Electoral history of Harry Holland
This is a summary of the electoral history of Harry Holland, Leader of the Opposition, (1926–28; 1931–33) Leader of the Labour Party (1919–33) and Member of parliament for Grey (1918–19) and Buller (1919–33).
Parliamentary elections
1901 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Power | 576 | 43.24 | ||
Liberal Reform | Evan Jones | 447 | 33.55 | ||
Progressive | Joseph Chuck | 259 | 19.44 | ||
Socialist | Harry Holland | 34 | 2.55 | ||
Informal votes | 16 | 1.20 | |||
Majority | 129 | 9.68 | |||
Turnout | 1,332 |
1907 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Norton | 1,666 | 34.63 | ||
Labor | William Daley | 1,146 | 23.82 | ||
Socialist | Harry Holland | 746 | 15.50 | ||
Liberal Reform | George Whatmore | 650 | 13.51 | ||
Independent | Evan Jones | 435 | 9.04 | ||
Independent | Sydney Green | 6 | 0.12 | ||
Majority | 520 | 10.81 | |||
Turnout | 4,810 | 66.89 | |||
Registered electors | 8,038 |
1901 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | James Walker | 79,800 | 43.9 | +43.9 | |
Free Trade | Edward Millen | 75,010 | 41.2 | +41.2 | |
Free Trade | Albert Gould | 74,253 | 40.8 | +40.8 | |
Protectionist | Richard O'Connor | 72,858 | 40.1 | +40.1 | |
Free Trade | John Neild | 70,563 | 38.8 | +38.8 | |
Free Trade | Edward Pulsford | 70,468 | 38.7 | +38.7 | |
Free Trade | John Gray | 69,499 | 38.2 | +38.2 | |
Ind. Protectionist | John Norton | 66,463 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
Protectionist | Sir William Manning | 48,110 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
Protectionist | John Kidd | 44,661 | 24.6 | +24.6 | |
Protectionist | Kenneth Mackay | 41,596 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
Ind. Protectionist | Richard Meagher | 32,903 | 18.1 | +18.1 | |
Protectionist | George Waddell | 32,729 | 18.0 | +18.0 | |
Protectionist | Mark Hammond | 32,252 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
Labour | Samuel Smith | 31,185 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
Labour | Donald Macdonell | 30,416 | 16.7 | +16.7 | |
Ind. Protectionist | Eden George | 20,136 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
Ind. Free Trade | Edward Terry | 18,764 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Ind. Free Trade | Harry Lassetter | 17,741 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Ind. Protectionist | Harrie Wood | 14,736 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Independent | Denis O'Sullivan | 12,928 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Ind. Free Trade | George Cox | 11,263 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Ind. Free Trade | Francis Cotton | 9,170 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Independent | John Cook | 7,422 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Ind. Free Trade | Charles Royle | 7,216 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Ind. Free Trade | Francis Abigail | 7,164 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Ind. Free Trade | John Griffin | 6,502 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Socialist | John Neill | 5,952 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Ind. Protectionist | William Read | 5,836 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Socialist | Andrew Thomson | 5,823 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Ind. Free Trade | Sam Rosa | 5,560 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Ind. Protectionist | Richard Colonna-Close | 5,147 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Socialist | Harry Holland | 4,771 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Socialist | James Moroney | 4,257 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Ind. Free Trade | Lindsay Thompson | 4,005 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Ind. Protectionist | Patrick Lynch | 3,876 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Ind. Protectionist | Walter Quinn | 3,700 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Thomas Edwards | 3,580 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Socialist | Thomas Melling | 3,495 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Ind. Protectionist | David Fealy | 3,411 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Ind. Protectionist | William Richardson | 3,289 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Socialist | James Morrish | 3,109 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Francis Brown | 2,998 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Independent | John Blake | 2,906 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Ind. Free Trade | William Shipway | 2,776 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | William Flynn | 2,736 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Ind. Free Trade | Andrew Armstrong | 2,348 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Ind. Free Trade | James Moriarty | 2,366 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Independent | William Gocher | 2,172 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Independent | David Gash | 1,473 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,091,394 181,899 valid ballots |
