Electoral history of Alfred Hindmarsh

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).

Alfred Hindmarsh, c.1915.

Parliamentary elections

1905 election
1905 general election: 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
1911 general election: Wellington South, First ballot[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Robert Wright 2,974 41.37
Labour 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
1911 general election: Wellington South, Second ballot[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Hindmarsh 3,598 51.76 +14.62
Reform Robert 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

1914 election
1914 general election: Wellington South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Labour Alfred Hindmarsh 4,279 56.12 +4.36
Reform 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

1911 local elections
Wellington Harbour Board, Wellington[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens League Robert Fletcher 12,478 96.28
Citizens League John Fitzgerald 8,219 63.41
Labour Alfred Hindmarsh 7,455 57.52
Citizens League James Trevor 6,500 50.15
Citizens League William Hildreth 5,819 44.89
Labour Tom Young 5,716 44.10
Independent Paul Coffey 3,842 29.64
Independent George Farland 1,809 13.95
Turnout 12,960

1913 local elections
Wellington Harbour Board, Wellington[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Fletcher 12,230 74.81 21.47
Civic League Robert Wright 9,261 56.65
Civic League James Trevor 7,855 48.05 -2.10
United Labour Alfred Hindmarsh 7,507 45.92 -11.60
Civic League A. Leigh Hunt 7,458 45.62
Independent John Edward Fitzgerald 7,023 42.96
United Labour Michael Reardon 4,310 26.36
United Labour Elijah Carey 4,018 24.58
Independent Michael Francis Bourke 3,604 22.04
Independent George Farland 2,152 13.16 -0.79
Total votes 16,346

1915 local elections
Wellington Harbour Board, Wellington[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Fletcher 9,861 61.59 -13.22
Civic League William Cable 9,030 56.40
United Labour Alfred Hindmarsh 8,977 56.07 +10.15
Civic League Robert Wright 8,607 53.76 -2.89
Civic League A. Leigh Hunt 5,835 36.44 -9.18
Independent John Edward Fitzgerald 5,747 35.89 -7.07
Civic League Herbert G. Hill 4,701 29.36
Independent William Hildreth 4,504 28.13
United Labour George Bruce 3,529 22.04
United Labour Tom Young 3,243 20.25
Total votes 16,009

1917 local elections
Wellington Harbour Board, Wellington[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens League William Cable 7,658 79.13 +22.73
Citizens League Robert Wright 6,922 71.53 +17.77
Labour Alfred Hindmarsh 6,914 71.44 +15.37
Independent Robert Fletcher 6,579 67.98 +6.39
Citizens League Charles Norwood 5,359 55.37
Independent William Hildreth 5,277 54.53 +26.40
Total votes 9,677

Notes
  1. The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  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 Harbour Board". The Evening Post. Vol. LXXXI, no. 99. 28 April 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  5. "Wellington Harbour Board". Free Lance. Vol. XIII, no. 671. 10 May 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. "Wellington Harbour Board". The Dominion. Vol. 6, no. 2456. 8 May 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  7. "Wellington Harbour Board". Free Lance. Vol. XVI, no. 878. 4 May 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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