Electoral history of Arnold Nordmeyer
This is a summary of the electoral history of Arnold Nordmeyer, Leader of the Labour Party (1963–65) and Member of Parliament for Oamaru (1935–49), Brooklyn (1951–54) & Island Bay (1954–69).
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Arnold Nordmeyer in the 1950s.
Parliamentary elections
1935 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 5,296 | 50.93 | ||
United | John MacPherson | 4,154 | 39.94 | -1.53 | |
Democrat | Herbert Gladstone Hill | 948 | 9.11 | ||
Informal votes | 136 | 1.30 | +0.92 | ||
Majority | 1,142 | 10.98 | |||
Turnout | 10,398 | 92.36 | +3.84 | ||
Registered electors | 11,257 |
1938 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 5,971 | 53.07 | +3.14 | |
National | Michael Francis Edward Cooney | 5,213 | 46.33 | ||
Informal votes | 66 | 0.58 | -0.72 | ||
Majority | 758 | 6.73 | -4.25 | ||
Turnout | 11,250 | 95.33 | +2.97 | ||
Registered electors | 11,801 |
1943 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 5,151 | 47.81 | -5.26 | |
National | Thomas Ross Beatty | 5,026 | 46.65 | ||
Democratic Labour | George Barclay | 339 | 3.14 | ||
People's Movement | George Percival Cuttriss | 167 | 1.55 | ||
Informal votes | 90 | 0.83 | +0.25 | ||
Majority | 125 | 1.16 | -5.57 | ||
Turnout | 10,773 | 96.67 | +1.34 | ||
Registered electors | 11,143 |
1946 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 7,079 | 50.6 | +2.8 | |
National | Thomas Ross Beatty | 6,847 | 49.0 | +2.4 | |
Independent Liberal | George Percival Cuttriss | 56 | 0.4 | -1.51 | |
Informal votes | 53 | 0.3 | -0.5 | ||
Majority | 232 | 1.6 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 14,035 | 94.8 | -1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 14,736 |
1949 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Thomas Hayman | 7,415 | 54.6 | ||
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 6,721 | 45.4 | -3.1 | |
Informal votes | 64 | 0.4 | +0.1 | ||
Majority | 694 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,950 | 95.0 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 15,658 |
1951 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 5,287 | 63.56 | ||
National | Len Jacobsen | 2,902 | 34.88 | ||
Communist | Connie Birchfield | 129 | 1.55 | -0.59 | |
Majority | 2,385 | 28.67 | |||
Turnout | 8,318 | 63.60 | -22.13 | ||
Registered electors | 13,077 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
1951 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 6,375 | 58.35 | -5.21 | |
National | Charles William Clift | 4,549 | 41.64 | ||
Majority | 1,826 | 16.71 | -11.96 | ||
Turnout | 10,924 | 83.53 | +19.93 | ||
Registered electors | 13,077 |
1954 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 8,594 | 58.48 | ||
National | John Maurice Whitta | 5,159 | 35.10 | ||
Social Credit | Daniel Gardiner | 821 | 5.58 | ||
Communist | Ron Smith | 120 | 0.81 | ||
Majority | 3,824 | 26.02 | |||
Turnout | 14,694 | 87.29 | -1.37 | ||
Registered electors | 16,833 |
1957 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 9,368 | 61.16 | +2.68 | |
National | Saul Goldsmith | 5,159 | 33.68 | ||
Social Credit | Eric Elliott | 683 | 4.45 | ||
Communist | Ray Nunes | 105 | 0.68 | ||
Majority | 4,209 | 27.48 | +1.46 | ||
Turnout | 15,315 | 91.20 | +3.91 | ||
Registered electors | 16,792 |
1960 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 7,459 | 53.26 | -7.90 | |
National | Fairlie Curry | 5,668 | 40.47 | ||
Social Credit | John Albert Cameron | 748 | 5.34 | ||
Communist | Ron Smith | 128 | 0.91 | ||
Majority | 1,791 | 12.79 | -14.69 | ||
Turnout | 14,003 | 85.96 | -5.24 | ||
Registered electors | 16,290 |
1963 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 8,372 | 54.96 | +1.70 | |
National | Fairlie Curry | 5,984 | 39.28 | -1.19 | |
Social Credit | John Albert Cameron | 711 | 4.66 | -0.68 | |
Communist | Ron Smith | 164 | 1.07 | +0.16 | |
Majority | 2,388 | 15.67 | +2.88 | ||
Turnout | 15,231 | 87.43 | +1.47 | ||
Registered electors | 17,419 |
1966 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 7,267 | 53.71 | -1.25 | |
National | Saul Goldsmith | 4,461 | 32.97 | ||
Social Credit | K A Marshall | 1,487 | 10.99 | ||