82.5 | |||
Informal votes | 38,674 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 220,573 | 100.0 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Free Trade | 439,593 | 40.3 | +40.3 | ||
Protectionist | 272,206 | 24.9 | +24.9 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | 153,688 | 14.1 | +14.1 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | 94,870 | 8.7 | +8.7 | ||
Labour | 61,601 | 5.6 | +5.6 | ||
Independent | 36,215 | 3.3 | +3.3 | ||
Socialist | 27,347 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
1910 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Billy Hughes | 13,000 | 69.8 | +14.3 | |
Liberal | Stanley Cole | 4,986 | 26.8 | -17.7 | |
Socialist | Harry Holland | 628 | 3.4 | ||
Informal votes | 341 | 1.8 | |||
Majority | 8,014 | 42.27 | |||
Turnout | 18,955 | 60.7 |
1914 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | Alexander Herdman | 4,550 | 55.23 | ||
Liberal | William Turnbull | 1,895 | 23.00 | ||
Social Democrat | Harry Holland | 1,688 | 20.49 | ||
Majority | 2,655 | 32.23 | |||
Informal votes | 104 | 1.26 | |||
Turnout | 8,237 | 82.90 | |||
Registered electors | 9,936 |
1918 Wellington North by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform | John Luke | 2,986 | 41.89 | ||
Labour | Harry Holland | 2,566 | 35.99 | +15.50 | |
Liberal | Alfred Brandon | 816 | 11.44 | ||
Independent Liberal | Angus James Neville Polson | 720 | 10.10 | ||
Majority | 420 | 5.89 | |||
Informal votes | 40 | 0.56 | -0.70 | ||
Turnout | 7,128 | ||||
Reform hold | Swing |
1918 Grey by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Holland | 2,865 | 50.90 | ||
Reform | Thomas Coates | 2,717 | 48.27 | ||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.81 | |||
Majority | 148 | 2.62 | |||
Turnout | 5,628 |
1919 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Holland | 3,545 | 57.70 | ||
Liberal | Denis Quinlan O'Brien | 2,542 | 41.38 | ||
Informal votes | 56 | 0.91 | -0.45 | ||
Majority | 1,003 | 16.32 | |||
Turnout | 6,143 | 93.11 | +11.81 | ||
Registered electors | 6,597 |
1922 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Holland | 4,413 | 59.80 | +2.10 | |
Reform | John Menzies | 2,872 | 38.91 | ||
Informal votes | 94 | 1.27 | +0.36 | ||
Majority | 1,541 | 20.88 | +4.56 | ||
Turnout | 7,379 | 91.80 | -1.31 | ||
Registered electors | 8,038 |
1925 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Holland | 4,704 | 59.21 | -0.59 | |
Reform | C S Bielby | 3,172 | 39.92 | ||
Informal votes | 68 | 0.85 | -0.45 | ||
Majority | 1,532 | 19.28 | -1.60 | ||
Turnout | 7,944 | 93.92 | +2.12 | ||
Registered electors | 8,458 |
1928 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Holland | 5,988 | 70.33 | +11.12 | |
Reform | Dugald Macdonald Robertson | 2,371 | 27.85 | ||
Informal votes | 154 | 1.80 | +0.95 | ||
Majority | 3,617 | 42.48 | +23.20 | ||
Turnout | 8,513 | 90.84 | -3.08 | ||
Registered electors | 9,371 |
1931 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Holland | 6,136 | 71.01 | +0.78 | |
Reform | John Menzies[12] | 2,505 | 28.99 | ||
Informal votes | 151 | 1.72 | |||
Majority | 3,631 | 42.02 | -0.46 | ||
Turnout | 8,792 | 89.02 | -1.82 | ||
Registered electors | 9,876 |
Leadership elections
1919 leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Harry Holland | 3 | 50.0% | |
James McCombs | 3 | 50.0% |
1920 leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Harry Holland | 5 | 62.5% | |
James McCombs | 3 | 37.5% |
1921 leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Harry Holland | 5 | 71.42% | |
James McCombs | 2 | 28.57% |
1922 leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Harry Holland | 6 | 66.66% | |
James McCombs | 3 | 33.33% |
1923 leadership election
Name | Votes | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Harry Holland | 14 | 82.35% | |
Dan Sullivan | 3 | 17.65% |
Notes
- "N.S.W. Elections". The Burrangong Argus. 6 July 1901. p. 2.
- Carr, Adam. "1901 Senate New South Wales". Psephos.
- Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- "Wellington North". Colonist. Vol. LX, no. 14665. 20 March 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Wellington North electorate". Free Lance. Vol. XVII, no. 919. 22 February 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "The Grey Election - Official Recount". Greymouth Evening Star. 7 June 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- "Buller Electorate". The Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 127. 25 November 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
References
- O'Farrell, P.J. (1964). Harry Holland: Militant Socialist. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press.
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