76	+0.25
Turnout			11,528	93.12	-0.61
Registered electors			12,380

Local elections

1881 election

Campbelltown mayoral election, 1881^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Joseph Ward	52	75.36
	Independent	Walter Searle	17	24.64
Majority			35	50.72
Turnout			69

1882 election

Campbelltown mayoral election, 1882^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Joseph Ward	Unopposed
Registered electors

1883 election

Campbelltown mayoral election, 1883^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Joseph Ward	35	71.43
	Independent	Timothy James Warren	14	28.57
Majority			21	42.85
Turnout			49

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