Democratic | John Albert Cameron | 174 | 1.28 | -3.38 | |
Communist | Ron Smith | 139 | 1.02 | -0.05 | |
Majority | 2,806 | 20.74 | +5.07 | ||
Turnout | 13,528 | 78.89 | -8.54 | ||
Registered electors | 17,147 |
Local elections
1971 civic election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arnold Nordmeyer | 22,915 | 79.31 | ||
Citizens' | Alan Fraser | 15,610 | 54.03 | ||
Citizens' | Phoebe Brown | 15,295 | 52.94 | ||
Citizens' | Malcolm Nicholson | 15,247 | 52.77 | ||
Citizens' | Gilbert McLean | 13,645 | 47.23 | ||
Citizens' | Gerald Bridge | 13,530 | 46.83 | ||
Citizens' | Nancy Horrocks | 12,690 | 43.92 | ||
Labour | Florence Vincent | 12,606 | 43.63 | ||
Labour | Warwick McKean | 12,323 | 42.65 | ||
Labour | June Lewin | 11,174 | 38.67 | ||
Labour | Stan Rodger | 9,615 | 33.28 | ||
Labour | Terrence Hayden | 9,575 | 33.14 | ||
Civic Reform | Catherine Stafford | 3,773 | 13.05 | ||
Civic Reform | Don McMillan | 3,562 | 12.32 | ||
Civic Reform | Colin Percy | 1,784 | 6.17 | ||
Turnout | 28,890 |
Leadership elections
1954 Leadership election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Walter Nash | 17 | 56.67 | |
Arnold Nordmeyer | 9 | 30.00 | |
Abstentions | 4 | 13.33 | |
Majority | 6 | 20.00 | |
Turnout | 30 | — | |
1963 Leadership election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Arnold Nordmeyer | 34 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | 34 | — | |
1965 Leadership election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Norman Kirk | 25 | 71.4 | |
Arnold Nordmeyer | 10 | 28.6 | |
Majority | 15 | 42.8 | |
Turnout | 35 | — | |
Party elections
1940 Party Conference
1940 Presidential election[10] | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Roberts | 571 | 58.62% | |
Gervan McMillan | 320 | 32.85% | |
Jim Barclay | 48 | 4.92% | |
Arnold Nordmeyer | 35 | 3.59% |
1948 Party Conference
1948 Presidential election[11] | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Roberts | 387 | 57.76% | |
Arnold Nordmeyer | 252 | 37.61% | |
Clyde Carr | 14 | 2.08% | |
John Mathison | 14 | 2.08% | |
Informal | 3 | 0.44% |
1948 Vice Presidential election[11] | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Arnold Nordmeyer | 368 | 52.57% | |
Dick Barter | 124 | 17.71% | |
Mabel Howard | 77 | 11.00% | |
Philip Connolly | 44 | 6.28% | |
Archie Grant | 27 | 3.85% | |
John Mathison | 23 | 3.28% | |
Alan Baxter | 18 | 2.57% | |
Martyn Finlay | 15 | 2.14% | |
Jim Kent | 4 | 0.57% |
1949 Party Conference
1949 Presidential election[12] | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Roberts | 468 | 64.55% | |
Arnold Nordmeyer | 218 | 30.06% | |
Mabel Howard | 26 | 3.58% | |
John Mathison | 13 | 1.79% |
1949 Vice Presidential election[12] | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Arnold Nordmeyer | 475 | 63.41% | |
Dick Barter | 101 | 13.48% | |
Jim Collins | 59 | 7.87% | |
Philip Connolly | 51 | 6.80% | |
Martyn Finlay | 31 | 4.13% | |
Mabel Howard | 22 | 2.93% | |
Ben Waters | 7 | 0.93% | |
John Mathison | 3 | 0.40% |
1950 Party Conference
1950 Presidential election[13] | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Arnold Nordmeyer | 458 | 60.02% | |
James Roberts | 299 | 39.18% | |
George Manning | 6 | 0.78% |
Notes
- The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- "Results from all Electorates". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXVI, no. 76. 27 September 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- Norton 1988, p. 203.
- Norton 1988, pp. 255.
- Petersen, G.A. (19 October 1971). Declaration of Election Results (Report). Wellington City Council.
- "Labour Party". Otago Daily Times. No. 24257. 27 March 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- "Twelfth Time Labour President". Gisborne Herald. Vol. LXXV, no. 22629. 5 May 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- "Mr. Roberts Elected as President for Thirteenth Year". Gisborne Herald. Vol. LXXVI, no. 22954. 24 May 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- "New President". Otago Daily Times. Vol. 27385. 10 May 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
References
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
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