New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 34

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✨ General Election 1911 Voting Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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RETURN showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at General Election, 1911, &c.--continued.

Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates.	Number of Votes recorded.	Number of Electors	Number of Electors	Population
	For each Candidate.	Informal Votes.	Total.	who did not vote.
Clutha-- Malcolm, Alexander Scott	2,621	...	...	1,348
Livingstone, George	2,246	21	4,888	...
Wakatipu-- Fraser, William	2,753	...	...	...
Horn, James	2,482	24	5,259	777
Mataura-- Anderson, George James	3,096	...	...	...
MacGibbon, John	2,239	36	5,371	1,256
Wallace-- Thomson, John Charles	3,152	...	...	...
Carmichael, Alan	1,190	...	...	...
King, James	682	71	5,095	942
Invercargill-- Hanan, Josiah Alfred	*3,736	...	...	...
Fleming, Thomas	*3,069	16	6,821	1,824
Awarua-- Ward, Joseph George	2,893	...	...	...
Hamilton, John Ronald	2,265	...	...	...
Morris, William Arthur	152	82	5,392	826
Total	465,568	4,143	469,711	111,281

Second-ballot results. For first-ballot results see the special return on pp. 1292-1295.

1. 1. Number of votes recorded for candidates elected 257,349 233,328 216,378
    Number of votes recorded for candidates defeated 208,219 177,178 173,811
    Number of electors who recorded their votes at the first ballot but not at the second ballot 23,201 13,546 ...
    Number of informal votes 4,143 4,596 5,468
    Total number of electors who voted at the election 492,912 428,648 395,657
    Total number of electors on rolls 590,042 537,003 476,473
    Total population of Dominion at last census (excluding Maoris) 1,008,206 888,376 772,504

MAORI ELECTION.--RETURN SHOWING NUMBER OF VOTES POLLED BY EACH CANDIDATE.

Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates.	Number of Votes recorded.	Electoral Districts and Names of Candidates.	Number of Votes recorded.
	For each Candidate.	Total.	For each Candidate.
Northern Maori-- Te Rangihiroa	1,032	Western Maori-- Maui Pomare	2,464
Riapo Timoti Puhipi	627	Henare Kaihau	1,899
Jehu Moetara	500	Pepene Eketone	1,470
Wiri Nehua	455	Tarapipipi Taingakawa	581
Hemi Te Paa	414	Ngarangi Katitia	560
Herepete Rapihana	295	Pomare Hetaraka	19
Eru Ihaka	287
Kaka Porowini	261	Southern Maori-- Taare Parata	264
Wiremu Tuauru Kowhai	43	John Hopere Wharewiti	233
Reihana Netana	26	Uru Tahuaroa Karira Watson	131
Huirua Tito	25	Teone Matapura Erihana	84
	3,965	James Apes	80
Eastern Maori-- Apirana Ngata (unopposed).		Haimona Patete	18
			810
			11,768

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1912, No 34

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🏛️ General Election 1911 Voting Statistics by Electoral District (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsGeneral Election, 1911, Voting statistics, Electoral districts, Candidates, Votes, Informal votes, Electors, Population
👱🏽 Names

38 names identified

Alexander Scott Malcolm, Candidate in Clutha electoral district
George Livingstone, Candidate in Clutha electoral district
William Fraser, Candidate in Wakatipu electoral district
James Horn, Candidate in Wakatipu electoral district
George James Anderson, Candidate in Mataura electoral district
John MacGibbon, Candidate in Mataura electoral district
John Charles Thomson, Candidate in Wallace electoral district
Alan Carmichael, Candidate in Wallace electoral district
James King, Candidate in Wallace electoral district
Josiah Alfred Hanan, Candidate in Invercargill electoral district
Thomas Fleming, Candidate in Invercargill electoral district
Joseph George Ward, Candidate in Awarua electoral district
John Ronald Hamilton, Candidate in Awarua electoral district
William Arthur Morris, Candidate in Awarua electoral district
Te Rangihiroa, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Riapo Timoti Puhipi, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Jehu Moetara, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Wiri Nehua, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Hemi Te Paa, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Herepete Rapihana, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Eru Ihaka, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Kaka Porowini, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Wiremu Tuauru Kowhai, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Reihana Netana, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Huirua Tito, Candidate in Northern Maori electoral district
Apirana Ngata, Candidate in Eastern Maori electoral district
Maui Pomare, Candidate in Western Maori electoral district
Henare Kaihau, Candidate in Western Maori electoral district
Pepene Eketone, Candidate in Western Maori electoral district
Tarapipipi Taingakawa, Candidate in Western Maori electoral district
Ngarangi Katitia, Candidate in Western Maori electoral district
Pomare Hetaraka, Candidate in Western Maori electoral district
Taare Parata, Candidate in Southern Maori electoral district
John Hopere Wharewiti, Candidate in Southern Maori electoral district
Uru Tahuaroa Karira Watson, Candidate in Southern Maori electoral district
Teone Matapura Erihana, Candidate in Southern Maori electoral district
James Apes, Candidate in Southern Maori electoral district
Haimona Patete, Candidate in Southern Maori electoral district

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