Electoral history of Adam Hamilton

This is a summary of the electoral history of Adam Hamilton, Leader of the National Party (1936–40), and Member of Parliament for Wallace (1919–22, 1925-1946).

Parliamentary elections

1919 election

1919 general election: Wallace[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	2,843	49.86
	Liberal	John Thomson	2,800	49.11	-9.37
Informal votes			58	1.01	-0.01
Majority			43	0.75
Turnout			5,701	82.73	-0.59
Registered electors			6,891

1922 election

1922 general election: Wallace[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomson	3,646	51.13	+2.02
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	3,441	48.26	-1.60
Informal votes			43	0.60	-0.41
Majority			205	2.87
Turnout			7,130	88.10	+5.37
Registered electors			8,093

1925 election

1925 general election: Wallace[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	4,001	53.45	+5.19
	Labour	James Morris MacKenzie	2,673	35.71
	Liberal	George Shepherd Edie	432	5.77
	Independent Liberal	Peter Gilfedder	277	3.70
Informal votes			102	1.36	+0.76
Majority			1,328	17.74	+14.87
Turnout			7,485	93.12	+5.02
Registered electors			8,038

1928 election

1928 general election: Wallace[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	4,360	48.79	-4.66
	United	Walter Taylor	4,340	48.56
	Independent Liberal	George Pulley	139	1.55
Informal votes			97	1.08	-0.28
Majority			20	0.22	-17.52
Turnout			8,936	91.69	+1.43
Registered electors			9,745

1931 election

1931 general election: Wallace[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	5,408	67.82	+19.03
	Independent	Peter Gilfedder	2,566	32.18
Informal votes			72	0.89	-0.19
Majority			2,842	35.64	+35.42
Turnout			8,046	82.31	-9.38
Registered electors			9,775

1935 election

1935 general election: Wallace[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	4,674	50.66	-17.16
	Labour	Lawrence Edmond	2,640	28.61
	Democrat	William Hinchey	1,821	19.73
	Independent Labour	Thomas Rewcastle	91	0.98
Informal votes			54	0.58	-0.31
Majority			2,034	22.04	-13.60
Turnout			9,226	91.37	+9.06
Registered electors			10,097

1938 election

1938 general election: Wallace[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Adam Hamilton	5,353	54.00	+3.34
	Labour	John James Lynch	4,509	45.49
Informal votes			50	0.50	-0.08
Majority			844	8.51	-13.53
Turnout			9,912	92.70	+1.33
Registered electors			10,692

1943 election

1943 general election: Wallace[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Adam Hamilton	4,738	55.03	+1.03
	Labour	John James Lynch	3,131	36.36	-9.13
	Independent	Patrick J. McMullan	675	7.84
Informal votes			65	0.75	+0.25
Majority			1,607	18.66	+10.15
Turnout			8,609	91.74	-0.96
Registered electors			9,384

Leadership elections

1936 leadership election

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Adam Hamilton	13	52.00%
	Charles Wilkinson	12	48.00%

1940 leadership election

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Sidney Holland	13	61.90%
	Adam Hamilton	8	38.10%

Notes

1. Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
2. The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
3. The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
4. The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
5. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
6. "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wallace". Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle. XXVII (1349). 15 December 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
7. The General Election, 1935. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
8. "Local & General". Western Star. 12 November 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
9. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
10. "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
11. "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wallace". Lake Wakatip Mail (4637). 7 October 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

References

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.