1914 New Zealand general election

The 1914 New Zealand general election was held on 10 December to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 19th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Maori vote was held on 11 December. A total number of 616,043 voters were registered, of which 84.7% voters turned out to vote.

1914 New Zealand general election
10 & 11 December 1914
All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
41 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout84.7%
  First party Second party
 
Leader William Massey Joseph Ward
Party Reform Liberal
Leader since 11 February 1909 11 September 1913
Leader's seat Franklin Awarua
Last election 38 seats, 33.4% 36 seats, 34.2%
Seats before 41 32
Seats won 40 34
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 243,122 222,299
Percentage 47.1% 43.1%
Swing 13.7% 8.9%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Alfred Hindmarsh James McCombs
Party United Labour Social Democrat
Leader since 7 April 1912 Unclear
Leader's seat Wellington South Lyttelton
Last election Not yet founded Not yet founded
Seats before 2 3
Seats won 3 2
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 22,672 22,500
Percentage 4.2% 4.2%
Swing 4.2% 4.2%
Results of the election.
Prime Minister before election

William Massey
Reform

 Subsequent Prime Minister

William Massey
Reform

The election saw William Massey's Reform Government maintain power.

The second-ballot voting system had been repealed in 1913, and first-past-the-post voting reinstated for the 1914 election.

Soldiers serving overseas in the NZEF were given a vote by the Expeditionary Forces Voting Act, 1914. They voted for a party (Liberal, Labour or Reform) and their votes were allocated to a candidate for their electorate by a representative of their party; which sometimes required the representative to choose between rival "Liberal" or "Labour" candidates.

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