1925 Franklin by-election - Misplaced Pages

New Zealand by-election

The Franklin by-election of 1925 was a by-election during the 21st New Zealand Parliament. The seat became vacant due to the death of the sitting Member, William Massey. It was held on 17 June 1925. Two candidates contested the seat:

Previous general election result

1922 general election: Franklin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	William Massey	5,276	66.70	−1.72
	Liberal	Joseph Rea	2,526	31.94	+12.92
Informal votes			108	1.36	+0.82
Majority			2,750	34.76	−14.66
Turnout			7,910	88.73	−3.40
Registered electors			8,914

By-election result

1925 Franklin by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Ewen McLennan	6,056	72.96
	Labour	John Sommerville Montgomerie	2,245	27.04
Informal votes			43	0.5
Majority			3,811	45.91
Turnout			8,344
	Reform hold		Swing

Notes

Scholefield 1950, p. 126.
Scholefield 1950, p. 124.
"Reform Defeats Labour". The Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 141. 18 June 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
"Reform Triumph". The Northern Advocate. 18 June 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
Scholefield, Guy (1950) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.

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