The 1925 New Zealand general election was held 4 November (the

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vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the

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. A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (

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) there was only one candidate. In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except Māori).

Results

Gordon Coates Joseph Gordon Coates (3 February 1878 – 27 May 1943) served as the 21st prime minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928. He was the third successive Reform prime minister since 1912. Born in rural Northland, Coates grew up on a cattle run a ...

continued as

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, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30. Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by

on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks".

was Reform, and both of their former seats went to

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candidates. After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April in , Labour became the official opposition.

Party totals

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Votes summary

Electorate results

The election results were as follows: Key , - , colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" , General electorates , - , - , colspan=8 style="background-color:#FFDEAD" ,

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External links

Labour Party candidates 1925 (photomontage)
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